Helicopters are essential for firefighting. They can drop 1,000 gallons of water at once — some much more. That’s far more ...

The sparing of local residents and homes in this fire was no happy accident. Land use in this area of the state has long been ...

New Jersey is home to a rich diversity of snake species, and several of its lakes and rivers are teeming with slithering ...

Visitors to the Wharton State Forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens can explore rarely seen areas of the historic Batsto ...

I’ve lived all over New Jersey, but keep returning to the Shore, despite the traffic, the crush of people, the McMansions and ...

Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) of The Sopranos heads an organized crime unit, but when the pressure gets to him, he visits ...

The copperhead is one of the most famous of all snakes in the United States. Along with that fame, people often confuse other ...

The wildfire, which was determined to be the second largest in New Jersey in the past 20 years, consumed more than 15,000 ...

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the ...

Joseph Kling said there 20 people at the bonfire authorities allege sparked the massive Jones Road wildfire, and 16 remained ...

Belfast-based troubadour Stephen Conley has just released his debut solo album and it’s a reputation-making affair from the ...