Essex County

Kathleen Winits, 55, was struck and killed Monday night crossing Route 70 less than a month after losing the tent they called home during the Lakewood wildfire.

For some people getting the COVID-19 vaccination this weekend will be better than a chocolate Easter bunny.

Garden State residents 18 and over may get the chance to work on this or other television programs if they are chosen for, and successfully complete, a two-day intensive training program next month in Newark.

Students full enrolled in an online degree program or participating in fully online or off-campus continuing education programs will be exempt along with faculty and staff.

Following a pause during the pandemic, a federal paid internship program is recruiting military vets in NJ to undergo computer forensics training.

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St. Patrick's Day parades are the latest big events to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic and Gov. Phil Murphy's executive orders limiting large gatherings.

Moderna shipped out a first round of doses on Sunday, after emergency approval behind Pfizer for U.S. vaccinations against the virus.

The plan to administer thousands of doses to New Jersey frontline workers was announced as Pfizer shipped out the vaccine nationwide on Sunday.

Of the 40 healthcare workers who tested positive for COVID-19 at the start of a Rutgers study in the early days of the pandemic, 25 were nurses.

While the state's oldest high school rivalry will play on, another that's a century old is among those on pause this year, due to the pandemic.

The governor said the return in some districts to classroom learning has "worked quite well" even as more districts go all- remote through at least Thanksgiving.