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SCPOFernando Salcedo, 19, of Manville, is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose for allegedly beating a Montgomery man with a baseball bat. MANVILLE — A Montgomery Township man was listed in stable condition... Jennifer Golson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jgolson/index.html

Google MapsKilcourse Street in South Bound Brook, where police seized $1300 in crack cocaine. SOUTH BOUND BROOK — Authorities arrested a South Bound Brook man and seized $1,300 worth of crack cocaine during an undercover operation in Somerset County, officials... Jennifer Golson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jgolson/index.html

David Gard/New Jersey Local News ServiceFire heavily damaged building 10 in the Short Hills Village apartment complex in Springfield this afternoon, displacing 30 residents. SPRINGFIELD — A four-alarm blaze on Forest Drive destroyed a 30-resident apartment building and sent... New Jersey Local News Service http://connect.nj.com/user/njolns/index.html

Martin Griff/The Times of TrentonFacilities Manger Bob Caron on the roof of Grainger's distribution center in Robbinsville on Monday, August 30, 2010 with about 4,000 solar panels. The company installed a 1.2 megawatt solar panel system which will supply 40... Abby Gruen/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/agruen/index.html

LEBANON TWP. — Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital will admit no patients under 65 as of Sept. 20 and non-geriatric patients already there will be transferred to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in Morris County. The long-term fate of Hagedorn is still... Warren Cooper/Hunterdon County Democrat http://connect.nj.com/user/wcooper/index.html

BELMAR &mdash U.S. Coast Guard rescue crews and local police spent hours searching for a 20-year-old after he went missing off Belmar tonight, authorities said. The man was last seen wearing a black tank top and black shorts when he... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

Hurricane Earl tracking shows the storm will hit the N.J. coastline around noon Friday Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/thaydon/index.html

Lori Van Buren/Times UnionArne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary, heads a round table with teams of teachers in N.Y. TRENTON — New Jersey will be at the forefront of a collaborative effort to develop a new generation of standardized tests, an... Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jcalefati/index.html

file photoClifford Janey, the superintendent of Newark public schools, speaks with school employees during a staff meeting in 2008 at the Prudential Center in Newark. NEWARK — Newark Superintendent Clifford Janey will stay in his post to start the school... Star-Ledger Staff http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslstaff/index.html

Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerA file photo of recess at Newton Street school in Newark. NEWARK — When Newark school district’s 39,000 students began their first day of classes today, they began a school year already full of change. The district has... Victoria St. Martin/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/vstmartin/index.html

Frank H. Conlon/For The Star-LedgerIn a television camera monitor, News Anchor Jim Hooker prepares for the evening news broadcast at the New Jersey Network Studios in Trenton, NJ on 4/22/10. TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie submitted legislation today designed to... Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/pamcglon/index.html

Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerThe exterior of a Franklin Boulevard home in Franklin Township, where police shot and killed a man during after he pulled a gun while police attempted to arrest him, authorities said. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset) — It was self-defense... Jennifer Golson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jgolson/index.html

MAPLEWOOD — When the former-Mellon Financial Corp. sold its subsidiary in 2005, they refused to give Robert Howley a severance package, since the new owner promised to give him a comparable job. But the day after Mellon sold Buck Consultants... Jennifer Golson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jgolson/index.html

Google MapsA map view of Nye Avenue in Irvington, where Donovan Mitchell was found stabbed to death. IRVINGTON — A Newark man was arrested this afternoon and charged with the July stabbing death of an Irvington man, authorities said. Ibn... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

Google MapsA map view of Nye Avenue and Bergen Street in Newark, where a hit-and-run crash left a Brooklyn man dead. NEWARK — The suspect in a Newark hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a Brooklyn man two weeks... James Queally/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jqueally/index.html

Journal file photo A two-alarm fire at a Downtown Jersey City brownstone displaced a family tonight, officials said.The fire at 123 Grand St. was called in at 6:15 p.m. and declared under control at 6:37 p.m., Deputy Fire Director Jerry... Ken Thorbourne/The Jersey Journal http://connect.nj.com/user/kthorbou/index.html

John O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerCongressman Rush Holt announces his bid for reelection at Princeton Power Systems in Princeton. WEST WINDSOR — Kicking off his re-election campaign, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th Dist.) criticized his Republican opponent, Scott Sipprelle, as a Wall Street... Matt Friedman/Statehouse Bureau http://connect.nj.com/user/matt_friedman/index.html

Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerA 2009 photo of old main building at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. PARSIPPANY — A sitter for a Greystone Park Psychiatric patient has been charged with sexually assaulting the woman while she was undergoing medical treatment at a... The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html

The worst of the storm is expected to be 100 miles offshore, but officials are preparing for riptides, rainfall The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk http://connect.nj.com/user/njoslcnd/index.html