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Dale Caldwell, who resigned as New Jersey's lieutenant governor on September 25th after an investigation found he sexually harassed a staffer and violated ethics rules, is disputing the findings publicly. In an interview with NJ PBS host Rob Nelson, Caldwell said he ran the investigation report through multiple AI platforms, claiming none of them concluded sexual harassment had occurred.
A powerful nor'easter dumped floodwaters into Surf City, New Jersey over the weekend, turning suburban streets into waterways. A resident captured video of a shark's dorsal fin cutting through the water in a driveway before it headed toward Barnegat Bay. Shark researcher Greg Skomal identified it as a smooth dogfish, a small species common to the area and harmless to humans.
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection fined the DataOne data center in Vineland $1 million after inspectors found it running 62 gas-powered generators without state approval, according to Gothamist. NJDEP commissioner Ed Potosnak called it the largest enforcement action ever taken against a data center in the state. The facility, backed by Microsoft funding, is still under construction as part of a $17 billion project.
New Jersey regulators fined the DataOne data center in Vineland $1.07 million after inspectors found 62 unpermitted portable generators running at the site in late July, giving the operator 45 days to shut them down or seek proper permits. The facility, which supplies compute for Nebius under a $33 billion deal with Microsoft, has drawn prior resident complaints over an unpermitted LNG tank, noise, and lack of public consultation.
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection fined data center operator DataOne $1.1 million for running 45 of 62 gas generators without required air permits, violating the state's Air Pollution Control Act. The generators operated at 1,982 kilowatts, far above the 37-kilowatt threshold requiring permits, and the violation surfaced after The Guardian and Floodlight News published thermal drone footage in August. DataOne has 45 days to apply for permits or stop operations, but can keep running the generators during that review period.
Forecasters are tracking what could be the first nor'easter of the season, with New York and New Jersey among the states preparing for possible impacts in late September. Details on the storm's strength and exact path remain preliminary as meteorologists continue to monitor conditions.
A construction crew in New Jersey accidentally cut a Verizon fiber cable that supports air traffic control systems, triggering a circuit failure that forced ground stops at all three major New York City airports. The disruption rippled across the Northeast, with FlightAware reporting more than 1,000 US flight cancellations on Monday. Officials are still disputing responsibility, with Amtrak and New Jersey Transit each pointing at the other's contractors while Verizon denies any fault.
A Tesla Model 3 ran a stop sign in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey on July 6, 2025, striking a Honda Civic and killing its 82-year-old driver, Stephen Field. Local police described it as an ordinary failure-to-stop crash, but Tesla's own federal safety filing shows its driver-assist system was 'Verified Engaged' at the time, a detail Tesla redacted key details about, including the crash narrative and software version.
New Jersey's attorney general has asked the Supreme Court to resolve whether states can regulate sports wagers offered through prediction markets like Kalshi. The move follows a split between federal appeals courts: the 3rd Circuit ruled such bets are federally regulated swaps outside state control, while the 9th Circuit found they are simply gambling by another name and can be blocked by states like Nevada.
On September 29, 2016, a New Jersey Transit train failed to stop and crashed into Hoboken Terminal at about 21 mph, killing one person and injuring 110. Three months later, a Long Island Railroad train had a nearly identical failure at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, injuring 108 with no deaths. NTSB investigators found both engineers had undiagnosed sleep apnea and that neither train had systems capable of intervening before the crash.