Several of the Democrats running for governor of New Jersey are neck and neck with one another less than two months away from the June primary, according to a poll released Friday. The results ...

1:40 New Jersey wildfire: 19-year-old arrested as firefighters battle blaze that has destroyed more than 15,000 acres Police allege Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, N.J. of setting a bonfire using ...

Holmdel Township lost its final appeal against New Jersey Natural Gas's plan to build a regulator station. The legal battle spanned a decade and included two denials by the township's zoning board.

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,000-acre fire that has burned for three days straight in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore. Joseph Kling, 19 ...

A suspect has been arrested and charged with igniting a massive wildfire in New Jersey that continued to burn Thursday across parts of the Pine Barrens in Ocean County, officials announced.

A teenager is accused of sparking the massive wildfire that continues to burn in Ocean County, New Jersey. Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township (Waretown) was arrested and charged with aggravated ...

A teenager is accused of sparking the massive wildfire that continues to burn in Ocean County, New Jersey. Joseph Kling, 19, of Ocean Township (Waretown) was arrested and charged with aggravated ...

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A wildfire in New Jersey appears to be about half contained as flames continue to burn on Friday, after forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and previously affecting air quality as far north ...

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in ...

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a massive New Jersey wildfire that has consumed at least 15,200 acres and continued to burn Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

In a joint press release, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, Ocean Township Police Department and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday that 19-year-old ...