Gold in N.J. Waters at $2,000 a Pound; Fishermen Indicted in Connection with Illegally Catching Baby Eels

They are flat and transparent and have a thin head.

Yes, a tiny eel that sells for nearly $2,000 a pound has created a stir in New Jersey.

An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted three Maine fishermen in connection with illegally trapping thousands of undersized American Eels in Absecon, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced.

On May 16, Dale Witham, 55, of Medomak, Robert Royce, 63...

Brad Pitt Makes Guest Appearance in Hoboken (VIDEO)

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

People who attended the screening of Brad Pitt’s new movie, World War Z, at Clearview Cinemas in Hoboken on Wednesday got a little more than they originally expected.

They got an appearance by Pitt himself.

According to ENSTARZ, Pitt attended the 10:45 p.m. screening bearing promotional T-shirts for the fans, and said that he wanted to bring his film right to the peopl...

Now the Boy Scouts are Disappointing Atheists

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Secular Coalition for America today said the Boy Scouts’ recent decision to allow openly gay boys is a positive step in the right direction, but does not go far enough. The SCA expressed disappointment that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has decided to continue its policy of discrimination against atheists and gay Scout leaders.

On Thursday, Boy Scouts leaders voted to open t...

Fired Dog Doo Bully Gets Job Back From N.J. Commissioner of Education

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

New Jersey Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf has reinstated Haddon Township Athletic Director Alan Carr to his position, saying that Carr had been fired for a “domestic incident.”

That incident involved Carr being caught on the school’s camera putting dog feces on the car of his ex-wife. His wife is also a teacher at Haddon Township.

Anne Milgram: Where Is The Former N.J. Attorney General?

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

John and Laura Arnold of Texas have been able to accumulate billions of dollars through a hedge fund at a relatively young age. The couple, under 40, are interested in giving much of their fortune away, and want to use their philanthropic interests to make the world a better place to live.

They formed the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, whose goal is to create refo...

The Return of the Jersey Shore

BY GINA G. SCALA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

For a lot of reasons a pewter grey sky isn’t the way Memorial Day Weekend at the Jersey Shore was suppose to kick off the unofficial start of summer.

But it didn’t deter Gov. Chris Christie from ceremoniously cutting a 5.5 mile ribbon to reopen the Jersey Shore, nearly seven months after Superstorm Sandy pounded coastal communities. The governor appeared this mo...

NJ Weather: Not the best start to the Memorial Day Weekend, but the second half looks pretty nice!

BY STEVE DIMARTINO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

As an upper level low begins to form over the Mid Atlantic coast today, a wave of low pressure developing along the cold front will intensify over the New Jersey coastal waters by this afternoon. This surface low pressure system and the associated upper level low will keep  overcast skies and scattered showers along with below normal temperatures over th...

Welcome To the Tri State Area NYCFC, Let The Brand Business Games Begin

BY JOE FAVORITO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Timing, as we all know, is essential to success in sport. A millisecond layer and a home run becomes a pop up, a blink too soon and a NASCAR driver ends up being entangled with a rival just in front of him, a small flinch and an birdie ends up being just par. So it also is in “The Beautiful Game,” where a perfectly timed pass can become the difference between sc...

Child Poverty in NJ on the rise

BY MICHAEL HAYNE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

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CEO pay may be astronomical and actually getting higher and Wall Street may have returned to its bullish primacy, but evidence of an alarming increase in child poverty is sweeping through NJ.  According to an annual report on the health, wealth and well-being of children released today by Advocates for Children of New ...

Christie Administration Officials Joined By Long Branch Students for Beam Signing Event

LONG BRANCH, NJ – New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) CEO Marc Larkins joined Long Branch third grade students in a “beam signing” ceremony to highlight the progress of construction for the new George L. Catrambone Elementary School.

The students, teachers and officials celebrated the ongoing construction of the facility by signing a steel beam that will be hoisted into place as a perman...