Hunter kills first bear of season before cracking Thermos open
For the second year in a row, Marc Beardslee was the first hunter to bring in a kill to the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area in Sussex County. Watch video FREDON -- For the second year in a row,...
View ArticleBear hunt 2015: Compromise unlikely between protesters and hunters
Hunters lined up in their pick-up trucks into the check station where officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection weighed, sampled and tagged harvested bears. In most cases, they...
View ArticleTeacher was 'extremely upset' on day she allegedly shot ex-cop boyfriend,...
Vertetis' attorney has claimed she acted in self-defense and said her employment, medical and family court records aren't relevant MORRISTOWN -- A former elementary school teacher in Morris County was...
View ArticleByram man faces child pornography charges
Suspect was arrested twice in November, police say BYRAM -- A 27-year-old resident was charged with child pornography offenses last month, police said. MaryAnn Spoto | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com...
View ArticleMore than 200 animals taken on first day of bear hunt
One-day total already close to take in all of 2014 Watch video FREDON -- A total of 216 bears were taken during the first day of the state's controversial hunt Monday, a day when both hunters and...
View Article12-year plea offer extended to Hopatcong dad accused of kidnapping sons
Dohm violated a custody arrangement with his ex-wife when he took the two boys to Florida, authorities said NEWTON -- The Hopatcong father who allegedly abducted his two sons and fled to Florida with...
View ArticleBy second day of hunt, more bears culled than in all of '14
Good weather continues on the second day of the weeklong hunting season FREDON -- The total number of bears harvested by the second day of the state's bear hunt reached 309, already exceeding by a...
View ArticleCops investigating fatal crash on Route 15 in Sparta
Sparta police confirmed one person was killed in a head-on crash on Route 15 Tuesday night. SPARTA -- Township police confirmed one person was killed in a head-on crash on Route 15 Tuesday night. An...
View ArticleBear recipes: How to cook what you kill
The 2015 bear hunt is underway and already bringing in substantially more bears than the past two seasons. But what do you do with the bear afterwards? Watch video The 2015 bear hunt is underway and...
View ArticleScout leader's killer faces sentencing, says sex abuse drove him
The defense attorney is asking for a reduced sentence, based on the Fredericks' lack of a prior record and the "triggers" that led him to attack his alleged abuser NEWTON -- A 49-year-old Stillwater...
View ArticleWoman charged with vehicular homicide after wrong-way crash on Route 15
A 50-year-old woman is accused DWI and vehicular homicide following a fatal crash on Route 15 in Sparta Tuesday night, police said. SPARTA -- A 50-year-old woman is facing charges of vehicular...
View ArticleTotal of 366 bears killed as of hunt's third day
The controversial cull of animals ends Saturday. FREDON -- On the third day of the state's annual bear hunt, about a quarter as many animals were killed than on the opening day Monday but the day's...
View ArticleVintage photos of 'things we survived' in N.J.
Were these things dangerous? Sometimes, certainly. Some things from the past had to change. The pictures and the prose are posted on the internet often; they've become a meme. It's a photo of...
View ArticleMan who killed his alleged sex abuser gets 5 years in prison
Clark Fredericks of Stillwater will get credit for the time he has spent in jail since the incident on June 12, 2012 and will be eligible for release on parole in about nine months NEWTON - A...
View ArticleSussex man accused of sexually assaulting teen girl
A 22-year-old Sussex man is facing charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Sparta. Sparta Police Department VERNON -- A 22-year-old Sussex man is facing charges for allegedly...
View ArticleBear hunt Day 4: 24 bears culled for a total of 390 killed
Nearly 400 bears killed as weeklong hunt enters its final days Watch video FREDON -- Two dozen additional animals were killed Thursday, the fourth day of New Jersey's annual bear hunt, according to...
View ArticleTake this week's NJ.com News Quiz
These seven questions will prove if you truly know New Jersey news. You've spent all week reading all manner of local news stories. Are you ready to put that knowledge to good use? Take the quiz below...
View ArticleMan who wore devil mask during Dairy Queen robbery gets 12 years
A man who pleaded guilty to robbing a Route 23 Dairy Queen in Montague last year while using a toy gun and wearing a devil mask was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in state prison, the prosecutor's...
View Article10 displaced, 1 hurt when fire rips through Sussex apartments
The multi-alarm blaze was reported in the Alpine Village Complex at 4 Center St. SUSSEX BOROUGH - One person was slightly hurt and 10 residents were displaced when fire tore through an apartment...
View ArticleDemocratic ads target Garrett over guns and terrorists | The Auditor
The House Democrats' fundraising arm is running radio ads against Rep. Scott Garrett. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running radio advertisements this week criticizing Rep. Scott...
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