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Do you have old and unused NJ Transit tickets lying around? You may be eligible for a refund. NJ Transit announced Wednesday that refunds will be made available for unused one-way bus, rail and light rail tickets purchased prior to June 1. The agency said the new policy will also apply to rail 10-trip tickets, which are the equivalent of…...

More chemical drums were discovered in concrete blocks found buried under ballfields at a Long Island park, remnants of when the land was used for aircraft production, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The find, which was expected, involved concrete blocks that were initially removed from the excavation area Monday, authorities said. As with the cas...

The livestream art installation connecting two bustling cities, New York and Dublin, is garnering the attention of tens of thousands of visitors, but due to some controversial activity, the portal temporarily closed for a closer look. The portal is a piece of sculpture art by Portals founder and artist, Benediktas Gylys, originally from Lithuania. ...

Visitors and residents at the Jersey Shore have known it for generations — Lucy the Elephant is the best.
While, now everyone around the country knows that the Margate, New Jersey, attraction towers above the rest thanks to it being named the Best Roadside Attraction in the United States by USA Today.

Connecticut oysters are really a treasure, and they’re about to get a bit easier to find. “There’s no reason why people shouldn’t be getting excited about oysters in Connecticut. They’re incredible,” said Beth Simonds, owner of Stonington Farms Shellfish, a family and majority women-owned business that launched in 2017. They’re now on the map. The ...

A set of quintuplets from New Jersey are now all graduates of the same school in their home state, Montclair State University, albeit with different majors.

If it feels like we’ve been dealing with rain every single weekend this spring, we nearly have. Out of the last 11 weekends, nine of them brought measurable rainfall to Central Park. And this soggy spring pattern might be giving you déjà vu. Spring 2023 was full of wet weekends as well, with 10 out of 13 (77%) producing measurable…

A squatter who used phoney phony utility bills and a forged lease to live in a Queens house — and even filed a lawsuit against the rightful property owner — is now facing a litany charges that could send him to prison for more than a decade, the local district attorney said. Lance White-Hunt, 24 and of Brooklyn, was arraigned…...

New Yorkers eat a lot of pizza. They eat so much pizza that the dish warrants its own recycling bin. Ahead of the summer season, Central Park now has a pizza box recycling bin in a busy area adjacent to the Great Lawn, The Central Park Conservancy announced. The pilot program is part of the citywide attempt to curb its…

Major League Soccer has suspended multiple players for their involvement in an incident following New York City FC’s 3-2 win over Toronto FC last weekend, the league announced Wednesday. Toronto head coach John Herdman, defender Richie Laryea and goalkeeper Sean Johnson were suspended for their team’s home match against Nashville. Toronto...

At the start of his corruption trial in New York City, a federal jury was alternately introduced to Bob Menendez as a bribe-taking U.S. senator who betrayed his country, and as an American patriot.

The funeral for New Jersey State Police Trooper Marcellus E. Bethea, who died on May 5, were held on Wednesday.

Trump and Biden have agreed to two debates. Here’s what we know.