SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District and South Orange–Maplewood Education Association’s negotiations on a new contract for the teachers union broke down and, after attending several mediation sessions since the beginning of January, the two groups will now be moving forward with a fact finder, who will propose a solution […]
Ronald F. Ficetola, 74. passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at home in Bloomfield. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Visitation is on Friday from 4-8 p.m. Interment will take place at Glendale Cemetery. Please express […]
WASHINGTON, DC — On March 16, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced more than $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2021 Continuum of Care competition awards for roughly 7,000 homeless housing and service programs across the United States. The awards, announced by Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, will provide funding to communities to help […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At approximately 1 a.m. on this date Wednesday, March 16, an 18-year-old Maplewood resident was the victim of a strong-armed robbery — no weapons were involved — in the 330 block of Boyden Avenue, according to a press release from the Maplewood Police Department. The victim reported that he had gone outside […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Roberto Ubiera, 58, of Newark, has been convicted on all counts in connection with the murder of Tarlok Singh, 55, of East Orange, according to a March 16 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. In the early morning hours of Aug. 16, 2018, Singh was fatally stabbed by a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The former owner of a New Jersey marketing company admitted his role in a scheme to defraud public and private health benefits programs of more than $6 million through the billing of medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 17. Michael Drobish, 43, of Cedar Grove, pleaded guilty […]
NEWARK, NJ — Robert Alexander, 45, of Newark, has admitted to obstructing justice while on pretrial release, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 17. Alexander pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, on Jan.14, 2019, Alexander pleaded guilty to […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Orange Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of Anton Douglas, 24, according to a March 17 press release from the ECPO. On Wednesday, March 16, at approximately 5:18 p.m., officers from the Orange Police Department were dispatched to the 500 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating a quadruple shooting that resulted in the death of one person, Fuquan Davis, 44, of Irvington, according to a March 17 press release from the ECPO. On Wednesday, March 16, at approximately 10:59 p.m., Davis was shot while standing in front […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The postseason accolades continue to pile up for Ithaca College women’s basketball graduate guard Grace Cannon, a 2017 Bloomfield High School graduate who was named as a 2022 College Sports Information Directors of America Second Team Academic All-American. Cannon was one of 15 student-athletes nationally to earn this honor, as the Bloomfield […]