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A woman admitted Thursday that she bribed an Essex County mail carrier to steal keys that open mail boxes and receptacles and used the stolen items to fraudulently obtain bank funds, federal prosecutors said. Halimatou Ndiaye, 27, of the Bronx, New York, offered the unidentified postal employees in East Orange...

Rodriguez, a police officer with the Essex County Department Of Corrections was diagnosed with POEMS syndrome and myeloma cancer in Oct. 2022. POEMS syndrome is a rare blood disorder that damages nerves and affects other parts of the body, according to the Mayo Clinic. The police officer has recently begun...

NEWARK — The City of Newark has suspended two police officers without pay after a photo of them napping in a police SUV went viral on social media. The pic shows a pair of cops sleeping in a police vehicle for the Sixth Precinct with the front passenger window down during the daytime. It's unclear if the SUV is turned on. Officials did not say when the photo was taken.

Randy Manning was originally found guilty and sentenced to life in 2014 for killing Rhian “Kampane” Stoute in Englewood three years earlier. Manning got the state Supreme Court to support a lower court ruling overturning the conviction and granting him a new trial in 2020. The verdicts this...

Officials announced public schools in Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey will be closed Thursday to protect students from the hazardous conditions.

While many North Jersey residents have been inconvenienced by the Mars-like orange haze caused by migrating smoke from Canadian wildfires this week, minority and low-income residents in urban centers such as Paterson are more likely to suffer health impacts from inhaling the smoke for days. That's because more Blacks suffer from respiratory illnesses...

LINDEN — Two New York men were arrested after an off-duty city police officer saw them steal a package from outside a local home, according to Linden Police. On Wednesday around 2:10 p.m., the officer saw two men pick up a package from the porch of a home on the 1700 block of Dill Avenue.

A crew of men from New Jersey and New York has been accused of two armed jewelry heists months apart in Manhattan, worth over $2 million — with an approach like something out of a movie. Federal agents say the robbers dressed as construction workers to make their entrances...

Inniss was a standout football player at Ridgewood High School, leading the Maroons to a state title in 2003 when he was a senior. A fundraiser has been set up to assist with funeral arrangements. As of Thursday, June 8, almost $18,000 has been raised. A funeral will be held...

"And as soon as we walked in, she was right there," the family said of the amazing coincidence that brought Mocha the dog back into their lives

The Hanover Township Board of Education voted Tuesday to repeal a rule that would have forced teachers to out gay and trans students to their parents.

Then I bet you'd love to fix a plate overflowing with collard greens, fried chicken, corn bread, candied yams, chicken and dumplings, oven-baked macaroni and cheese, fried catfish, etc. (I could go on and on). Sometimes you just need some good ol' "down South" comfort food that reminds you of your southern grandma's cooking.

The air quality still remains at hazardous levels Thursday in New Jersey.

Police responded to the 200 block of Sunset Avenue and found Annie Gooden suffering from apparent stab wounds, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Gooden was pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active...

A third-grade student from Bayonne was honored for saving lives during an early-morning fire at her home. City officials dubbed it “Armani Settle Day” on Thursday in honor of 8-year-old Armani Settle. She was also sworn in as an honorary firefighter for saving her family and neighbors from a five-alarm fire in the home.

NEWARK, NJ — State and local officials on Thursday, June 8, advised the public to continue to take precautions such as staying indoors and wearing masks when outdoors as smoke from wildfires burning in Canada drifted across the region. At a news conference in Newark, Gov. Phil Murphy described the poor air quality as “unprecedented” for the state. It came with air quality anticipated to remain “unhealthy for sensitive groups” into Friday, June 9, authorities said. “The widespread and uncommonly high levels of fine particulate concentrations reaching the unhealthy category is of a historic magnitude,” Murphy said. “And poor air quality impacts everyone....

NEWARK, N.J. – A former hotel employee of a nationwide hotel chain was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $317,582 for his role in a scheme to embezzle over $300,000 from the company. Marco Alvarez, 47, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on April 14, 2022, by video conference before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to an information charging him with one count of wire fraud.

Looks like the owner of a former Morristown law office got the message. Two years ago, the town council threatened to condemn three conjoined buildings at 2-10 Washington St.–empty since 2010 on one of the town’s choicest corners–if David Brown did not do something with his property.

Fifty years ago, Ridgefield Park Mayor John Anlian and Stephen Quinn, the village’s environmental commission chairman, explored woods in an untouched patch of land near the New Jersey Turnpike. The two recently stood together to dedicate the area as a new nature preserve. The duo, both avid environmentalists, spent decades dreaming up the preserve and working with the local government before they were part of it to secure grants and land to create the green space. ...

WARREN, NJ - On Wednesday night,  prom frenzy reached its peak as the Watchung Hills Regional High School Senior Prom was held at The Venetian. The haze from the Canadian wildfires fires didn't darken the day. Promposals and preparations are done, and it was time to enjoy a night of pictures, dancing, and most importantly, making memories before everyone embarks on the next chapter in their lives. (click through photo gallery above for photos!) For many parents, the 2023 prom was just another reminder that their seniors will be graduating from high school and packing for college in just a few short weeks. On June...