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One of the greatest records most people have never heard will have its 50th anniversary celebrated on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall when a group of indie rock stalwarts pays tribute to Big Star’s debut album, “#1 Record.” A commerci…

An 18-year-old Paterson man has been charged with attempted murder in a shooting during a robbery attempt earlier this month in the city, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Wiziar Johnson was arrested Monday after investigators identifie…

The popular burger chain Shake Shack recently opened two more New Jersey locations. The company first unveiled a restaurant Nov. 26 in Edison at the Menlo Park Mall, neighboring True Food Kitchen. Then, another Shake Shack opened in Jersey City on Wedn…

New Jersey gambling regulators have fined Caesars Sportsbook for wrongly refusing to pay out over $27,000 to a gambler who made winning bets on an international hockey game last year. The dispute involved whether goals scored in overtime should count i…

Gov. Phil Murphy will announce that New Jersey is beginning a long-promised independent review of how the state responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, two years and nine months after the virus began spreading here, NJ Advance Media has learned. The review…

New Jerseyhealth officials reported another 976 COVID-19 cases and 10 confirmed deaths on Monday as the transmission rate remains steady below the key benchmark that indicates cases are on the decline. The statewide rate of transmission is 0.90 as of M…

Does Chris Christie remember what happened last time he ran for president? I do, so let’s recap. Christie ran in a crowded field in 2016, just another passenger in a veritable clown car of unqualified candidates. In a field with such heavy hitters as C…

Congress is back for a lame-duck session, giving the Democrats who control both houses one last chance to enact legislation before the Republicans take back the House in January. There is some must-pass legislation on the agenda. Congress must enact a …

DEAR AMY: Fifty-two years ago, my sister shared a secret with me on the condition that I tell no one. She has five children, two with her first husband and three children with three different men (conceived while she was still married to her first husb…

In the first half of the 20th century, St. Paul’s Church in Greenville, Jersey City, was perhaps the largest parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. It grew so much that it was split in 1963 to form Our Lady of Mercy Church in Country Villa…