Monday, July 25, 2016

After firing president, 21 others, N.J. college is intent on rebuilding and other top stories.

  • After firing president, 21 others, N.J. college is intent on rebuilding

    NEWARK â€” After a tumultuous spring semester left Essex County College without 22 of its top-tier administrators, including its president, the school is spending the summer rebuilding. But, the process won't be easy, as college officials say ECC is now dealing with dwindling enrollment, and answering a probe by the agency that accredits it. After several scandals last spring saw the ouster of President Gale Gibson and the upheaval of much of the school's administration, the Middle States Comm..
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  • Sleepy story, traveling judges on the docket

    Sleepy story, traveling judges on the docket
    Khalid Mohammed, fined and convicted of simple assault and resisting arrest, fights the charges based on a snore. Buy PhotoSuperior Court Judge Ronald Lee Reisner wasn't convinced a juror was sleeping at the trial of Khalid Mohammed of Asbury Park, who has asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to throw out his convictions for simple assault and resisting arrest.(Photo: TOM SPADER/ASBURY PARK PRESS)Buy PhotoThis story starts off with a pummeling, but it gets sleepier, so try not to doze off..
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  • Dodge Foundation awards $4.5 in new grants

    Dodge Foundation awards $4.5 in new grants
    Buy PhotoMorristown citizens, elected officials, and journalist discuss how to improve the community during a Free Press program in June funded by a Dodge Foundation grant.(Photo: Staff photo Michael Izzo)Buy PhotoNearly 100 grants — totaling $4.5 million — were awarded last week to nonprofit organizations supporting New Jersey initiatives by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.Trustees of the Morristown-based foundation approved 95 grants to 92 organizations, many of those based in Morris County...
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  • 2 youths charged in Newark robbery using stolen gun, carjacked ...

    2 youths charged in Newark robbery using stolen gun, carjacked ...
    Newark Police arrested two teens Sunday in the robbery of a Someret County man,.Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media  NEWARK â€” Two teenagers were arrested in Newark Sunday after police said they used a gun stolen in South Carolina to rob a Somerset County man and then fled in a vehicle that had been carjacked earlier in the day. The 43-year-old victim was robbed by a group of assailants after getting out of his car on North Munn Avenue just after 4 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Am..
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  • 2 AK-47s, heroin seized in Newark drug arrests, police say

    2 AK-47s, heroin seized in Newark drug arrests, police say
    Nakeem Shariah, left, and Lyon Finklea, both 30, of Newark. (Newark Police Department) NEWARK â€” Authorities seized two fully loaded AK-47s and more than 140 heroin packets after two city men were arrested Saturday night, police said. Police responded to the Grace West Manor housing complex on Irvine Turner Boulevard shortly before 9 p.m. after receiving a tip, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a news release. Detectives with the city's Special Enforcement Bureau surrounded the h..
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  • N.J. towns where property taxes hurt the most

    N.J. towns where property taxes hurt the most
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  • Steamy and stormy in NJ Monday - when will the heat break?

    Steamy and stormy in NJ Monday - when will the heat break?
    Monday could be the hottest and most uncomfortable day of this heat wave, with two rounds of strong thunderstorms expected as well. Here are your weather headlines for Monday, July 25, 2016… Storms It’s been a wet, stormy start for central and southern New Jersey, as strong to severe thunderstorms passed over the area between I-78 and the Atlantic City Expressway in the early Monday morning hours. Pockets of heavy rain could lead to flooding, winds may gust as high as 60 mph, and the lightning ..
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