Passaic

FIve people were found dead at the Oakwood Plaza Apartments in Elizabeth in one incident while three people drowned in Hillsborough in separate incidents.

Two bodies found in the Passaic River this week have been identified as two friends who went missing amid torrential flooding caused by Hurricane Ida, moving the storm's death toll in the Garden State to 29.

As residents and businesses across New Jersey spent the holiday weekend trying to clean up damage from last week's storm, rescue workers resumed the search for two friends whose car was caught up in the floodwaters.

A full year since the pandemic hit, tens of thousands of residents remain left out of COVID relief, according to advocates who rallied in North Jersey.

People pulled over along Route 21 to look up at the cylinder shaped object in the sky.

Police in New Jersey continue to enforce Gov. Murphy's stay-at-home orders and price-gouging laws. Violations this week ranged from kicking a soccer ball on a field to attempted rape of an 11-year-old girl.

Over 800 people in NJ have been asked to quarantine themselves because of possible exposure to the new coronavirus, which as of Saturday morning had sickened four known people in the state.

The vice president of the Wayne Board of Education and her husband are facing drug charges.

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration is facing new criticism over the people it has put on the payroll.

Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said residents should stop sharing false information, so that when something really does happen, it will be taken seriously.