Burlington County will use $1 million from the federal government to help preserve farmland as part of a buffer zone around McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix -- a total of about 800 acres.

A New Jersey company has agreed to reduce emissions at its Burlington County plant and pay a $1.3 million fine, the Bush administration said Tuesday.

More than a month after the Ocean County Construction Inspection Division disbanded and left several municipalities scrambling to create their own building departments or form interlocal agreements, many small ...