FLORHAM PARK, NJ — JFS MetroWest will begin offering a support group for middle school children in grades five through eight on navigating friendships and the social environment. The group will meet for four weeks this summer on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. beginning on July 24 and also meeting on July 31, Aug. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board hosted the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration on Wednesday, June 27. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo presented Pride of Essex County Awards to Elaine Helms, founder of the RAIN Foundation; Peter Oates, director of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On Thursday, June 28, at 11:40 a.m., the Maplewood Fire Department responded to the area of Prospect Street and North Crescent for a reported overturned vehicle with entrapment, according to a press release from the department. The fire department responded with an engine, ladder and ambulance to the scene. Upon arrival, Deputy […]
FLORHAM PARK, NJ — Girls on the Run New Jersey East participants from Essex, Morris and Union counties ran to the finish in the 22nd annual Florham Park Jaycees 5K on Saturday, June 9. Girls on the Run inspires girls to recognize their inner strength and celebrate what makes them one of a kind. Trained […]
NEWARK, NJ — The largest health care fraud and opioid enforcement action ever taken by the Justice Department resulted in three guilty pleas and two arrests in northern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced on June 28. Additionally, three individuals from South Jersey and Philadelphia were arrested for their alleged involved in a South […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man was sentenced June 27 to 14 years in prison for his leadership role in a massive drug distribution ring responsible for selling millions of dollars’ worth of heroin out of a residential building near a high school in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Quawee Jones, aka “Hatman,” 34, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Jules Heningburg has enjoyed a fine start to his professional lacrosse career. The Maplewood native is playing for the Florida Launch of Major League Lacrosse. The Florida Launch selected Heningburg with the seventh overall pick this spring out of Rutgers University. On May 19, Heningburg, 22, recorded the first goal of his […]