New Jersey

New Jersey is cracking down on third-party restaurant reservation services that scoop up tables and resell them without permission, because apparently, even dinner needed a black market.

New Jersey Assemblyman John Azzariti Jr. called the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner a “wake-up call” for leaders, the media and political figures across the country to immediately dial back the toxic rhetoric that is fueling anger and violence.

Borough officials say a long-blighted industrial property is nearing a public comeback as the largest open park space in Metuchen, with improvements expected to wrap up later this spring.