NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension Team has arrested two suspects, one wanted for a carjacking and the second for a robbery in two separate incidents. Newark residents Al-Fuquan Wright and Sandra Fernandes, who were wanted by Criminal Investigation detectives, were both arrested on the morning of Monday, Nov. 28, by members […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Rayquan Tubbs, 20, of Irvington entered a guilty plea on Monday, Nov. 28, to first-degree aggravated manslaughter and second-degree possession of a handgun before Superior Court Judge Martin G. Cronin. According Assistant Prosecutor Adam B. Wells, who handled the case with Assistant Prosecutor Amani Abdellah, Tubbs drew a handgun and fatally shot […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Dec. 6, 9:40 a.m.) – Jabrill Peppers is highly regarded as one of the top college football players in the nation. The East Orange native proved it on the field this season as he earned three major Big Ten Conference individual awards. Peppers, a junior linebacker for the University of Michigan, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The following release was submitted by the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge. Once again this year, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge is partnering with the Community FoodBank of New Jersey to run the Glen Ridge Virtual Food Drive. Did you know that more than 1,000,000 people in New Jersey don’t […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Village of South Orange is once again leading the charge for a healthier year ahead with SOFit17, the third annual South Orange Health and Fitness Challenge. The theme of SOFit17 is the “Hundred Day Challenge” beginning Jan. 20 and ending April 29. As in the past two years, community […]
Note: This article is from moraviansports.com WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Dec. 6, 9:53 a.m.) – Moravian College (Pa.) senior basketball forward Camille McPherson has been honored on the first D3hoops.com Team of the Week presented by Scoutware of the 2016-17 season after her performance over the first two weeks of the season. McPherson, a […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange will host Robert Zaretsky, professor of history at the Honors College, University of Houston, for its monthly Shabbat Service with a Scholar program on Friday, Dec. 9. Zaretsky will discuss “The Rise of a New Form of Anti-Semitism in France.” He will share insights about the […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Newark Public Library will host local author and historian Guy Sterling in conversation with Mayor Ras J. Baraka, as the final program in the 2016 series “Newark Lifetimes: Recollections and Reflections.” Baraka, the 40th mayor of the city of Newark, is a […]