Access to a popular Jersey Shore beach was closed due to overcrowding Sunday.Local police began turning Long Branch beachgoers away around 2 p.m., advising them to try again in an hour.Visitors appeared to be crammed together, despite signs encouraging social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some were even setting up beach chairs on the boardwalk.Gov. Phil Murphy last Wednesday ...

The body of an 18-year-old man who gave his life to save two swimmers was found on an Atlantic City beach, nearly 24 hours after a search for him was launched.Jalan Alston went into the ocean off Ventnor Friday night to rescue two women caught in rough waters brought by Tropical Storm Fay, the U.S. Coast Guard and Ventnor police said.Alston, of New York, pushed the women toward the ...

Three people died in a one-car crash on the Atlantic City Expressway Sunday afternoon, State Police said.The car overturned when the driver lost control in the eastbound lanes in Hammonton, then rolled into a wooded area just before 3:15 p.m., authorities said.This is a developing story. Check back for more.

A fourth victim involved in a fiery crash on Route 22 in Newark last month has died, reports say.Asanti McNair had been in critical condition at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, where she died Saturday morning, reports say. McNair was one of five passengers in a Cadillac sedan that crashed in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 Tuesday around 11:10 p.m. June 9, authorities said.Taylor ...

While COVID-19 has forced some Bergen County restaurants closed, others are just getting started.Here's a list of what's here, what you can expect to see soon and who to say goodbye to.Urban Bricks, Paramus: The fast-casual pizza chain is opening their first Bergen County location in Paramus sometimes this month or next. Current nearby locations are in Kearny and Secaucus. 315 ...

A 24-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV Saturday in Robbinsville, police said.The Robbinsville man was unconscious after the Route 130 crash at Woodside Road around 11:30 a.m., and was transported to RWJ Hamilton, where he died, authorities said.The motorcyclist's identity was not being released, pending notification of kin.The SUV driver, an 80-year-old Hamilton ...

The Perth Amboy community is rallying for the family of a 17-year-old boy who drowned in the Raritan Bay Thursday.A GoFundMe intended to help fund a funeral service for Johnny Vasquez had raised $740 as of Friday afternoon.Vasquez -- who family members said was on the autism spectrum and suffered from epilepsy -- was unconscious when his body was recovered by NYPD divers around 5 ...

Several new COVID-19 cases among teens in one Union County town have been traced to a recent party, officials say.Westfield had gone two weeks without cases up until June 30. Since then, 17 new cases were reported.Most of Westfield's new cases are between ages 18 and 24 years old, and attended Fourth of July and graduation parties, Mayor Shelley Brindle said.Since Tuesday, there ...

Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying a woman caught stealing a package from by a Newark home security camera.The woman in a pink top and jean shorts took the package from the porch of a home on the 100 block of Stuyvesant Avenue around 2:15 p.m., Thursday,  Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.Anyone with information about the suspect to ...

If at first you don't succeed, knock a few hundred-thousand dollars off and put your house back on the market."Real Housewives of New Jersey" couple Melissa and Joe Gorga are taking another crack  -- their fourth -- at selling their 9500-square-foot Montville mansion.The Pond View property was first listed for $3.5 million in October 2017, but later taken off the market. It was re- ...