Guns, heroin, ecstasy, cocaine seized in raid

Heroin, marijuana, ecstasy and pill making equipment were seized and two people arrested when police executed three search warrants in Irvington and Newark. Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura announced that the department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted the raids, making arrests and seizing weapons, ammunition, narcotics, drug paraphernalia and cash. Sheriff’s detectives seized seven weapons […]

Malcolm X. Shabazz High School football team rolls past Butler to win North 2, Group 1 sectional championship

Malcolm X. Shabazz High School football team rolls past Butler to win North 2, Group 1 sectional championship

BUTLER, NJ — The Malcolm X. Shabazz High School football team won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 state championship. The Shabazz Bulldogs defeated the Butler High School Bulldogs, 40-13, in the championship game on Friday night, Nov. 10, at Butler. Shabazz improved to 8-3. Butler moved to […]

Shabazz HS football team falls to Randolph in wild game

NEWARK, NJ — Picture this, an all-out shootout with firepower to change the momentum in both halves of the game. On one sideline, one team was playing without their head coach and defensive coordinator in attendance, while on the other sideline, the other team featured a new quarterback as they were playing their notorious second […]

We have to change driver behavior in work zones – it is costing highway workers their lives

We have to change driver behavior in work zones – it is costing highway workers their lives

By Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJDOT Commissioner The start of a new school year is just a few weeks away and with that we will see an increased number of motorists on New Jersey’s roadways. Between hurried school runs, residents returning from vacations, and buses trying to stay on schedule, the pace of activity on our highways, […]

Note to our newspaper subscribers

Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail.  We apologize for […]

Seminary at Seton Hall University has new dean

Seminary at Seton Hall University has new dean

NEWARK, NJ — Monsignor Gerard McCarren has been appointed rector and dean of the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University. McCarren has served as interim rector and dean since July 1, and prior to that time, he was associate professor of systematic theology and the seminary’s spiritual director, according to a […]

Unified Vailsburg to hand out Prudential grants that support neighborhood growth

Unified Vailsburg to hand out Prudential grants that support neighborhood growth

NEWARK, N.J. –The Unified Vailsburg Services Organization has been selected to help administer the Prudential Community Grants Program that aims to support local, community-based projects that foster stability and growth. “We are looking for programs or projects that create vibrancy in neighborhoods, that support neighbors,” said Tiffany Jackson, Prudential’s director of inclusive community and administrator […]