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A mom who said she left her 22-month-old child in the car while she went to use the restroom in a store was arrested Friday afternoon.

A statewide gay and lesbian advocacy group, Garden State Equality, is urging the Boy Scouts of America to reinstate an 8-year-old transgender child who was forced out of Cub Scout Pack 87 after joining a month earlier.

With a vote Wednesday night, Avalon became the latest Garden State municipality to introduce a stipend program for their volunteer firefighters.

Officials say Officer Victor Ortiz, a 16-year veteran of the force, risked his own life to save the man, who has not been identified.

As New Jersey gets pounded by another winter storm, many towns across the Garden state are running low on their road salt supplies.