Assessing the damage, cleaning up a mess, and re-engineering a tomato. Today’s Garden State Express features stories from Trenton, Bayonne and New Brunswick.

A lethal day in Newark. Five killed in 48 hours. Gun violence in our cities is measurably down ... why is it rising in Newark? ...

Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is working to to rediscover and release the Jersey tomato. The tomato was made popular in the past by ...

The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is improving a tomato variety thought to be lost to history.

Fixing the pension system. Who will "pay the price"? Fighting the NJ Transit fare hike. Still trying to rebuild. Fighting FEMA red tape. And growing ...

The Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station has created strawberry plants that are better suited for New Jersey's climate and produce better tasting fruit.

Rutgers master gardeners and alumni play a key role maintaining the largest cherry tree collection in the U.S.