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2 people killed in weekend car crashes in North Jersey
Authorities are investigating a pair of fatal overnight crashes this past weekend — one in Essex County, the other in Bergen County. The first of the two crashes took place on Route 21 in Nutley at about 12:40 a.m. Saturday, according to State Police fatal crash data. Nutley police...
Newcomer gets Essex civil court post, passing over two campaigners
A spat between judges in Essex County over a promotion has been settled, with an ally of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka getting the job. Avion Benjamin was named earlier this month to replace retiring Judge Thomas M. Moore as the new presiding judge of the civil division. She was picked after a miniaturized version of a political campaign for the post emerged between two civil court judges, Mayra Tarantino and Grace Spencer.
Historic home on a full acre of land is for sale in this sought-after N.J. town
A home that’s part of Montclair’s history has been listed for sale for the first time in 50 years. Known as the Harrison Homestead, the clapboard-sided home has six bedrooms, three full and one half bathrooms. It’s listed for $1.8 million. “This one is so iconic,” said...
Ex-Con Formerly Of Paterson Convicted Of Selling Fentanyl To Federal Operative At Jersey Shore
Jurors in U.S. District Court in Trenton found former Paterson resident Djavon Holland, 37, guilty of possession with the intent to sell the deadly drug, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. As an ex-con with multiple convictions on his record, Holland, currently of Virginia, could be sentenced to more than a...
Temperatures soar as North Jersey sees warmest day of 2024, so far
North Jersey is experiencing the warmest day of the year so far on Monday, but is this a historically hot day for April?. According to the National Weather Service, today's high of 85 degrees compares with past spring days that saw temperatures soaring past their averages. Today's high will reach...
Driver Who Fled Cops At 100 MPH Captured In Secaucus: Fairfield PD
Police originally attempted to stop Deyah Shaabneh on Wednesday, April 24, when officers saw his vehicle had a fake license plate, Fairfield police said. Shaabneh failed to stop and instead, sped down Sand Road going 100 mph, police said. Officers did not pursue him out of concern for public safety, police said.
A child’s horrific death drove NJ to reform welfare system
Two decades later, foster care system a national model following dramatic restructuring. In January 2003, police found the mummified body of 7-year-old Faheem Williams in a locked basement in Newark, alongside two brothers who were starving but still alive. Faheem and his family were known to New Jersey’s child welfare system, but with more than 100 children on his caseworker’s docket, no one was checking on the boys regularly.
Loved ones to hold vigil for woman stabbed to death in Manhattan apartment
EAST HARLEM, N.Y. (PIX11) — Loved ones are holding a vigil Monday for a woman whose boyfriend allegedly stabbed her to death in the bathtub of her Manhattan apartment last week. Melanie Woods’ family and friends will gather for the candlelight ceremony at 2272 Second Ave. near 117th Street in East Harlem at 5 p.m., […]
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