Newark crash victim identified as former Elizabeth police officer
You need the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player to view the video related to this article. Download Now. According to the Elizabeth PBA Facebook page, Jim Varga was also a former Marine and Vietnam veteran. (3/4/17) March 4, 2017 5:39 PM NEWARK - The man who died Friday after a fiery pickup truck crash near the border of Elizabeth and Newark has been identified as a former Elizabeth police officer. According to the Elizabeth PBA Facebook page, Jim Varga was also..>> view originalMan caught with gun after Newark robbery, police say
(Photos: Dept of Public Safety) NEWARK -- Two Newark men were charged in the gunpoint robbery of a 61-year-old man in the city's West Ward, authorities said Friday. City police witnessed Farrod R. Baker and Bernard Bogar fleeing from the scene of the robbery around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday near South 16th Street and 15th Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement. Officers found Baker had a loaded .40 caliber handgun when he was arrested, according to Ambrose. Offici..>> view originalHow can policing in Newark improve? Residents weigh in
NEWARK -- City residents aired their frustrations and highlighted their hopes for the Newark Police Department on Saturday, filling out surveys as part of an effort to launch a community conversation around reforming the police force. About 20 residents trickled into the Training, Recreation, and Education Center on Ludlow Street in the afternoon, quietly filling out a questionnaire about their perceptions and interactions with police and where they'd like to see change. The surveys are part ..>> view originalQuick Hits: Our take on the week's top news
On the list this week: Newark keeps on growing, Change at the top and 'Tis the season to be buying Newark keeps on growingThere was plenty of good news on the Newark renaissance front last week, as Broadridge Financial Solutions said last Monday that it would be bringing 1,000 new jobs to the city’s 2 Gateway Center building, and then the much-touted Whole Foods opened last Wednesday at a star-studded — well, public official-studded — ceremony at the former Hahne Building. Our take: We keep say..>> view originalWilliam H. "Bil" Henderson
William H. Henderson, known fondly as 'Bil with one L', of Newark, Del., passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. He was 64.Bil was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa. Dec. 23, 1952, and was the son of Jimmy Henderson and Ruth (Pownall) Henderson. He made his career as an assemblyman with General Motors, retiring after 31 years of dedicated service.An avid fisherman, Bil enjoyed many happy hours on the water. He was a loving and devoted son, husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend. Bil wil..>> view originalVictims of street crime shorted by Christie's neglect | Moran
Seven days after the man returned home from prison, he was sitting on his porch on South 8th Street in Newark playing cards when a gunman came and shot him dead. The police arrived in minutes, asked their questions and set off to hunt down the killer. The ambulance crew came and carried away the body. The yellow tape marking the crime scene was cut down and removed. That was it, move on, folks. These things happen. But it wasn't over, not by a long shot. LaKeesha Eure had seen this before, many..>> view originalPamela S. Fest
Pamela Suzanne Fest of Elkton, Md. passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 at Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton. She was 58.Born in Mount Holly, N.J. on Oct. 31, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Robert Edward and Helen Mae (Saxton) Fest.Pam was a caring, giving, and loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, life partner and friend. She enjoyed music, concerts, and spending time at the beach, especially at Long Beach Island, N.J. She was loved by everyone who came in contact with her.'My s..>> view originalTrump's immigration orders sow confusion in New Jersey
CLOSE Anxious residents have flooded some North Jersey police departments with calls about imagined enforcement actions. WochitICE has more discretion now to deport undocumented immigrants being held in the Bergen County Jail and other correctional centers.(Photo: The Record/File Photo)With the Trump administration calling for local authorities to enforce federal immigration laws and threatening to punish uncooperative cities, anxious residents have flooded some North Jersey police depar..>> view originalJeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott died in the early hours of Monday, January 9, 2017, at Hahneman Hospital after taking ill suddenly in the Philadelphia apartment he shared with his longtime companion Lori Johnson.Jeff is survived, and sorely missed, by Ms. Johnson; his brother, John 'Jack' Scott of Lewis Run, Pa.; his three adult children, Megan Daily-Scott and her husband, Matt of Cranbury, N.J., Matthew Scott and his wife, Heather, also of Cranbury, and Ian Scott and his wife, Melissa of Montgomery Center, Vt. ..>> view originalSecaucus girls basketball holds off Hoboken, returns to sectional final
SECAUCUS - The Secaucus girls basketball team knows it will have to improve upon Saturday's performance in order to earn its first-ever state sectional title. But in the win-or-go-home nature of the state tournament, the Patriots, more than anything else, are just glad to continue on that journey. Despite a second half that was short on style points and with even fewer actual points, top-seeded Secaucus did enough to hold off a gritty Hoboken squad, 50-40, in the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, S..>> view original
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