HIGHLANDS - - It was closing time, 2 a.m. in a bar on the Jersey Shore in 1989, and Blair Lazar was ready to pack up and go home for the night after a night of slinging drinks. There was only one problem - a few bar patrons don't want the party to end. The solution to that problem turned Lazar's... More...

For many of the 3.1 million American children with food allergies, the candy they get while trick-or-treating is the spookiest part of Halloween, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN). And the growing popularity of allergen advisory labeling may confuse them and their parents... More...

ERIC SUCAR staff Eleven-year-old Emily Ellison of Oakhurst and other contestants work on their scarecrows during a scarecrow-making contest organized by Girl Scout Troop 880 at the Ocean Township Library on Oct. 16. There were prizes for youths in grade five and up. More...

TINTON FALLS - As ghosts, pirates and princesses prepare to descend on neighborhoods across America on Halloween night, the American Red Cross offers parents some safety tips to help prepare their children for a safe and enjoyable trick-ortreat holiday. More...