Get a bird's-eye view of N.J. development over 80 years
See how development transformed the landscape of the Garden State between 1930 and 2013. The landscape of New Jersey has been drastically altered by development. Residential communities were carved...
View ArticleN.J.'s college football stars: Which 9 had great games in Week 4?
A look at 20 big N.J. performances in college football this weekend.
View ArticlePuff Daddy's Bad Boy reunion tour ignites Newark, despite B.I.G. hole (PHOTOS)
Sean 'Puffy' Combs, Faith Evans, Lil Kim, Mase, 112 and more dropped by N.J. NEWARK -- If Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour accomplished anything Sunday night, the sprawling jukebox show...
View ArticleOlympian visits Harrison Elementary
USA women's rowing team coxswain visits her young cousin at school. Harrison Elementary School first-grader Matthew Smith, right, shows the gold medal his cousin Katelin Snyder, left, won at the...
View ArticleCompany owner charged in foreign worker visa fraud scheme
New York man is facing various conspiracy charges, officials announced. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, seen in a file photo, announced the charges Monday. (Luke Nozicka | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)...
View ArticleElizabeth men who found bombs to be honored by city council
Ivan White and Lee Parker became national heroes last week when they found a bag of pipe bombs by a city train station. Watch video ELIZABETH -- City council on Tuesday will honor Ivan White and Lee...
View ArticleWho has the best football student section? Nominations reach 80 as deadline...
It's easy - just send a pic Update, Sept. 26, 8:45 a.m.: Shortly, we will process the nominations from this weekend's games, but the news bulletin is this - nominations close at 11:59 p.m. tomorrow,...
View ArticleCity Hall scuffle breaks out between Newark employees
A former employee picked a fight with Amiri Baraka's secretary Monday morning, prompting a police response, city officials confirmed. Newark City Hall. (File photo) NEWARK -- A fight broke out inside...
View ArticleNewark superintendent: 'I respect and support' football team's national...
Barringer High players, coaches knelt during anthem Friday night, becoming the latest sports team to protest police violence against civilians. Newark Public Schools superintendent Christopher Cerf...
View ArticleArchbishop Peter Leo Gerety, dead at 104, mourned as a 'Christian like us'
Gerety, an activist priest who led New Jersey's largest Catholic diocese from 1974 to 1986, was laid to rest Monday following a funeral in Newark. NEWARK -- Hundreds of clergy, lay people and other...
View ArticleTeenager charged with selling drugs near Newark school, police say
Ibn Waller, 18, of Newark, was arrested Friday at the intersection of North 9th Street and 4th Avenue NEWARK -- A city teenager has been charged with dealing drugs near an elementary school,...
View ArticleN.J.'s NFL stars: Were they studs or duds this week?
A look at how N.J. natives performed during Week 3 of NFL action.
View ArticleWhy Orange library quietly returned $48K grant at center of FBI probe
County officials say they probed the library's grant spending a year ago. ORANGE -- The Orange Public Library this year quietly returned a $48,000 federal grant now under investigation by the FBI...
View ArticleNewark woman admits filing false tax return, owing $100K in taxes
Business owner scheduled for sentencing Jan. 26 File photo (Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) NEWARK -- A Newark woman who ran two businesses admitted Tuesday to filing a false IRS tax return...
View ArticlePhony tax return by business cost government $280K, IRS says
West Caldwell man admitted Tuesday to filing faulty tax returns for years. NEWARK -- The owner of an asbestos removal company admitted Tuesday to bilking the government out of at least $280,000 in...
View ArticleCrack cocaine, heroin seized in Newark arrests, sheriff says
Newark, Florham Park men face charges (File photo) NEWARK -- Essex County sheriff's detectives arrested two men on drug charges and seized crack-cocaine along with heroin after conducting...
View ArticleKnife pointed at security guard during Kearny ShopRite theft: authorities
A Newark man has been charged with pointing a knife at two loss prevention officers while his partner attempted to steal merchandise from the Kearny ShopRite. JERSEY CITY -- A Newark man has been...
View ArticleMember of N.J. organized crime family sentenced for dealing cocaine
Authorities say John Capozzi is a member of the DeCavalcante organize crime family of La Cosa Nostra. NEWARK -- A judge sentenced a Union man with ties to the DeCavalcante organized crime family on...
View ArticleEaston shooting suspect in custody in Pa. 7 months after N.J. arrest
The Newark man, formerly from Easton, is accused in a shooting during a drug deal-turned-robbery, police say. Watch video The suspect in a March shooting in Easton was formally charged Tuesday and...
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