NEWARK, NJ — Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal announced that a suspended senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison in Newark pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to smuggling fentanyl and marijuana to an inmate in the prison in exchange for money. Roberto Reyes-Jackson, 30, of Irvington, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit official misconduct before Superior […]
NEWARK, NJ — Attorney Gen. Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a suspended code enforcement officer for Newark pleaded guilty Oct. 8 to taking bribes from a man seeking to operate an after-hours social club. Tajji Williams, 43, of Newark, was on trial before an Essex County jury when he decided to plead guilty. Williams pleaded […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lateef Dennis, 40, of Newark, was sentenced to six and a half years — the maximum sentence — on one count of aggravated assault on his uncle and one count of spitting on a police officer, according to an Oct. 10 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. That sentence will […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — An Irvington man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a phony check scheme that stole more than $2 million in merchandise from multiple home improvement stores throughout the country, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced Oct. 10. Reginald Phillips, 56, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — An electrical problem in the Kendal Avenue neighborhood is being blamed for igniting a house fire, leaving the residence uninhabitable. The Maplewood Fire Department responded to Kendal Avenue on Monday, Oct. 7, just before 5 p.m. to investigate an electrical condition with an odor of something burning, according to a release from […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Saturday, Sept. 28, the Llewellyn Park Ladies Association and Committee of Managers hosted a proprietor cleanup in the Social Circle Playground. Families worked together for a morning of mulching, planting and painting. Later in the afternoon, Judge Joseph Cassini and his wife, Margie Cassini, longtime Llewellyn Park residents, hosted the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, located at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, will host a Shabbat, Scholar & Supper on Friday, Oct. 25, with guest speaker Ralph Nurnberger, who will present “Understanding the Balfour Declaration and its Lasting Impact on the Middle East.” The service, which is open to all, starts at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Society of Music Arts will present a free orchestral concert, “Three Centuries of Great Music,” on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. Conducted by West Orange resident Stephen Culbertson, this concert features renowned cellist Jameson Platte of Belleville. For more […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — “It’s all storytelling,” says humor songwriter and novelist V.C. Chickering, a longtime Maplewood resident. Chickering will be at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 3 p.m. to talk about her lyrics and novel writing process, interwoven with charming, witty original songs performed by her band, Tori Erstwhile […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Don’t miss Theodore Roosevelt’s resplendent return to Maplewood on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. at Jefferson School, 518 Ridgewood Road in Maplewood, sponsored by the Durand-Hedden House. Roosevelt once roamed the hills and meadows of Maplewood as a boy, exploring nature while visiting his Uncle Cornelius’s estate, now the Roosevelt Park […]