Meadowlands megamall could get $1B kickstart Thursday
The Sports and Exposition Authority votes Thursday on a $1.1 billion bond plan LYNDHURST -- The developers of American Dream Meadowlands will look to clear another hurdle Thursday on the way to...
View ArticleNext-level ready? St. Peter's Prep with double-digit Division-I football...
This years Marauders' team holds commits headed to Rutgers, Boston College and more.
View ArticleBack again: Returning football statewide stat leaders, 2016
We introduce the players that put up huge numbers in 2015 that are back once again to lead the state in production and help their teams win.
View ArticleMan trapped for 10 hours after tree fell on him in Morris County
The man had been trying to cut a tree with a chainsaw when it snapped and fell onto him, police said MOUNT OLIVE -- A 63-year-old man suffered a broken arm and leg after being trapped under a fallen...
View ArticleFiring of gay dean perpetuates hate, Catholic high school alumni write
Thousands of alumni of Paramus Catholic High School and their friends and family have signed a strongly-worded open letter to school officials chastising the school for firing a female dean who...
View ArticleMaksim Chmerkovskiy returning to 'Dancing with the Stars'
Maks Chmerkovskiy joins his brother Val, and other top dancers like Witney Carson and Sharna Burgess on the 23rd season of the ABC reality show competition 'DWTS.' He last appeared in season 18...
View ArticleMary J. Blige chops $1M off Saddle River estate, now $10.9M (PHOTOS)
The R&B singer and actress, who recently split from her husband and manager Kendu Isaacs, has had the home on the market since 2015 The newly separated Mary J. Blige has knocked a cool $1 million...
View Article$1B deal could breathe life into Meadowlands megamall
Developer Triple Five expects construction activity to return to American Dream in September LYNDHURST -- American Dream Meadowlands took a step toward completion Thursday when a state board approved...
View ArticleElectronics giant leaving North Jersey town after 30 years
The company is heading to Montvale MAHWAH -- Sharp Electronics is leaving Mahwah after spending three decades in Bergen County's largest municipality. The company isn't moving far. It plans to...
View ArticleN.J. jazz giant Rudy Van Gelder, who recorded John Coltrane, Miles Davis,...
Among the albums to come out of Van Gelder's Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs studios were 'A Love Supreme,' 'Monk,' 'Moanin' and 'Working' Rudy Van Gelder, a renowned recording engineer who captured...
View ArticleSpringsteen breaks record again at 2nd N.J. concert; a track-by-track...
Thursday's show was four hours flat — his lengthiest U.S. gig ever! EAST RUTHERFORD -- Virtually every stadium-sized concert now ends in a blast of fireworks, but in the Meadowlands Thursday night,...
View ArticleN.J. students brought here illegally by parents need access to financial aid...
New Jersey, which already has opened the door for unauthorized immigrant students to attend Garden State colleges, needs to also give them access to financial aid. Three years ago, Gov. Chris Christie...
View ArticleSchool cafeteria workers joining fight for $15 an hour
The unionized workers in five N.J. districts say a strike is not out of the question. NEWARK -- They are joining fast food, airport, and thousands of other workers in what has become known as the...
View ArticleDeaf prisoner sues North Jersey jail over alleged rights violations
David Rocco of Allendale claims the jail and prison healthcare provider Corizon violated his rights. HACKENSACK - A former jail inmate who is hearing impaired has sued Bergen County, claiming jailers...
View Article2016 football season preview - and lots more to come
Everything you need to follow the 2016 football season can be find right here on NJ.com The gridiron is heating up, and NJ.com is your place for everything you need to follow the high school football...
View ArticleDon Bosco Prep, Pope John scrap football scrimmage due to virus outbreak,...
Don Bosco Prep cancelled its scrimmage against Pope John on Friday due to an outbreak of the Coxsackie virus within its team. Don Bosco Prep cancelled its scrimmage against Pope John on Friday due to...
View ArticleMystery of missing 200-year-old man endures in North Jersey town
Officials first found the tombstone near the fire department in 2005, where it remained until recently. ENGLEWOOD -- "Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord." That's the inscription on a 19th...
View ArticleVeterans home residents shouldn't pay for health care transportation,...
There is an existing policy at the state-run Veterans Memorial Homes that has residents pay for transportation to some outside medical care providers. A policy at state-run Veterans Memorial Homes...
View ArticleBergen County football's top returning stat leaders
Take a look at Bergen County's top five returning players in six major offensive and defensive statistical categories.
View ArticleThe only thing 'odious' at Paramus Catholic is bigotry | Editorial
Regardless of the legal question in this case, one thing is certain: The archdiocese has acted abysmally. A New Jersey Catholic high school is being sued for firing a beloved guidance counselor and...
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