Saturday, September 22, 2012
Councilman supports pit bull adoption; Livingston doctor pleads guilty in kickback scheme.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Storm water management experts proposed 10 regional practices to deal with water infiltration for the 24 municipalities affected by the Rahway River watershed, which spans three counties, Essex, Morris and Union, in Thursday evening's conference. The Nutley Board of Commissioners voted this week to join a lawsuit with Hopewell Township and the New Jersey League of Municipalities to keep from losing $200,000 in taxes from Verizon. Because the number of residents using land lines has dropped, the company has notified the township it no longer expects to pay taxes on its telephone pole and electrical lines, said Commissioner Thomas Evans, the director of the township’s Dept. of Revenue and Finance. Following another forceful public comment …
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Medevac transports Verona trauma victim; Gas station raises prices to protest supplier gouging franchisees.
Animal advocates pleaded with Bloomfield officials Monday night to allow Memphis the pitbull to be adopted. If the advocates have their way, Mayor Raymond McCarthy will override the decision of Board of Health Director Karen Lore, who has refused to allow the pitbull to be adopted. But there was no indication this would happen. "You have the power to go get those keys and let Memphis out of his cage," one ardent protestor told McCarthy. "You can be a hero! That can be your legacy." Nacip Pires of Newark was sentenced to 46 months in prison Thursday for overseeing an operation that brought hundreds of illegal immigrants into the country, including women who became strippers at bars in Newark, US Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement…
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Bloomfield train station suit postponed; Cedar Grove contractor sentenced for bribery.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
A court hearing in Newark to discuss whether the township of Bloomfield can take the section of the Bloomfield train station by using eminent domain was postponed on Friday. Howard Haberman, a Bloomfield developer, is contesting the township’s decision to seize his property, which the town says has become rundown and dilapidated. Haberman has countered he wanted to develop his portion of the train station into a retail and restaurant complex and said instead of eminent domain, the township should negotiate with him. The case was scheduled to appear before Judge Patricia Costello yesterday but the hearing was postponed due to illness. It has been rescheduled for Oct. 4. A small protest outside Bloomfield Town Hall was followed by a …
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The top headlines from around Essex County as brought to you from the Patch editors who know these towns best.
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
A 54-year-old Verona woman killed Tuesday night while crossing Bloomfield Avenue in Verona did not cross in a crosswalk, according to Verona Police Chief Douglas Huber. Marie Trusits was struck by the car at 8:45 p.m. near 370 Bloomfield Ave., Huber said, adding she crossed the street as "it was getting dark." The weather was clear at the time of the accident, he said. The Montclair man accused of shooting to death a Villanova University student in Montclair pleaded not guilty early Tuesday at his arraignment in Essex County Superior Court in Newark, The Montclair Times reported. Judge Peter J. Vazquez asked Ernest Williams, 21, if he reviewed the charges against him, if he understood the charges, and if his lawyer, John McMahon, reviewed…
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Each week Patch highlights some of the top headlines from around Essex County.
One of the heroes of the Dark Knight mass shooting, a 24-year-old man who threw himself on top of his girlfriend when the shooting began, lived in Verona until he was 13. Teves was with his girlfriend Amanda Lindgren when the shooting began and he threw himself on top of her when gunman James Holmes opened fire during the premiere of the latest Batman film. Mitch Martin, who bought Teves' Verona house when the family moved to Phoenix 11 years ago said “They were very nice people and seemed like very good parents.” Brian Schiavetti, 21, was shot and killed in what police called a “targeted” incident this past Sunday in Montclair, an area not known for violent crime. Schiavetti's body was found on a first floor hallway of a three-story …
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Bloomfield Township administrator resigns; Family displaced by Bloomfield fire.
After 80 years of being Nutley’s main employer, pharmaceutical giant Roche announced the company would close. The news shook the community to the core. An estimated 1,000 workers were told on June 26 they would be laid off when the company ceases Nutley operations in December 2013. Following the announcement that her five year marriage with Tom Cruise was ending, Katie Holmes has hired Jonathan Wolfe, a member of the Skoloff & Wolfe law firm in Livingston, to help her in what is sure to be a public and messy divorce. Bloomfield Township Administrator Yoshi Manale has resigned from his position, apparently forced out of office by the township’s lawmakers. At a special meeting Monday night, the town council convened to discuss whether they …
Sunday, July 1, 2012
No stowaways found on UAE ship after exhaustive all-day search by U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Click on the headline links to get the full story: Singer Lauryn Hill, a South Orange resident, admitted in federal court in Newark Friday she failed to pay income taxes on nearly $2 million worth of income between 2005 and 2007. Hill, best known for her work with Wyclef Jean in the Fugees, pleaded guilty to tax evasion, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. The maximum penalty for each charge is one year in prison plus fines and court costs. The search for suspected stowaways within a cargo container aboard a ship docked at Port Newark has been ended with no one found, the US Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday morning. "After a lengthy and exhaustive inspection by the Department of Homeland Security officials, the search …
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Two stories featuring Grover Cleveland, a Porsche theft gone awry and the return of the Soap Box Derby round out the week in Essex County
In top county news this week: For the second consecutive year, thousands of motorcyclists poured into Newark's Ironbound Wednesday night for the 25th annual Gooch's Garlic Run, a 28-mile bike ride that benefits individuals with serious illnesses. The run, organized by law enforcement motorcycle club Blue Knights New Jersey Chapter IX is named for retired Andover Township Police Lieutenant Al "Gooch" Monaco. The run was scheduled to depart from Rockaway Townsquare mall in Rockaway at 6:30 p.m. and trickle onto Newark's Ferry Street after 7 p.m. It was a day at the races in Newark as sleek soapbox cars zoomed down Warren Street for the city's revival of a classic hobby. Youth racing event the All-American Soap Box Derby returned to Brick …
