Thursday, October 12, 2017

In Newark, 'Day Without Immigrants' boycott fails to take hold ... and other top stories.

  • In Newark, 'Day Without Immigrants' boycott fails to take hold ...

    In Newark, 'Day Without Immigrants' boycott fails to take hold ...
    NEWARK -- It was supposed to be a national day of boycott to show how cities around the U.S. rely on immigrant labor.  But in Newark, many immigrant-run businesses said Monday they never got the message. Stores along Ferry Street in the Ironbound section of the city remained open and bustling.  Immigrant rights groups also planned two separate May 1st rallies in honor of International Workers' Day, one in Jersey City and one in Newark. Organizers were hoping the rallies would echo the 2006 May..
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  • Newark rolls out body cameras, despite Trump's AG | Editorial

    Newark rolls out body cameras, despite Trump's AG | Editorial
    This is the first week of a Newark police pilot program to equip 80 officers in the southern part of the city with body cameras and 15 of their patrol cars with dashboard cameras. The equipment is donated by Panasonic, but first and foremost thanks to one of those federal agreements to overhaul troubled departments that President Trump's Attorney General thinks kill morale and boost crime. Hard to see why, given that activists, union leaders and top brass all support this federal intervention, ..
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  • Man arrested in shooting of Newark girl, 16

    Man arrested in shooting of Newark girl, 16
    Cooper. (Courtesy Newark police)  NEWARK -- Authorities have arrested an 18-year-old who they say shot and injured a 16-year-old girl last month, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose announced in a release Monday. According to authorities, Sincere Cooper, of Newark, allegedly shot the girl on South Orange Avenue near South 18th Street at 3:20 p.m. on April 19. The girl was transported to University Hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, police said. Cooper was arreste..
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  • Newark man shot during violent weekend in Jersey City

    Newark man shot during violent weekend in Jersey City
    A 24-year-old Newark man was shot on Union Street early Sunday morning, hours after two people were killed in separate murders in Jersey City. Journal file photo  JERSEY CITY -- A 24-year-old Newark man was shot on Union Street early Sunday morning, hours after two people were killed in separate Jersey City murders.  The victim was shot in the thigh just after midnight near Martin Luther King Drive, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.  He was brought to Jersey City Medical Center for treat..
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  • Weequahic (0) at Newark Central (10) - Baseball

    Manuel Abreu pitcheed a five-inning no-hitter with two walks and six strikeouts and James Wright hit a solo home run to lead Newark Central to a 10-0 victory over Weequahic in Newark. Howard Brown had a double with two RBI and two runs scored, Jhenny Nunez added two singles with an RBI and two runs scored and Victor Torres posted two singles with two runs scored for Newark Central. Manuel Abreu had an RBI and Al-Jahnan Smith added a run scored for Newark Central.
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  • Montclair (2) at Newark Academy (3) - Baseball

    Anthony Giachin gave up four hits over six innings with two earned runs, four walks, and five strikeouts and Bradley Simon added two singles with an RBI to lead Newark Academy to a 3-2 victory over Montclair in Livingston. Montclair's Makhi Booker recorded his 100th career hit in the first inning and Dylan Wright added a single with an RBI for Montclair.
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  • Newark Central (6) at Orange (9) - Softball

    Ashley Moscoso earned the win after allowing four earned runs in five innings for Orange in a 9-6 win over Newark Central in Orange. Stefany Aguilar went 2-for-w with a double, RBI and a run scored to lead Orange at the plate, and Amanda Anderson was 1-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored. Fabiola Marcelino and Kie'rah Godfrey each had two hits to lead Newark Academy.
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  • Columbia (4) at Newark Academy (3), Essex County Tournament ...

    Jack Snyder, Nate Perrello, and Spencer Josloff each had a goal for ninth-seeded Newark Academy in a loss to eighth-seeded Columbia in the first round of the Essex County Tournament in Maplewood. Columbia will take on top-seeded Seton Hall Prep in the quarterfinals on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
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  • Sentence reduced by half for man convicted of murder as a teen

    Sentence reduced by half for man convicted of murder as a teen
    NEWARK -- A state judge has cut in half the minimum time an East Orange man must spend behind bars for shooting a Newark grocer to death on Christmas Eve 2010. Jaworski Sneed was 17 years old at the time of the slaying. Newark grocer Darryl Logan, 47, was trying to break up a fight in front of his store on Chancellor Avenue when he was gunned down. Sneed was sentenced in May 2013 by state Superior Court Judge Peter Ryan to life in prison without parole for at least 63 years, meaning he would b..
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  • 2nd trial set, sentencing postponed in fatal Short Hills mall carjacking

    2nd trial set, sentencing postponed in fatal Short Hills mall carjacking
    NEWARK -- A city man will stand trial this fall in the fatal shooting of a Hoboken attorney during a carjacking at The Mall at Short Hills, attorneys told an Essex County judge Monday. Kevin Roberts, 39, will be the second of four defendants to face a jury in the Dec. 15, 2013 shooting of Dustin Friedland, 30, in a parking deck at the upscale mall in Millburn during the theft of a Range Rover owned by Friedland's father. Kevin Roberts. (Essex County Correctional Facility) During Monday's statu..
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Lawmakers seal deal on $1T plan government-wide funding bill .Newark police seek identity of man who allegedly robbed woman ... .
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