Driver pleads not guilty to charges of killing boy, 3, during police chase
Troy Ruff, 22, of Newark, entered the plea through his attorney when he was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler on charges related to the death of Rahmere Tullis NEWARK -- A Newark man...
View Article$200,000 cash only bail for Jersey City robbery suspect with record
A 31-year-old East Orange man is being held on a $200,000 cash only bail after being charged with a July 24 gun-point robbery in Jersey City. JERSEY CITY -- A 31-year-old East Orange man is being held...
View ArticleAlleged robbers who impersonated cops weighing plea deals
The judge said he is hopeful the parties will reach a plea agreement in time for the next court date on Sept. 29 (Brendan Kuty |NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)...
View Article4 wounded in multiple Newark shooting
Little information was immediately available on the incident, which occurred on Irvine Turner Boulevard NEWARK -- Four people were shot in Newark Tuesday night, police confirmed. Police responded to...
View ArticleHow to tell N.J. what you think about Common Core
The state Department of Education has created an online survey and scheduled three listening tours for New Jersey residents to offer their thoughts on Common Core. TRENTON -- Should second graders be...
View ArticleFormer Advance reporter, noted Hitler scholar dies at 82
Mark Wiesner had a long and varied career that included time as an award-winning Staten Island Advance reporter. Mark Wiesner had a long and varied career that included time as an award-winning Staten...
View ArticleNo yolk: Egg-cited N.J. enthusiast wins year's supply, company's 'Chief Egg...
N.J. woman has been named CEO -- Chief Egg Officer -- of Eggland's Best. CALDWELL -- After an egg-stensive national search for the most egg-straordinary egg-xample of an egg enthusiast, a New Jersey...
View ArticleNewark board charged with charting course to local control to hold first open...
The meeting, scheduled for Sept. 23, comes three months after the formation of the Newark Educational Success Board NEWARK - Nearly three months after Gov. Chris Christie announced that more than two...
View ArticleAround Town: Unified Vailsburg to open preschool in Newark
The Unified Vailsburg Services Organization (UVSO) will open a new, state-of-the-art infant and toddler preschoo in Newark with Randall Pinkett, an entrepreneur and season four winner of NBC's The...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Newark street renamed, scholarship established for sportscaster Sandy...
Grossman was a Newark native and 1953 graduate of Weequahic High School NEWARK - The family of pioneering sports television director Sandy Grossman joined city officials earlier this month to honor...
View ArticleHow a Montclair author wrote the season's buzziest book
Elisabeth Egan's "A Window Opens" is an autobiographical tale of a mother-of-three who goes to work at an Amazon-like corporation. Like a lot of former employees of Amazon, Montclair writer Elisbath...
View ArticleWoman charged in crash that killed West Orange man pleads not guilty, report...
The 58-year-old father of three en route back to New Jersey after accepting a job in Toronto Amy DellOnandaga County Sheriff's Office A 32-year-old upstate New York woman accused of driving drunk and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Jets cornerback gives clinic for Newark football players
Marcus Williams gave pointers to city Pop Warner players at Nat Turner Park NEWARK - New York Jets cornerback Marcus Williams led a clinic for local Pop Warner football players on Tuesday. Dozens of...
View ArticleProfessor engaged in 'twisted fantasy' of sex with disabled man, witness says
The brother of the alleged victim testified on Wednesday at Rutgers-Newark professor Anna Stubblefield's trial on aggravated sexual assault charges NEWARK -- After Rutgers-Newark professor Anna...
View ArticleNew hotel planned for vacant building in Newark's downtown
An Edison-based developer is seeking a 20-year tax abatement to build a Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel at the former Catholic Charities building on Raymond Boulevard NEWARK - The city's downtown may...
View ArticleOrange adds curfew, steps up patrols after homicide
East Orange man was shot and killed in the city Monday night, authorities said. East Orange man was shot and killed in the city Monday night, authorities said. (File photo) ORANGE -- Officials in the...
View ArticleTwo brothers charged with weapons offenses in Newark
Loaded gun was found inside car with the youths, 17 and 18, police said NEWARK -- Two brothers were arrested Tuesday night on weapons charges in the West Ward, department spokesman Sgt. Ron Glover...
View ArticleGlimpse of History: A retail giant's South Orange estate
SOUTH ORANGE — Louis Bamberger's palatial home at 602 Center St. in South Orange is shown in this undated photo. The 33-acre property was home to the founder of the Bamberger's department stores. A...
View ArticleProtest marks year since police shot man in Lyndhurst, report says
About 75 people marched on the township municipal complex Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the death Kashad Ashford, 23, of Newark LYNDHURST -- About 75 people marched on the township...
View ArticleNearly 1M people live in poverty in N.J., new Census data shows
New Census data shows that poverty rate is around 11 percent and significantly higher than it was 10 years ago. Nearly one million people live in poverty in New Jersey, an increase of just short of...
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