Last year Bergen County received over a thousand referrals of alleged elder abuse, according to a county official.

Lawmakers will consider legislation to strengthen building codes to try to prevent large-scale fires like the one that destroyed an Edgewater apartment complex in 2015.

Two years after a 240-unit complex was consumed by fire, lawmakers try to toughen building codes. Firefighters call it a good start. In the nation's ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney joined with Bergen County Democrats and union officials to kick off a campaign for North Jersey casino expansion, an effort he ...

Casinos in North Jersey. A powerful coalition of lawmakers and labor leaders want New Jersey citizens to vote yes. Might it doom Atlantic City? Dismal ...

After ongoing security issues at Bergen Regional Medical Center, the county executive has ordered increased officer presence at the facility.

Donald Trump's foray into the Garden State. Returning the favor of Christie's endorsement by raising money to retire Christie's campaign debt. The government has doubled ...

Republicans sweep. Incumbents too. And Democrats get a wake-up call. New Jersey sends its first African-American woman to Congress. Along with a power broker's brother.

Bergen County Executive Elect James Tedesco says after being sworn in, he plans to move forward the realignment of the police force into the sheriff's ...

Police and citizens worlds apart. The rough race for Bergen County Executive. Cracking down on driving distracted. Heart attack. It's different for women. And maybe ...

Republican incumbent Kathleen Donovan and challenger Democrat James Tedesco, a freeholder, are in the midst of a fierce campaign for Bergen County Executive.

Gov. Christie marks a new post-Sandy milestone. Reconsidering Bergen County's battle-ready military surplus. A way up for homeless vets. Selling out senior citizen homes. And ...

Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino announced that he's putting the order for military vehicles on hold while a state and federal review of the program ...

Should local police amass military war machines to maintain the peace? Janet's Law forces schools to have Automatic External Defibrillators, AEDs. Do they? Three school ...

Police in Middletown and Bergen County are getting MRAPs, mine resistant armor protected vehicles. Officials say they will be used mainly for water rescues.

A political football. That's what a Port Authority commissioner is calling the bridge scandal. Primary day and the candidates are sprinting to the finish line. ...

The Select Committee on Investigation heard from Port Authority Commissioner Pat Schuber Tuesday.

Deciding what to do about Syria. Sen. Menendez chairs the hearings and New Jersey congressmen sound off. Plus the latest in the governor’s race.

After two Bergen County police officers got into a heated exchange with a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike, some freeholders have renewed calls ...

Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan says the decision to suspend the county's Blue Laws was made to allow residents to replace lost items and wasn't ...