Newark academy seeks to build community trust, offer inside look at public...
Virtual firearms training, fire safety among courses at Newark public safety academy NEWARK -- The Newark Public Safety Department this week graduated its first class of the Citizen/Clergy Academy, a...
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Summer Jam 2016: Dougie F, former stadium employee, becomes main event
Dougie F grew up in Orange and sold concessions at Giants Stadium before starting a career in music. On Sunday he'll be returning as a performer at Hot 97's hip-hop festival. Watch video Until he was...
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Glimpse of History: A teaching moment at the courthouse in Newark
Robinson played with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 until retiring in 1956. NEWARK -- Jackie Robinson shows his son, Jackie Jr., and Roy Campanella II, son of Roy Campanella, the statue of Abraham...
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Retired N.J. cop charged with manufacturing, possessing child porn
Defendant allegedly engaged in sexually-explicit chats and emails with boy, 15. BERNARDS -- A retired Millburn police officer has been arrested and charged with first degree manufacturing child...
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Street sweep: Cops seize 7 guns, 2 alligators and 240 alleged fugitives
U.S. Marshals say 240 alleged violent fugitives were rounded up in the month of May, mostly in Newark. NEWARK -- A joint federal-local law enforcement sweep in Newark throughout May rounded up 240...
View ArticleDozens cited in Newark enforcement operation
Police targeting Broad and Market streets NEWARK -- A police operation focusing on the city's main crossroads has resultedin 30 arrests recently, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a...
View ArticleSectional-final Friday full of statement wins, upsets, surprises
The wild sectional tournament ride had some more thrills to give
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MACFest 2016: East Orange throwing free R&B outdoor concert
Vivian Green is set to headline the daylong event. Vivian Green will perform Saturday. (Courtesy City of East Orange) EAST ORANGE -- The city is set to usher in summer Saturday with a daylong free...
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Accused Newark shooter arrested at court, authorities say
Man faces aggravated assault, weapons charges Quadir Whitehead (Photo: Newark police) NEWARK -- A man wanted for shooting at another person in the city was arrested after he showed up at the Union...
View ArticleMan, 63, dies after Bloomfield motorcycle crash
Little Falls died at area hospital BLOOMFIELD -- The man who died after a crash in the township was identified Saturday as a 63-year-old from Little Falls. James Circhio was on a motorcycle and was...
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Giant 1,000-foot waterslide makes first visit to N.J. (PHOTOS)
Slide the City, a traveling blow-up water slide, stopped in New Jersey for the first time on Saturday, June 4, 2016. See what it's like to travel down the 1,000-foot water slide here. Watch video WEST...
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Police seek alleged gunman in Newark shooting
Union County resident wounded in shooting Darius Mitchell (Photo: Newark Dept. of Public Safety) NEWARK -- Police are seeking the public's help to find a man wanted in a shooting early Saturday that...
View ArticleNewark police work to ID suspects in stolen credit card case
Anyone with information urged to call detectives NEWARK -- Police on Saturday asked for the public's help to identify several people who they said used stolen credit cards to make purchases at area...
View ArticleWhich N.J. towns pay the highest school tax bills?
Find out the 25 towns that the highest average school tax bills for residential property owners. The average New Jersey homeowner paid $4,372 in school taxes in 2015, but residents of many towns saw...
View ArticleWest Orange educators honored for addressing special needs
Educators receive the Innovations in Special Education Awards. WEST ORANGE -- West Orange High School educators Debra Coen and Jodie Goldstein have been honored by the New Jersey School Boards...
View ArticleSmall plane crashes at Essex County Airport
The pilot and his wife were not hurt. FAIRFIELD -- A pilot and his wife were unhurt Sunday after crashing their small plane at Essex County Airport, officials. The plane crashed off Runway #10 at the...
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Police arrest man wanted in shooting in Newark
A Rahway resident was shot early Saturday. NEWARK -- Police arrested a man Sunday wanted in the shooting of a Rahway resident. Darius Mitchell (Photo: Newark Dept. of Public Safety) Darius Mitchell,...
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N.J. pets in need: June 6, 2016
A gallery of adoptable pets in New Jersey. While New Jersey was never known as "Hurricane Alley," recent visits by hurricanes Irene and Sandy have shown that big storms can and do strike the Garden...
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How many are getting away with murder in N.J.? More than you think...
Less than half of all murders in New Jersey were cleared by arrest last year, according to an examination the most recent State Police data on crime in the state. Unlike television's CSI, not every...
View ArticleNew $30M mixed-use project is Plainfield's largest in 40 years
Plainfield officials celebrate the groundbreaking of a 44,000 square-foot multi-use building. PLAINFIELD - For 40 years, developers glanced over Plainfield in lieu of towns with higher incomes - and...
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