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DEAR AMY: I had a 10-year marriage and two beautiful children with someone I couldn’t live with, but who has been my best friend ever since. While it didn’t work out, my ex and I have remained solid parents, confidantes, and friends. He has been in a l…

The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $1.6 billion for Saturday’s drawing after nobody matched all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing. It is the largest prize in Powerball history. Here’s what you need to know about what time the Powerball dra…

Q. Should I wait before taking Social Security? My wife and I are retired. She’s 67 and I’m turning 64. Financially, we’re in a good position. I collect a monthly pension of nearly $100,000 a year and our medical benefits are covered. My wife has been …

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a commuter train at the Princeton Junction station late Friday, transit officials said. The NJ Transit Northeast Corridor train was traveling from Penn Station New York to Trenton when it struck the pedestrian shortly…

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For the past two years, we have been living behind masks as we strive to keep from spreading, and contracting, COVID-19. Although they help reduce contagion, masks also eliminate handy facial characteristics that help us identify peo…

A fugitive wanted for the 2003 murder of a woman with whom he shared a Plainfield apartment, was arrested earlier this year in Central America and extradited back to New Jersey early Friday morning, authorities said. On July 23, 2003, officers from the…

Dreaming about winning tonight’s record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot — the largest prize in U.S. lottery history? You might want to take a look at those steep odds. The overall odds of winning something after buying a $2 ticket are just shy of 1 in 2…

Weehawken residents who live near NY Waterway’s ferry maintenance and refueling facility are fed up — fed up with the noise, fed up with the pollution, fed up with the eyesore and fed up with feeling ignored by officials. They want the facility, next t…

For four of Kyrie Irving’s most formative basketball years, when the young teenager was honing the talent that would lead to him being the 2011 No. 1 NBA draft selection, he was picked up for practice every day by a Jewish man named Sandy Pyonin. Pyoni…

By Mila M. Jasey and Julie Borst Since the mid-1980′s, School-Based Youth Services Programs (SBYSP) have served some of New Jersey’s most vulnerable students. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) currently funds programs in 86 schools. The pro…