The drought warning that had been in place since last fall has finally been lifted, the Murphy Administration announced on ...

A foot or more of rainfall over the past three months has enabled New Jersey to end its drought warning, although South Jersey remains drier than the rest of the ...

A Toms River man has pleaded guilty to arson and criminal mischief in connection with two incidents that occurred in Ocean ...

Charles Maulbeck, 51, of Toms River, pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated arson and criminal mischief, according to the Ocean ...

A Toms River man has pleaded guilty to setting a fire last year, as well as an unrelated act of criminal mischief in Lacey ...

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A second teenager is accused of sparking the massive wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. A 17 year-old boy was charged with aggravated arson and hindering apprehension Wednesday for helping ...

New Jersey Forest Fire Service fire crews work to extinguish the Jones Road Fire near Lacey Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, on April 23, 2025. Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images So far ...

The fire has spread 15,300 acres across Waretown and Lacey Township, but is 60 percent contained now, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Four structures remain threatened.

He recalled a 2024 wildfire near the New Jersey-New York border ... and for evacuating people to safety. Between Waretown and Lacey Township, there were about 7,000 people who were ordered to leave ...

Here's what we know: A wildfire burns in the Pinelands Forest northwest of Wells Mills Park in Ocean Township, New Jersey, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The wildfires in New Jersey spread to Lacey ...