Middlesex County News

Legislative leaders sought to install filters to block inappropriate material from being viewed on state computers two days after a veteran assemblyman's computer was seized for containing child pornography.

The veteran Democratic assemblyman under investigation for alleged child pornography possession on his legislative office computer once hailed making it easier to report computer crimes.

With gas prices hovering at $4 per gallon and the nation in an economic funk, there is no shortage of ideas on how to make New Jersey more energy efficient.

An 89-year-old borough woman who is deeply in debt has been inundated with support and offers of assistance since her story ran in the Home News Tribune on Wednesday.

A raccoon killed by a dog in the vicinity of Schoolhouse Road and Buckelew Avenue has tested positive for rabies.

Too many people have used the 110-foot-high Victory Bridge to jump to their deaths, said Dorothy Carty Daniel.

When she first arrived in the United States eight months ago, Maria Elena said she couldn't speak, couldn't explain her ideas.

A former gym teacher and assistant basketball coach at Monroe High School accused of having sex with a student avoided jail today at her sentencing on a downgraded charge of harassment.

A man who was serving 30 years in prison for allegedly taking part in the murder of a man in Woodbridge during a robbery will get a new trial, the state Supreme Court ruled today.

Now that a state appeals court ruling has overturned local restrictions on where convicted sex offenders can live, the future of those laws in Central Jersey towns could depend on what happens next at the state ...

With gas prices hovering at $4 per gallon and the nation in an economic funk, there is no shortage of ideas on how to make New Jersey more energy efficient.

Seven state troopers accused of raping a woman at one of their homes will not be charged with a crime, a prosecutor said Thursday.

An 18-year-old Piscataway man has been charged as an adult in the March crowbar slaying of his mother in their home on Spencer Street in Piscataway.

South Plainfield, Middlesex Borough and North Plainfield are among the municipalities in New Jersey where state officials found mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus.

MOUNT LAUREL - Seven New Jersey state troopers will not face criminal charges after a seven-month rape investigation.

Dave Caldwell has seen his share of accidents and close calls at an intersection near his North Brunswick home.

One city man is in custody and another is being sought on heroin charges following a two-week investigation by the city Police's Anti-Crime Unit.

Seven state troopers who were suspended after a woman claimed she was raped at one of their homes will not be charged with a crime, a prosecutor said Thursday.

A township woman who works as a clerk in the Perth Amboy Collector's Office was arrested Thursday at her job in the theft of $714 from the cash drawer for her own personal use.

July 17, 2008 -- The prosecutor investigating rape allegations against a group of New Jersey state troopers says no charges will be filed against them.