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A former Paterson police officer who was indicted last month on charges he beating a man in handcuffs and then lied about it on his report pleaded not guilty on Monday. Spencer Finch, 45, entered not guilty pleas to charges of official misconduct, aggr…

Fans of Klondike’s Choco Taco might not have to go without the beloved ice cream product for too long. After announcing its plans to discontinue the ice cream, Klondike seemed to take back its words, saying the Choco Taco might return. However, the ice…

New Jersey on Monday reported another 932 confirmedCOVID-19 cases and two new confirmed deaths as the transmission rate remains well below the key benchmark indicating that the outbreak is declining. The state’s rate of transmission was 0.93 on Monday,…

The director of marketing at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus was arrested Sunday on weapons charges weeks after police found a large cache of handguns and shotguns in a closet the facility, authorities said. Reuven Alonalayoff, 46, of Elmwood Park…

A man riding a motorized scooter was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle Sunday night in Elizabeth, authorities said. He was trying to cross Routes 1 & 9 in the area of Myrtle Street around 10:50 p.m. when a southbound vehicle hit him, a…

DEAR ANNIE: I thought I would share some fantastic advice my husband and I received from a marriage counselor a few years ago during a very difficult patch in our 28-year relationship. I tend to get worked up over things, i.e., injustices, politics, pe…

I ask state Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Brian Stack, D-Hudson, and other committee members: Have you ever been to Caven Point? Please come for a visit. We’d love to show you around. But they might not know that the peninsula is only open to visito…

Reforms to Hoboken’s rent control laws are likely going to be changed significantly enough torequire new legislation to be introduced, after landlords heavily pushed back on the proposed ordinance, officials said. The amendments that would have lowered…

For the past couple of years, bug experts and agriculture officials have been urging homeowners and business owners to kill spotted lanternflies. But some of the most popular devices used to snuff out those insects — glue traps — have unintentionally b…

DEAR ANNIE: My ex-husband and I have four children and eight grandchildren. We have been together for 40 years, but we have been divorced for 12 years. We have never been apart from each other until recently. He started ghosting me and not answering my…