(left to right) Anjuli Ramos-Busot, director of the Sierra Club NJ Chapter, joins local residents Baptiste Dejean and Teri ...

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 ...

After a long week for residents living near the Ocean County wildfire, firefighters are hoping the weather will work in their favor. All week, those living in Lacey and Ocean Townships have been ...

CHATSWORTH, New Jersey (WABC) -- The massive Ocean County wildfire could become the largest wildfire in New Jersey in decades. Police arrested and charged 19-year-old Joseph Kling with aggravated ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...