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17-Year-Old Girl Shot Near Newark High School: Police
At 12:18 a.m., police responded to the 200 block of 14th Avenue at South 15 Street, near West High School, and found the gunshot victim, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said. She was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, Frage said. The shooting remains under investigation, Frage...
1 NYPD officer, 2 civilians hurt in crash on Staten Island Wednesday night
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three people suffered minor injuries in a crash on the Korean War Veterans Parkway Wednesday night. According to a spokeswoman for the NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, at around 9:50 p.m., an NYPD Emergency Service Unit truck broke down in the southbound lane. The...
Fazon Farrington Arrested
Fazon Farrington, 19, was charged on Monday, Apr. 29 with theft of movable property and burglary. The Brick Township Police Department announced the charges in a news release on Tuesday, Apr. 30. A vehicle was stolen on Princeton Avenue on Tuesday, Mar. 5. Kearny police and the New Jersey State...
Two charged with multiple retail thefts at T.J. Maxx
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men have been charged after police say they were part of multiple thefts throughout the area. Wilkes-Barre Township Police say they arrested Charles Lakes, 56, of Newark, NJ & Carlone Bridges, 59, of Luzerne after they committed multiple retail thefts from TJ Maxx. Police stated the car the […]
After Columbia arrests, Rutgers pro-Palestinian encampment remained intact and peaceful
Hours after Columbia University sent NYPD officers onto its Ivy League campus overnight to arrest more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Wednesday was quiet at a tent encampment of pro-Palestinian students on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick. Rutgers students in scarlet and black commencement gowns posed for pictures across...
Live Nation Concert Week offers $25 tickets for PNC, Stone Pony, PruCenter, MSG shows
Grab your ear plugs and credit cards, Live Nation Concert Week is coming. Live Nation, which operates, books and promotes shows at multiple area venues, is offering $25 tickets to more than 5,000 shows across the country, including concerts by Willie Nelson, Maroon 5, 21 Savage, Alanis Morissette, Cage the Elephant, Celeste Barber, Dan and Shay, Dierks Bentley, Feid, Janet Jackson, Meghan Trainor, New Kids On The Block, and more.
Credit card scam involving sunglass retailers has Staten Island ties
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A credit card scam involving designer sunglasses has landed three individuals with prior arrests in hot water with the FBI, including a 21-year-old woman with Staten Island ties, according to prosecutors. Brian Palmer, 24; Tevin Brown, 24, and Jasmine Copeland, 21, each are facing charges...
Images of Rahway's Brennan Field [PHOTOS]
RAHWAY, NJ — In TAPinto Rahway's recent coverage of the poetry reading organized by Rahway's Own Adele Kenny, we noted that the featured poet of the evening, Edwin Romond, had a Rahway connection. His mother, Margaret Brennan Romond, grew up in Rahway. (We added, in that previous article, that Romond's poem, "My Mother at 20," in his collection, Alone with Love Songs, includes several references to Rahway.) When speaking with him, Romond added that Brennan Field in Rahway was even named for his grandfather, his mother's father. Inspired by this, and promising to take a few pictures of the field...
Plainfield Nonprofit WallynZavy's Hosts Walk and Car Show to Bring Attention to Autism Acceptance
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Taleana Hurst, President, Founder, and CEO of WallynZavy's Autistic Kids Can Do! Inc. is passionate about helping children and families dealing with autism succeed. As a mother of two sons with special needs, she knows first-hand the struggles of getting assistance for these children. "My boys, who were and still are my inspiration," Hurst said. "I had a lot of trouble early on working in corporate America and making sure I had availability for the services they needed after the age of 3. My early work with Children's Specialized Hospital made me realize I needed to do more and get involved because what I was going through had to have...
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