SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Health Department will hold a free rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the South Orange Rescue Squad building, 62 Sloan St. Dogs and cats must have their rabies vaccination updated if it expires prior to Nov. 1, […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Department of Justice announced Dec. 4 that it has awarded more than $376 million in grant funding to enhance state, local and tribal law enforcement operations and reinforce public safety efforts in jurisdictions across the United States, including $4,561,569 to support public safety activities in the District of New Jersey. The […]
TRENTON, NJ — Looking to evaluate how New Jersey can bolster policies to reduce drunken and impaired driving following a 27-percent increase in fatalities since 2015, a measure to establish a 19-member Commission on Drunk and Impaired Driving was advanced by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on Dec. 5. Under joint resolution AJR-64, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Teen ’Prov at the Burgdorff on Saturday, Dec. 14, consists of two shows featuring teen improv troupes, Fire in the Theater and Cobra Clan. Each troupe’s show will be entirely improvised, creating made-up characters and scenarios never seen before — and never to be seen again! Cobra Clan’s show will be from […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A man was shot Wednesday, Dec. 4, on 45th Street in Maplewood, according information sent to the News-Record from Maplewood Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul; his information came from a report of the incident made by Lt. Peter Kuenzel. Two days later, Maplewood police arrested a juvenile male for the shooting. At 6:11 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School senior and tennis phenom Justin Cadeau has signed a National Letter of Intent with Howard University in accepting a Division 1 scholarship. “It’s been a life-long dream of mine to play Division 1 tennis, so I am very excited,” Cadeau said. “It is extra exciting to represent […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange trustees, members of the South Orange Environmental Commission and members of the South Orange Police Department teamed up Dec. 8 and handed out 500 reusable bags to commuters in an hour! This is all in anticipation of Jan. 1, when the village’s ban on single-use plastic bags in stores […]
TRENTON, NJ — With the busy holiday travel season fast approaching, the Division of Highway Traffic Safety has announced the kickoff of a statewide traffic safety campaign targeting drunken and impaired drivers. Starting Dec. 6, law enforcement agencies across the state will be patrolling the New Jersey roads looking for drunken and impaired drivers as […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys and girls bowling teams improved to 14-7 records on the season following wins over West Side and Irvington at Brunswick Zone in Belleville on Tuesday, Dec. 3, and Wednesday, Dec. 4, respectively. Bryan Fuscarino shot three 600 series, including games of 224, 235 and 248. Gabe Farabaugh […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The four finalist nominees for the Impact100 Essex 2019 grant award were announced recently. One of the finalists will be voted the recipient of the $120,000 grant by the Impact100 Essex membership at the organization’s annual meeting on Jan. 21 at Seton Hall University in South Orange. “Once again, identifying only […]