Newark's Mr. Willie builds homes that improves lives
Mr. Willie is an 83-year-old carpenter who shows no signs of slowing down. He's helped Habitat for Humanity Newark build homes for 17 years. On Hawthorne Avenue in Newark, it's 8 a.m. and Willie Clark...
View ArticleNCAA Division I Softball Tournament gets under way with 22 former N.J. stars
N.J. softball players in the 2016 NCAA Tournament
View ArticleBloomfield brings in civil rights groups to test racial profiling study
A Seton Hall law study released earlier this year found evidence of racial profiling in Bloomfield's police department. BLOOMFIELD -- About a month after Seton Hall law school released a report...
View Article2 hurt in Irvington motel blaze
Flames broke out early Friday IRVINGTON -- Two people suffered burns in a fire at a Ball Street motel early Friday, according to township fire officials. The extent of the injuries was not immediately...
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Glimpse of History: Screaming for ice cream in East Orange
Manufacturers started delivering premium ice creams to supermarkets in the 1980s. EAST ORANGE -- Plenty's Ice Cream at the corner of Springdale Avenue and North Clinton Street in East Orange is shown...
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51-year-old gets long prison sentence for sexting N.J. girl, 13
The Michigan resident posed as an 18-year-old when he began communicating with the victim A Michigan man was sentenced to at least 33 years in prison for engaging in illicit online communication with...
View ArticlePre-trial program denied for college prof accused of hitting man, then...
A college professor accused hitting a man with her and leaving him on side of road was denied entrance to a probation program. NEWARK -- A college professor accused of striking a man with her car on...
View ArticleTrack and field Top 20s, plus individual rankings for Friday, May 20
The best part of the track and field season is upon us. County and conference championships are wrapping up and teams across the state are gearing up the NJSIAA State Championships. With so many...
View Article1 dead in afternoon Irvington shooting
Victim identified as a male IRVINGTON -- A male was fatally shot in the township Friday afternoon, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. The homicide occurred on the 100 block of 19th Avenue...
View ArticleN.J.'s medical marijuana program, six years later
The program experienced its greatest enrollment boost in 2015 TRENTON -- After 6-1/2 years of bureaucratic delays, political opposition and struggles stemming operating a program outside federal law,...
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N.J. district: Students' racist, anti-Semitic Instagram posts are 'teachable'...
The South-Orange Maplewood school district is addressing diversity after a string of three allegedly insensitive social media posts hit the internet. Three incidents occurred in the district,...
View ArticleNJ Transit conducts active shooter drill at Newark Penn Station
The drill was one of several emergency re-trainings that agency police officers undergo each year. Watch video NEWARK -- It's like any other NJ Transit ride, until three men start shooting. The call...
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What you need to know about WWE's 'Extreme Rules' in Newark this weekend
Current WWE Women's Champion Charlotte is on the bill for one of the WWE's biggest events of the year. On Sunday, World Wrestling Entertainment will present its annual "Extreme Rules" pay-per-view at...
View ArticleHeroin, guns seized in separate Newark arrests, authorities say
Two men face charges NEWARK -- Detectives arrested two men with guns and drugs in separate cases in the city's West Ward, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose announced Saturday. Nafee Davis, 20,...
View ArticleEast Orange man, 24, gunned down in Camden
Man found shot in alley, prosecutor's office says CAMDEN -- A 24-year-old East Orange man was shot and killed in Camden, authorities said Saturday. The city's gunfire detection system, ShotSpotter,...
View ArticleOfficials identify man fatally shot in Irvington
Man shot Friday afternoon IRVINGTON -- The victim of a deadly shooting Friday afternoon in Irvington was identified as a 27-year-old township man, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Dashawn...
View Article1 dead in Newark homicide
Victim identified as a male NEWARK -- A homicide left one person dead in the city's South Ward late Saturday, officials said. The victim was identified only as a male, according to Essex County...
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Cooney, Codey battle for New Jersey kids | Di Ionno
Former heavyweight contender to brawl with ex-governor in charity bout Watch video Gerry Cooney is 59, but still acts like the big playful puppy who doesn't know its own strength. What the 6-foot-6,...
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