Football: Results and links for Saturday, Oct. 22, Week 7
Get all the results and links for New Jersey high school football on Oct. 22, 2015, Week 7 WEEK 7 ESSENTIALS• Friday's results & links• Complete Week 7 schedule/scoreboard• Bold predictions for...
View ArticleRescue missions join forces with $1M gift
A $1 million gift from a New Jersey businessman will help two rescue missions combat homelessness. NEWARK -- A gift to a New York rescue mission has allowed the shelter to team up with a similar...
View ArticleDetectives seize loaded guns in separate Newark arrests, cops say
17-year-old Newark boy faces drug, weapons charges Marcel Moore, 25 (Photo: Dept. of Public Safety) NEWARK -- Police seized two loaded guns and various drugs in separate arrests of a 17-year-old boy...
View ArticleMan started shooting after disagreement, Newark police say
City man charged with aggravated assault, weapons offenses NEWARK -- A Newark man was charged with shooting at another man after a dispute in the city, authorities said Friday. The city's Fugitive...
View ArticleReputed Bloods gang members arrested with crack, heroin, Essex sheriff says
Authorities targeted drug trafficking near public housing, school (File photo) NEWARK -- Two reputed Bloods street gang members and a 16-year-old boy were arrested after law enforcement officers...
View ArticleWoman dies in fall from Newark building
Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force investigating NEWARK -- A 28-year-old woman fell to her death from a Jay Street building in the city early Saturday, officials said. The Essex County Prosecutor's...
View ArticleThis historically violent town has reduced killings - Here's how
An inside look at how police say new strategies are driving down violence IRVINGTON -- Irvington Detective Chris Jenkins maneuvers his unmarked car through the town's historically violent streets on a...
View ArticlePasserines, seabirds, raptors abound in late October in N.J.
The end of October is a great time to be a birder in the Garden State. Western kingbird Trina Anderson WHAT WE'VE SPOTTED * Red-necked grebe, Cape May * Western kingbird, Island Beach State Park *...
View ArticleBelleville woman gets 7 years for dealing oxycodone
Victoria Horvath, 44, was one of 16 people snared in a 2014 federal drug investigation, among them a Belleville pharmacist. Victoria Horvath, 44, of Belleville, was sentenced by a federal judge in...
View Article14 men charged with drug offenses in Newark sweep
They were charged after a long-term investigation. NEWARK -- Police charged 14 men with drug offenses in the areas of Astor and Brunswick streets, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced....
View ArticleNewark cop struck by SUV in hit-and-run, police say
The officer is in stable condition. NEWARK -- A crossover-type SUV struck a Newark police officer Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash outside a precinct headquarters, authorities said. The 3rd...
View ArticleMan crashes car into business, steals owner's phone, cops say
The man was allegedly involved in an earlier accident as well. NEWARK -- A Maplewood man crashed his car into a Newark business Saturday, then stole the business owner's cell phone when he tried to...
View ArticleMeet the woman who's making history this week at NJSO as its first 'maestra'
The highly-regarded conductor will makes her debut as musical director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra this week When conductor Xian Zhang lifts her arms to begin the New Jersey Symphony...
View ArticleFire badly damages vacant house in West Orange
Investigators are focusing on whether the fire was electrical Police say a fire Sunday afternoon badly damaged this vacant 84-year-old Tudor-style house in the Gregory neighborhood of West Orange....
View ArticleAuthorities ID woman who fell to her death from Newark roof
The death of 28-year-old Tatiana Quinones of East Orange early Saturday morning had not been ruled a homicide, suicide or accident as of Sunday evening, authorities said NEWARK -- A woman who fell to...
View Article13 hurt in NJ Transit bus crash in Newark
A car collided with the No. 34 bus at the intersection of West Market and Martin Luther King Blvd. NEWARK -- Thirteen people were injured when a car collided with a New Jersey Transit bus Monday...
View ArticleN.J. pets in need: Oct. 24, 2016
Dogs and cats throughout New Jersey are available for adoption. Here is this week's collection of some of the dogs and cats in need of adoption in northern and central New Jersey. If a nonprofit...
View ArticleN.J. Snapshot: Garden State landmarks
Ready to ride in the 1930s. From the Great Falls to Lucy the Elephant, from the Sandy Hook Lighthouse to Washington's Crossing, the Garden State has plenty of spots that illustrate its history. Here,...
View ArticleThis small N.J. college radio station is the best in the nation
WSOU, the student-run Seton Hall University radio station, recently took home a Marconi Award. SOUTH ORANGE -- And, for the first time ever, the Marconi goes to WSOU. The recognition is the equivalent...
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