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DEAR ABBY: Fifteen years ago, I “ran away from home” to get away from my adult children, and I finally made a life for myself. They were able to stay in the house because I continued to pay the mortgage. Their dad — my ex — and his family all lived n…

As November winds down, all that can be heard on the cold bay in Union Beach is the shrill calls of ravens mixed with the squawks of seagulls. But mostly utter silence. Now that the fall has settled in, you wouldn’t even know the empty pavilion is wher…

Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983′s “Flashdance,” has died. Sh…

First Luck of Sagittarius Season The Capricorn moon angles Uranus the rebel in the first lucky trine of Sagittarius season. This calls for some personal work. To reap the rewards of the omen, we must align ourselves with a daring goal. Choose one with …

A Jersey City man driving recklessly in Bayonne was arrested after a loaded handgun and drug paraphernalia was seized from his vehicle, authorities said. Antril P. Neal, 30, was charged with possession of a defaced firearm, possession of large capacity…

As a concerned and long-time resident of Jersey City, and an almost daily visitor to Liberty State Park, I strongly oppose directing tourist helicopter flight paths over the park as proposed. This will cause substantial noise pollution to an area where…

Baby, we were born to run. Amanda Huneke was nine months pregnant on the morning of Oct. 15, when she toed the starting line at the Shore A.C. 5-Kilometer cross country race in Holmdel Park. And the Olympic-level runner from Jackson certainly knew what…

It’s a party that still has no price tag. This past week, New Jersey put up a $1.1 million down payment on the 2026 World Cup toward the cost of preparing MetLife Stadium for its role in the global sporting event — a planned $14.2 million makeover of t…

Imagine living in your own private resort. You can, in Wall Township, for just under $11 million. The 23.4-acre Monmouth County compound, called Mattaccino, is for sale for $10.99 million. It has 32,500 square feet of living space with 10 bedrooms and …

New Jersey and New York could both pay less to fund construction of the proposed $16 billion Gateway Hudson River rail tunnels thanks to a ranking that qualifies the project for funds from the Biden administration’s infrastructure law. The tunnel proje…