Leading motorcade through port, Newark mayor demands local ...
NEWARK — After leading a motorcade intended to disrupt traffic at Port Newark, Mayor Ras Baraka called on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to adopt a policy mandating that the private firms who sub-let space from the agency at Port Newark hire more minorities and Newark residents. "We are tired of everybody who comes here and makes a whole lot of money and leaves everybody else in squalor," Baraka said in an interview outside City Hall Monday afternoon, after the motorcade arriv..>> view originalDeveloper avoids prison time in karaoke club bribery case
NEWARK — U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton looked at Chung Kho Monday in her courtroom and said she saw two men. One, 69 years old, was a successful real estate developer and commercial property landlord who raised a loving, successful family and gave back to Korean communities in the metropolitan area. The other was an admitted felon who facilitated a $50,000 bribe for another prospective business owner to get approval for a karaoke bar. Considering those two lives and Kho's frail health..>> view originalPolice Blotter: Several injured in Linden car crash
Lt. Michael McLaughlin, was recently promoted to captain in the Piscataway Police Department. McLaughlin was joined by Piscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler and Piscataway Police Captain Scott Cartmell at the event.(Photo: ~Courtesy of Piscataway)LINDEN THREE CAR CRASH, 10:21 p.m. July 16. Police responded to a report of a multi-vehicle accident with injuries at McCandless Street and E. Henry Street, police said. A 22-year-old Roselle man, who was driving a 2000 Toyota Camry, complained of head pain ..>> view originalMorris prosecutor wants motorcycle used in videotaped eluding case
Gavel(Photo: Getty Images)MORRISTOWN - The Morris County Prosecutor's Office has filed a lawsuit to take possession of a Honda B60 motorcycle that a Haskell resident allegedly used to elude Pequannock and Riverdale police at high speeds while filming his flight with a video camera affixed to his helmet.The prosecutor's office recently filed in state Superior Court, Morristown, a complaint for forfeiture of a 2005 Honda B60 motorcycle registered to Anthony Darrigo, 20, of Haskell. Darrigo had esc..>> view originalLawyer's softball tournament is a hit for Newark Fresh Air Fund
The rules seemed kind of quirky for a softball tournament – and costly, too. If your team gave up a home run, or got caught up in a double play, that was $125. A strike out was the same price and so was hitting a foul ball with a two-strike count. And if the pitcher let the ball come off the bat for a grand slam? That was $500 big ones. Then again, it all made perfect sense because this was a tournament to raise money to send city kids to camp. MORE: Recent Barry Carter columns Everything ..>> view originalDental health important to overall wellness of individual
In recognition of good oral health and hygiene practices, students at the Conerly School in the Somerset section of Franklin participated in the New Jersey Department of Health Children’s Oral Health Program Sugar-Less Day to Prevent Tooth Decay event on Feb. 10. All fourth-graders at the school participated in an interactive oral health education program conducted by dental hygiene staff. Students also participated in a Sugar-Less Day to Prevent Tooth Decay-themed poster contest. First- and sec..>> view originalHudson County extends ICE agreement; immigrant advocates upset ...
Hudson County has agreed to continue participating in a program allowing county correctional officers to identify and arrest undocumented immigrants — and advocates who oppose the program are upset. On Friday, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise announced that the county Department of Corrections will continue participating in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Priority Enforcement Program for Jails. Previously, the county had a two-year agreement to participate in the U.S. Immigration ..>> view original26-year-old woman electrocuted by downed wires in Fanwood
FANWOOD — A 26-year-old Plainfield woman was electrocuted after downed wires fell on her car and she attempted to exit the vehicle, police confirmed. Fanwood Police Chief Richard Trigo said the wires fell on the car, a white sedan, causing sparks, around 4:30 p.m. on the 100 block of Midway Avenue. The woman then attempted to exit the car from the passenger side when she was electrocuted by the live current, Trigo said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Patrol officers arriving on the ..>> view original27 weeks of protests: Activists demand investigation into police ...
NEWARK — As People's Organization for Progess Chairman Lawrence Hamm's voice got louder, the car horns and honks follow suit. Over a microphone, Hamm spoke to passersby and cars in front of the Rodino Federal Building in Newark. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress," he boomed. A small group of dedicated protesters from the People's Organization for Progress held its 27th consecutive weekly rally Monday in a series designed to demand justice for police shooting victims like Alton..>> view originalNewark firefighters battle 2 big blazes within 24 hours
Posted: Jul. 19, 2016 8:00 am NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters remain on the scene of a second major fire to hit Newark within 24 hours. The latest fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kearny Steel Container in the city's Ironbound section. It took approximately 100 firefighters from the city and neighboring towns more than three hours to get the upper hand. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation. The blaze comes after a fire tore through an abandoned rooming hou..>> view original
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