Who's the best in HS football? Here are our top teams in all 23 sections
Who goes into the 2016 season as the team to beat in every section throughout the state. The first weekend in December is always among the most exciting of the NJSIAA season as all 23 football...
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Arrest made in shooting that injured 2 Newark teens
Two 17-year-olds were shot on Aug. 23, police said. NEWARK -- Police have arrested a man accused in a double shooting last week that left two teens wounded. Reese. (Courtesy Newark Police) William E....
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23 ways schools say they will improve education in Newark
The district released a three year plan aimed at improving academic performance and other issues that have plagued the school system. NEWARK -- The hundreds of changes outlined in a three-year plan...
View ArticleMom of 5-year-old who fatally shot brother pleads guilty
Itiyanah Spruill faces three years in prison. NEWARK -- A mother whose son accidentally shot and killed his younger brother has pleaded guilty to charges related to the 4-year-old boy's death, a...
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Leader of Newark's 'most violent' gang pleads guilty, faces 30 years in prison
Malik Lowery is one of three remaining South Side Cartel members facing a host of charges. Lowery faces up to 30 years in prison. (File photo) NEWARK -- A former leader of "the most violent street...
View ArticleSuspect in Newark bank robbery arrested
Bruce Graves allegedly held up a Ferry Street bank in July NEWARK -- A Perth Amboy man has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery on Ferry Street last month, Public Safety Director Anthony...
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N.J. Olympian Shakur Stevenson fulfills an old boxer's final wish on his...
The Rio silver medalist has a big heart to match his big jab. NEWARK -- The old boxer had three requests when the volunteers at his hospice told him they could make his "wishes" come true. He wanted...
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Newark Dominicans raise their flag ahead of Sunday's parade and festival
Thousands of Dominicans live in Newark, and have celebrated their pride with 13 annual flag-raising celebrations. But no Dominican has been elected to the City Council. Watch video NEWARK -- Thousands...
View ArticleWhich NJ Transit train line do riders say is the worst?
NJ Transit got the second-highest grades in five years on its quarterly scorecard survey, but some commuters gave their rail lines poor grades. NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor line may be the state's...
View ArticleCrucial questions: Storylines impacting the 2016 HS football season
Super conferences and realignment have been the talk of the summer, but now it's time to address some other questions that will also impact the 2016 season.
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Man gunned down in Jersey City identified as Maplewood resident
Officials have identified the man fatally shot in on Woodlawn Avenue in Jersey City last night as a 30-year-old Maplewood felon. Kyell C. Jeter was fatally shot in Jersey City late Monday night,...
View ArticleRestaurant employee attacked coworker with meat cleaver, police say
The man was charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses, police said. BLOOMFIELD -- A worker at a Chinese food store was arrested last week after apparently attacking a coworker with a meat...
View ArticleThis N.J. college has the worst professors among top schools, ranking says
Princeton Review's annual rankings are based on surveys of 143,000 students at 381 top colleges. Nine New Jersey colleges made the list of top schools. NEWARK -- New Jersey Institute of Technology...
View ArticleObama commutes life sentences of 3 N.J. inmates
President Barack Obama has reduced the prison terms of 325 inmates this month. WASHINGTON -- Three New Jersey residents sentenced to life imprisonment had their sentences commuted by President Barack...
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Newark man charged in crash that killed woman standing at her SUV
Woman, 41, was pinned under the vehicle and declared dead at the scene, authorities say Ike Odumuko, 29 (Photo: Essex County Prosecutor's Office) NEWARK -- A Newark man faces charges after he crashed...
View ArticleWoman accused of luring Chinese, Indian students to fake N.J. college indicted
She is accused of charging foreigners to enroll in a false university in order to stay in the United States NEWARK -- A New York City woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with...
View Article'Street academy' seeks to steer young adults from violence to GEDs
The state-funded program's education and service components are meant to help disengaged young people get jobs NEWARK -- A dozen young people sit around a table inside a city community center, wearing...
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2 women charged with robbing 67-year-old in Newark
The suspects, 19 and 21, were caught shortly after the woman was robbed Aliyah Napier NEWARK -- City police have arrested two suspects in connection with the robbery of an elderly woman Monday...
View ArticleRate your NJ Transit rail line
Let's see which line gets the most upvotes ... and which doesn't. Last week, NJ Transit revealed that its Northeast Corridor line had the system's worst on-time record. And then on Tuesday, NJ...
View ArticleFootball preseason Top 20: 8 teams unranked at end of 2015 make it; Who's...
NJ.com releases the 2016 preseason football Top 20. Share the preseason rankings with your scholastic football-loving friends.
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