The Newark Arson Squad and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office have been called to the fire scene that left one person dead inside a house in Newark’s South Ward this evening.
Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose requests the public’s help in locating Segundo “Cuba” Aponte, 81, of Newark, who was reported missing on Monday, December 7, 2020.
Police officials is Newark arrested Mr. Nasir A. Robinson, 18, of Montclair and Mr. Davion Smith, 23 of Newark then charged them with the robbery of a Newark East Ward Resident Thursday.
Two juveniles were taken into custody and charged with receiving stolen property after they were caught running from a stolen vehicle in the city's North Ward on Thursday morning.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has announced that the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit arrested and charged Emmanuel Gonzalez, age 33, of West New York, with second-degree aggravated assault after his mother was found unresponsive in their residence at 439 66th Street on Thursday afternoon.
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that the Trump Administration’s last-minute push to finalize dozens of rules and other actions that will harm the environment will not go unchecked.
In the waning days of the Trump Administration, Attorney General Grewal and other Attorneys General around the country have filed comments and lawsuits opposing more than a dozen “midnight rules.” More lawsuits are expected soon.
“EPA and other agencies of the Trump Administration have been engaged in a non-stop, reckless campaign to deregulate, with little or no regard for science, the law, or the health and safety of Americans – particularly those in our environmental justice communities,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said. “This Administration has put our environment and the wellbeing of New Jersey residents at risk in pursuit of an agenda that seems founded on a commitment to invite more pollution and demand less accountability. We don’t expect them to quit until they have to, and we will be there until the last hour pushing back.”
Attorney General Grewal has led and joined dozens of actions to oppose Trump Administration environmental rollbacks since taking office in 2018, but the pace of the rollbacks has accelerated in the Administration’s final days.
The Hudson County Vaccine Distribution Center reached a new milestone on Friday on its first day of offering vaccinations to seniors and residents with underlying health conditions.
Most Mercer County government offices, including all branches of the Mercer County Library System, will be closed Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Two lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $1,748,230 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Thursday, January 14, drawing. Each ticket is worth $874,115.
Following a wonderful turnout for December’s Holiday Express, UCC is kicking off the New Year with a Cookies, Coats & Cocoa distribution event on Friday, January 22 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. at Newark’s West Side Park (600 S. 17 Street, Newark).
With COVID-19 cases spiking across the state, Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia is urging qualifying residents to register to be vaccinated as quickly as possible.
Newark--Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigatingthe murder of Ms. Maria Lasso, 45, of Newark.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced an Edison man was sentenced today for the murder of a 23-year-old New Brunswick man who he fatally shot in the City.
On Saturday, January 16, the People’s Organization for Progress will host their annual march to observe the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for what would have been his 92nd birthday.
Mayor Ras J. Baraka and other dignitaries will celebrate the City of Newark’s 33rdannual “Sing in Praise of King” observance on Monday, January 18, at 8 p.m. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire observance will be “virtual,” and can be viewed on the city’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CityofNewark, or on its Government Access TV stations, Channel 78 (Altice), or Channel 28 (FIOS).
Passaic County officials announced that at approximately 10:09 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to the intersection of Oak Ridge Road and Cozy Lake Road in the Township of West Milford in response to a crash involving three motor vehicles.
Rutgers University Police Officers have a crime scene established near the entrance of Univeristy Hospital as detectives investigate the circumstances behind a person who jumped from a window at the medical center this evening.
Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Spruill announced the arrest of Dr. Chike J. Aguh, 64, of Mulberry Court, Belle Mead in relation to a sexual assault that occurred in Franklin Township.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force has taken over the investigation into the death of a woman found in a section of Newark's East Ward Thursday morning.
The NJ Sharing Network Foundation Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the election of its 2021-2022 Board Officers to lead its strategic efforts to increase the number of lives saved through innovative research, family support, public awareness and education about the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Effective January 1, 2021, the new officers include:
