At 90, Maplewood woman looks back at worldwide adventures and ...
Muriel C. Davis never thought one event in her life would be considered historic. It was 1959 and she was simply a parent trying to enroll her first-grader into a private school in West Orange. But everything changed when the Carteret School said her daughter, Dorothy, had flunked an admissions test given to her in French. The school, Davis said, thought Dorothy was more familiar with French rather than English because the family had lived in Tunisia, a French-speaking country, for two years. ..>> view originalSee all the settlement money N.J. paid out (and brought in) in 2015
John Jay Hoffman The state Attorney General's Office, led by outgoing acting Attorney General John Hoffman, brought in $450 million and paid out $98 million in settlements in 2015, according to public records. (John O'Boyle | The Star-Ledger) In 2015, the state paid a record $98.2 million to settle lawsuits, up from $68.8 million the previous year, according to records obtained by NJ Advance Media throu..>> view originalA dance, and a dare to dream, with Bruce | Di Ionno
The homemade sign read Dream, with a giant D. Defeat Cancer. Dance w/Bruce. Bruce you-know-who. And when Bruce came down the walkway to play "Dancing in the Dark" during a show Feb. 18 in Atlanta, one of Debbie Skinner's dreams was about to come true. "Bruce took the sign from me and held it up in front of 30,000 people," said Skinner, 53, who has a rare abdominal cancer. Springsteen then came back and extended his hand to her. Debbie Skinner was suddenly on stage, pulled by Bruce and pushed ..>> view originalNewark firefighter may seek to withdraw guilty plea in theft case ...
NEWARK — A Newark firefighter may seek to retract her guilty plea to a hindering charge for withholding a financial ledger while she was under investigation for allegedly stealing from her fellow firefighters, her attorney said on Friday. On the day Latina Byrd was scheduled to be sentenced, her attorney, Mark Cheser, said during a court hearing that Byrd was considering whether to file a motion to withdraw her guilty plea. Cheser, who began representing Byrd recently, told Superior Court Ju..>> view originalWhy Derrick Gordon can be a trailblazer again for Seton Hall | Politi
NEWARK — Derrick Gordon is about to receive nationwide attention for being a trailblazer again, and yes, he knows what that means. The extra media attention. The probing questions. The praise from friends and strangers alike. That's what happens when you make history. And the Seton Hall guard is going to do exactly that if he becomes the first basketball player to appear in three NCAA Tournaments with three different teams. What it takes to be Seton Hall’s Flagman Anthony Marotta, who is..>> view originalNewark man had $4K in narcotics on top of dresser, cops say
A Newark man was found with marijuana and Suboxone films on his dresser, police said. (File photo) NEWARK — A Newark man was arraigned Friday after being arrested Thursday with $4,000 worth of marijuana and a prescription medication that dissolves under the tongue, police said. Andrew Benjamin, 24, had five prior felony convictions and was arrested on multiple drug charged by the county sheriff's detectives, according to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura. According to Fontoura, the dete..>> view originalNewark cop beaten in alleged inmate escape attempt from ...
University Hospital-Newark (file photo) NEWARK — A veteran city police officer was severely injured in an alleged overnight escape attempt by an inmate receiving treatment at University Hospital, police officials confirmed Friday. The officer, whose name has not been released, was escorting a male inmate to the bathroom solo when the man began attacking her with his fists, said Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose. An initial investigation into the incident indicates that the inmate..>> view original12 lively steppin' Jersey St. Patrick's Day parades
31st annual ST. Patrick's Day parade held in Seaside Heights. Buy PhotoBagpipers were a highlight of last year’s Asbury Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade.(Photo: FILE PHOTO)Buy PhotoAre you in search of search of a Jersey St. Patrick’s Day parade with that something extra?You might want to try the Asbury Park parade on March 13. They’ve had rock bands on floats, kazoo bands, bicycles from the city’s Second Hand Bikes, Mummers and zombies, too, in the past two years.Oh my.“We didn’t want it ..>> view originalIndictments Filed Feb. 23
COURT HOUSE – A Cape May County grand jury had a busy week handing up 35 indictments, 20 of which involved drug possession or distribution. In many cases they were linked to crimes against property as well. Note: The abbreviation CDS is used throughout for controlled-dangerous substance. Joseph Salladino Joseph Salladino, 34, of Villas, was indicted for robbery in the first degree for an incident that allegedly occurred Feb. 28, 2012. According to the indictment, Salladino robbed two female v..>> view originalDevils' Mike Cammalleri could be out for remainder of season
NEWARK — Devils' winger Mike Cammalleri, a key to the team's playoff hopes, could be lost for the remainder of the season with a right hand/wrist injury. Coach John Hynes conceded that Cammalleri, who is skating on his own but not with a stick, suffered a setback and he could be out for the final 21 games. "There is a possibility for that," Hynes said Friday. "I don't mean to be dodging the question. It's one of those things where we felt he was coming in the right direction. It was a setbac..>> view original
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