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Watch: From playground to cap and gown, K through 12 students react to the...
NJ Advance Media spent the first day of school with kids in every grade. See what they had to say about their hopes for the upcoming school year. Watch video LIVINGSTON -- Throughout the Garden State,...
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Newark principals asked to trim $5 million from budgets
Teachers and other salaried employees are being spared by the cuts, which are meant to chip away at a district budget deficit of between $15 to $20 million NEWARK - Principals at public schools around...
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N.J. man stole identity of Mets exec Jeff Wilpon, feds say
Michael Conway allegedly used fraudulent agreements to obtain financing from investors NEW YORK -- A 39-year-old New Jersey man attempted to steal the identity of Mets owner Jeff Wilpon as part of a...
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Is professor using 'Ouiji Board' science to defend herself in sex abuse case?
The controversial method, known as "facilitated communication," is at the center of Rutgers-Newark professor Anna Stubblefield's trial on charges of sexually assaulting a severely mentally disabled...
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Wingstop opens second N.J. location
Newark location is already attracting fans on Twitter. A Wingstop family pack. (Courtesy Wingstop) NEWARK -- Wingstop has opened its second location in New Jersey. The Dallas-based franchise opened a...
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Turtle Back Zoo tripling size of cafe thanks to increase in visitors,...
Work should be done by summer 2016, officials said. Officials gathered for a groundbreaking at the zoo Tuesday. (Courtesy Essex County) WEST ORANGE -- County officials gathered Tuesday to break...
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Machine gun among several weapons seized over holiday weekend in Newark
5 guns taken in series of arrests between Friday and Sunday NEWARK -- City police and law enforcement from other agencies took part in a series of arrests during the long Labor Day weekend that...
View ArticleFans win N.J. Devils prizes by feeding vending machine with tweets
Locals tweeted photos of themselves with defenseman Jon Merrill at the vending machine booth in Newark Wednesday. NEWARK -- Quarters are so 20th Century. Prize-seeking fans at Newark's Gateway Center...
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Newark man had defaced gun, crack, police say
Firearms unit makes arrest Tuesday night NEWARK-- A city man was arrested Tuesday night after being found in possession of a gun, police spokesman Sgt. Ron Glover said. File photo Members of the...
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Owner of Morris company sentenced in $3M fraud
Shipping company billed for deliveries that were never made LONG VALLEY-- The owner of a local freight shipper was sentenced to 41 months in prison for fraudulently billing more than $3 million, the...
View ArticleGlimpse of History: The first female fencers at Rutgers-Newark
NEWARK — This photo from 1959 shows coach Alan DeCicco surrounded by members of the first women's fencing team at Rutgers University-Newark. DeCicco's daughter, Diane Brozyna, points out that the...
View ArticleGroup rallies for victims of N.J. police-involved shootings (PHOTOS)
About 50 people gathered outside the U.S. Attorney's office. Watch video NEWARK -- A group of about 50 gathered outside the U.S. Attorney's office on Broad Street in Newark Wednesday night to rally...
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Horizon Blue Cross partners with 22 hospitals to lower insurance rates
The new pay structure for hospitals rewards them if they are able to treat patients efficiently and well. In return, patients will get a break on their premiums. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New...
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10 percent of N.J. students chronically absent, report says
In a review of state Department of Education data, non-profit Advocates for Children of New Jersey found that about 125,000 K-12 students missed 18 or more school days. About 10 percent of New Jersey...
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Professor goes on trial in alleged sexual abuse of disabled man
Prosecutors have charged Rutgers-Newark professor Anna Stubblefield with aggravated sexual assault, but her attorney claims it was a loving, consensual relationship NEWARK -- With the 34-year-old man...
View ArticleCharity begins at home for Jersey construction magnate | Di Ionno
Sale of lifetime antique collection support programs for autistic adults Don't call Nat Conti's antique and furniture sale a "garage sale'' - though it's being held in a garage. And don't call it an...
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Woman charged with DWI after Route 78 guardrail crash, authorities say
Newark woman's collision was at about 1 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Julia Veloso, 23, was charged with a DWI, authorities said. (Courtesy Port Authority Police) NEWARK -- A city woman was...
View ArticleAuthorities raid several N.J. homes in early morning heroin ring takedown...
Dawn drug raids across north and central New Jersey resulted in several arrests, NJ Advance Media has learned. NEWARK -- Dawn drug raids across north and central New Jersey resulted in several...
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$75K drone donation prompts high-tech crime-fighting college course
Class will start next month, school officials say. Essex County College President Dr. Gale E. Gibson (left) and Essex County College Public Safety Director Anthony Cromartie display a drone donated to...
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Classrooms, contracts and consultants: How was $200M spent on Newark schools?
The progress of the donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other philanthropists is tracked in a newly released book entitled "The Prize: Who's In Charge of America's Schools?" NEWARK -...
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