Though she formed opinions and held her own in mature conversations, Bella Patterson was also “still very much a kid” and enjoyed silly moments, her family said.

The Ocean County Board of Elections received a letter from the state instructing it to reject 22 mail-in ballots for the primary election, but board Chairman George Gilmore said it will not ...

Danbury's Alternative Center for Excellence, the city's alternative high school, celebrated its graduates in a ceremony ...