Nyah Marshall

| After a legal battle that has stretched more than five years, a Middlesex County town can move forward with transforming the site of a historic factory into a residential community — but at a hefty price.

Two young children were killed after a fire broke out early late Saturday night in Newark, officials said.

Two young children were killed after a fire broke out early late Saturday night at a home in Newark, officials said.

The two girls, ages 6 and 8, that died in an early Sunday morning house fire on Eckert Avenue in Newark were playing with fire near a couch, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

| The two girls, ages 6 and 8, who died in an early Sunday morning house fire on Eckert Avenue in Newark were playing with fire near a couch, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

The Hackensack councilman says he didn't do anything wrong.

The "Festival of Lights" will have to be celebrated without any fireworks or pyrotechnics, local officials said.

Detective Sgt. Monica Mosley was shot during a home invasion at her house in South Jersey.

Activists have given new life to the forested area of South Jersey that was the homeland of the ancient Cohanzick Lenape people for thousands of years.

About 91% of faculty members voted to strike and are refusing to participate in any work on a program funded by a federal grant, union officials said.