A diminishing chance to expand the PATH. With Port Authority money flooding into New York for a new Trade Center Transit hub and a much needed bus terminal is the budget stretched too thin for New Jersey projects?

Lead in the water. Feeling the heat from a contingent of parents, Newark’s Mayor is asking that lead mitigation in city schools be expanded state wide.

An expanding heroin epidemic. We launch a year-long series of forums to help people in the grip of New Jersey’s addiction crisis.

Texting while walking. A lawmaker wants to penalize distracted walkers by slapping them with fines and even jail time.

Going green by denuding a forest? Six Flags Great Adventure got the green light to build a solar farm where a forest stood.

And New Jersey’s own Sarah Vaughan gets her own stamp. High honor indeed for an iconic jazz singer called Sassy.