Feds shouldn't make N.J. police act as deportation agents | Opinion
Why does the federal government continue to seek contracts with Hudson County, which is mired in systemic human rights abuses and have continually rejected and resisted reform? By Angie Junck and...
View ArticleEast Coast Greenway carves 3,000-mile bike path from Maine to Fla.
The Garden State segment of the East Coast Greenway is 98 miles long, passing through Trenton, Newark, Jersey City and New Brunswick Love to cycle, but worried about sharing the road? One group hopes...
View ArticleWoman accused of giving her landlord $52K in bad checks
Debra Gonzalez also gave bad checks to taverns and a farmstand in Wayne, along with auto repair shops in Fairfield, according to police Debra Gonzalez (Wayne police) WAYNE -- A 43-year-old Wayne...
View ArticlePort Authority to discuss PATH weekend suspension on Facebook livestream
Viewers can access it through www.facebook.com/panynj. With the suspension of weekend service on PATH's 33rd Street line less than two weeks away, the Port Authority is preparing riders for the...
View ArticleFeds raid Orange library, sources say
Federal officials left the library with computers and documents, witnesses said. ORANGE -- The public library in Orange was raided by federal agents Thursday morning, several sources confirmed to NJ...
View ArticleN.J. woman whose legs won't stop growing to appear in TV documentary
In the TLC doc "My Legs Won't Stop Growing," the East Orange resident talks about a serious disorder that has caused her legs to be four feet wide Both of Katia Page's legs measure four feet in...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty in Mother's Day murder of 15-year-old
Two men, both 19, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with the fatal 2015 shooting of a 15-year-old youth. Watch video NEWARK -- Lanky 19-year-old Jaqeuce Spinks stood in Superior Court...
View ArticleSuspect charged with killing 2 ex-girlfriends, man, pleads not guilty
A man indicted for the killing of two former girlfriends and another man pleaded not guilty in court Monday. NEWARK -- As Jeffrey Holland entered the courtroom Monday, his wrists were handcuffed...
View ArticleDogs covered with tar, rescued from sweltering Newark rooftop
The dogs were forced to keep moving in order to avoid paw-burns, officials said NEWARK -- Two dogs were hospitalized after they were found on a Newark rooftop Friday, when the high temperatures forced...
View ArticleNorth Jersey restaurant news: Get stoked about SMOKED, wine delivery and more
Pulled pork, short ribs and sandwiches are among the choices at SMOKED in Ridgewood -- and bones for canine pals. You have to love the clear-cut culinary philosophy of SMOKED, a new take-out business...
View Article2 of 3 suspects plead not guilty in West Orange shooting death
Two suspects in the December 2015 murder of an Orange man in West Orange filed not guilty pleas in court. NEWARK -- Two of three suspects arrested in a fatal shooting in West Orange last December...
View ArticleBomb threat caused NJ Transit train evacuation; man charged
About 800 passengers were evacuated from the train Monday night at the Newark airport station NEWARK -- A man who forced the evacuation of a crowded NJ Transit train Monday evening after allegedly...
View Article3-alarm blaze hits vacant building in Orange
The fire struck a vacant building, officials said. ORANGE -- Firefighters were responding Tuesday morning to a 3-alarm fire in the city, officials said. The fire broke out early in a vacant building...
View ArticleFormer N.J. woman who survived 9/11 speaks at DNC 2016
A 9/11 attack survivor praised Hillary Clinton Tuesday at the DNC 2016. PHILADELPHIA -- A former New Jersey woman who's a 9/11 survivor spoke in support of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National...
View Article1 dead in Orange shooting, city's 2nd killing in a week
Victim was shot late Tuesday night ORANGE -- Little information was immediately available about a shooting that claimed a male victim late Tuesday night. Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly of...
View ArticleUnder Cory Booker's glitz is an effective politician | Moran
Booker's problem is that his high polish distracts people from the impressive political work he gets done. Watch video PHILADELPHIA --To his detractors, Sen. Cory Booker has always been a showboat who...
View ArticleNewark street team's goal: Get residents to give peace a chance
The Newark Community Street Team disrupts conflicts before they become violent by building strong relationships with young people. Shadee Dukes didn't quite know what to say during a press conference...
View ArticleMom faces sentencing in starving, beating death of 8-year-old daughter
An Irvington mother will be sentenced for the death of her 8-year-old daughter, who was starved and beaten. Watch video NEWARK -- In her family's Irvington apartment, Krisla Rezirekyson Kris starved...
View ArticleN.J.'s 37 MLB Draftees: Where did they land?
The 37 New Jersey players taken in the June MLB Draft have been sent all over the country to start their professional careers while others chose to play college baseball.
View ArticleMeet the Rutgers professor banning the use of technology in class
Professor Stuart Green is dialing back the clock and requiring students to take handwritten notes. NEWARK -- If you are taking Professor Stuart Green's criminal law lecture class at Rutgers School of...
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