NEWARK, NJ — There was a three-car motor vehicle collision in Newark that resulted in the deaths of three people and serious injuries to five others, according to an Aug. 31 press release from the prosecutor’s office. On Sunday, Aug. 30, at approximately 7 p.m., three cars were involved in a crash at Broad Street […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Responding to the COVID crisis that has kept doors locked at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Maplewood, the Rev. Grant Mansfield moved one of the church’s most important rites outside into the sunshine on Sunday, Aug. 30, when he baptized member Kate Moore in the sparkling waters of the Rahway River that […]
NEWARK, NJ — The first Seton Hall Law appointee to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court is retiring. Associate Justice Walter F. Timpone ’79 was sworn-in by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on June 2, 2016, at Seton Hall Law School, and has served the court and the citizens of New Jersey with honor and […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — In August, the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, a Montclair- and Parsippany-based nonprofit behavioral health agency, began providing outreach and case management services to homeless individuals who frequently seek out temporary shelter at Newark Liberty International Airport. The initiative is funded through a partnership with the Port Authority of New […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield College creative writing and poetry students and alumni have come together to launch “I Can’t Breathe” magazine, an independent social justice literary magazine with all publishing proceeds benefiting social justice nonprofit organizations. A virtual launch party took place Aug. 23 with members of the editorial board and contributing authors, artists and […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Aug. 25 that New Jersey, New York, and a coalition of state, county and local governments are suing to block the policy and operational changes recently put in place by the U.S. Postal Service. The complaint alleges that these changes have already disrupted vital mail services […]
ORANGE, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Aug. 25 that criminal charges have been filed against a senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison who allegedly falsified a New Jersey Department of Corrections record to conceal his membership in an outlaw motorcycle gang. Ruben Morales, 41, of Orange, was charged by complaint-summons […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Christiane Kenfack Tejiogue, of Irvington, had a busy summer after earning her Essex County College associate’s degree in general science. She spent four weeks participating in the Summer Health Professions Education Program prior to starting this fall at New Jersey City University on a presidential scholarship. “I’m interested in entering the medical […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Aug. 26, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced the arrests of 21 individuals who are charged with sexually exploiting children online. The 19 men, one woman and one juvenile male were arrested in “Operation Screen Capture,” a collaborative operation launched in response to a dramatic increase in reports of potential threats to […]
NEWARK, NJ — For almost as long as it has existed as a member-supported, nonprofit land trust, the Land Conservancy of New Jersey has been providing scholarships to residents of New Jersey pursuing degrees in environmental science, natural resource management, conservation, park administration and related fields. For the past 36 years, this program has been […]