Hazlet News

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at about 5:45 p.m. Thursday on Union Avenue and transported to an area hospital, police said.

The trial of a former Hazlet man claiming he was trying to commit suicide when he walked into a local liquor store armed with a baseball bat and demanding money will go to the jury today.

For this episode of New Jersey Education Briefs, Dr. Richard Bozza discusses the qualifications required of chief education officers, including experience, training, and education, and how they affect their ability to create a positive education environment for New Jerseya s students.

A woman was killed in a trailer park fire this morning, authorities said. The blaze ignited about 7 a.m. at 23 Shorehaven Road, near the intersection with Middle Road, according to the Hazlet Fire Company.

Disclaimer: The author of this blog was born and raised in New Jersey. She hung out in Lavallette during the summer as a teenager.

The defense attorney for a Hazlet man on trial for armed robbery told jurors Thursday his client was trying to commit suicide when he walked in the door of a local liquor store armed with a baseball bat demanding money.

Lois and Brian Dryer were all smiles when they met with loan officers from Residential Home Funding, a mortgage lender in East Brunswick, New Jersey .

St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, N.J., is offering secure Web portal access to patient data for community physicians and nursing homes.

A man who police claim is responsible for multiple thefts from a local children's clothing store was arrested after the shop owner followed him as he drove away.

When people hear the word 'heroin,' it's apt to evoke images of drug deals going down on street corners and users shooting up in abandoned houses in big cities.

Courtney Ravelo bought her ticket to 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' a week ago in anticipation of the movie's release today.

A borough man was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly stabbed someone in the stomach when he returned to a party he had been asked to leave.

As the mother of two girls, I am well aware of how my actions affect them. While traveling on Route 35 in Hazlet recently, I saw a mother driving her silver Ford minivan with a young child sitting in the back.

The fire that destroyed a Cedar Avenue home Thursday was accidental, authorities have determined.

Authorities have determined the fire that destroyed a Cedar Avenue home Thursday was accidental.

Fire destroyed a house at 3 Cedar Ave. Thursday night. For more than two hours, township and Union Beach firefighters fought the flames which were shooting from the rooftop and elsewhere in the house.

Editor's note: Monday's editorial "Gay marriage: Don't rush it" generated a flurry of responses from letter writers.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Several years ago, Food Circus Super Markets operated a Super Foodtown store in Hazlet on Route 36 before it closed.

The Ashley Lauren Foundation will host an Apple and Pumpkin Festival 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

A bus full of children returning from a school trip Wednesday was struck by a suburban-utility vehicle just beyond the southbound toll plaza for exit 117 on the Garden State Parkway, State Police said.