100 extra Newark cops to be detailed during championship soccer match Sunday
Portuguese residents of the Ironbound are looking forward to matchup with France in key contest Watch video NEWARK -- Additional police will be on hand in the Ironbound Sunday when Portugal plays...
View ArticleBrother asks about shooting of his sister: 'How are you going to kill a woman'
Myriam Martinez, a 52-year-old woman who was fatally shot Thursday, was remembered by her brother for her unique personality. NEWARK -- The brother of a 52-year-old city woman who was fatally shot...
View Article'Maplewoodstock' brings live music, art to Memorial Park (PHOTOS)
People poured into the park Saturday for the two-day festival featuring about two dozen bands. MAPLEWOOD -- Despite the dreary weather, the township's two-day annual festival of music and arts drew...
View ArticleMore than 100 protest in Newark, call for racial unity (PHOTOS)
Protest centers on downtown area NEWARK -- More than a hundred people took to the streets of downtown Newark on Saturday to protest the recent shootings of two black men by police. The group started...
View Article2 charged after dispute ends with knife, bottle attack, Newark police say
Four injured in brawl Wednesday Michael Wheeler, 29 (Photo: Essex County Dept of Corrections) NEWARK -- A man and a 17-year-old girl face charges after they were involved in an argument that...
View ArticleMemorial service celebrates lives of father, daughter killed in Springfield
Thomas and Roth Brown were fatally stabbed in their home last month. MONTCLAIR -- The hundreds of people who packed the pews of St. Paul Baptist Church on Saturday were there more for a celebration...
View ArticleWoman helps rescue 58-year-old man from Newark blaze
Man suffers minor burns in two-alarm fire, according to public safety director NEWARK -- A woman helped a 58-year-old man escape from a two-alarm fire with only minor burns Saturday in the city's West...
View ArticlePublic invited to tour Newark fire stations
Program to feature safety information, free giveaways (File photo)File photo NEWARK -- Fire stations around the city will be open for tours and host firefighting demonstrations for the public in a...
View ArticleNewark 3-D model shows city in detail -- and transition | Di Ionno
Massive map shows every house and building in city Everyone has the same reaction to the 3-D model of Newark in the lobby of the main branch of the city library. Kids, grown-ups, even the mayor. They...
View ArticleActing on tip, Newark police seize handguns
Police seized three guns overnight. NEWARK -- Police seized three guns and made a pair of arrests overnight, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. Police made the first arrest just before...
View ArticleEssex County man charged with killing retired corrections officer
Quinnizel J. Clark is charged with one count of murder and a firearm in connection with the death of James Dewyer MANSFIELD -- Authorities have charged a 34-year-old Belleville man with killing a...
View ArticleRutgers dumps Pepsi, brings Coke back to campus
The university's students will have to go off campus if they want to buy Pepsi. NEW BRUNSWICK -- In the latest twist in a multimillion-dollar campus cola war, Rutgers University is dumping Pepsi and...
View ArticleA call from the public helps Newark cops recover weapons
Alert citizen spotted suspicious activity, police said NEWARK -- City police found two guns stashed in some bushes after a citizen reported suspicious activity, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose...
View ArticleThe Newark money man who broke up The Beatles
The story of the '60s rock revolution cannot be fully told without acknowledging Allen Klein's accomplishments. Soon after John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved to New York City in 1971, Allen Klein brought...
View ArticleRev. Ron's church still going strong | Di Ionno
Christian Love Baptist Church celebrates Fun Day and life of deceased pastor If Rev. Ron Christian had lived to be an octogenarian, he may have evolved into his father. To look at Rev. William...
View Article49 years later, has the U.S. learned anything from the Newark riots?
Historians look at the historic rebellion while reacting to the racially-driven riots of 2016. Watch video NEWARK -- Riots sparked by the beating of a black cab driver by white police officers left 26...
View ArticleOfficials ID man gunned down in Newark
Authorities say no arrests have been made NEWARK -- The Essex County Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday identified the man shot to death within a violent 24-hour span in the city last week. Jihad Hawkins,...
View ArticleFugitive unit arrests man wanted for Newark shooting, police say
Victim treated and released from Newark hospital Michael Rodgers (Photo: Newark Dept of Public Safety) NEWARK -- The Newark fugitive unit arrested a 50-year-old man wanted for shooting another man in...
View ArticlePrison for wrong-way driver who killed N.J. minister, report says
The 34-year-old New York woman gets the maximum sentence The wrong-way drunken driver who killed a West Orange man on an upstate New York highway last year was sentenced Monday to at least eight years...
View ArticleInside Melissa Gorga's exclusive 'RHONJ' premiere after party
Melissa Gorga invited fans to shop at her boutique, Envy, on Monday date to shop and toast the Season 7 premiere of the long-running Bravo reality series Season 7 of "Real Housewives of New Jersey"...
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