Elizabeth News

A 20-year-old Hillsborough woman escaped her overturned car Tuesday afternoon with minor head pain after a crash on Route 22 near the Bridgewater Diner, police said.

An inmate who escaped from the Union County Jail while on trash duty last week has been captured, authorities said.

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Plainfield's Neighborhood Health Center will be sharing in nearly $17 million in federal stimulus funds aimed at addressing facility and equipment needs and increasing access to health care for underserved populations.

Fine. Go ahead. Consider New Jersey the dumping ground for New York. But do you also have to keep the Statue of Liberty at just that angle, giving New Jersey a perpetual view of the lady's backside? That was the question posed by Lee Dawson, a 50-year-old former Elizabeth resident who now calls Alabama home and who visited Lady Liberty earlier this ...

A 9-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was caught in a crossfire and grazed by a bullet in in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Wednesday.

A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of an inmate at the Union County Jail in Elizabeth who escaped from custody while working at a supervised job earlier this week.

New Jersey regulators approved energy efficiency projects from three utilities Wednesday with a combined value of $225 million, part of the state's drive to create jobs through energy conservation.

Tributes to the King of Pop continue at New York City's Apollo Theater, which has turned its weekly Amateur Night into a Michael Jackson celebration.

New Jersey education officials say more school districts are meeting requirements under federal school laws.

Fans are paying tribute to Michael Jackson at Harlem's historic Apollo Theater, CBS station WCBS-TV reports.

An active manhunt is being conducted throughout Union County for an inmate at the Union County Jail in Elizabeth who allegedly ran off while working at a supervised job outside the jail this morning.

Legislation that cobbles together more than a half-dozen strategies intended to stimulate economic development in New Jersey was passed Thursday by the Senate and Assembly.

Car rental companies and the National Business Travel Association criticized New Jersey lawmakers for including an excise tax in the New Jersey Economic Stimulus Plan of 2009.

When artist Dario Scholis first conceived of the paintings he would create for a future walkway along the Elizabeth River, he thought of all the nearby historic buildings, several pre-dating the American Revolution.

Jun 25, 2009 1:34 pm US/Eastern NEWARK 1 of 1 42-year-old Heather Clemens was killed in a crash by two suspects who were fleeing police in northern New Jersey.

Heather Clemens loved to go jogging in Newark's Weequahic Park, so her 13-year-old son Gregory became concerned today when he heard about a fatal car accident nearby.

Police say an innocent bystander was killed in a crash by two suspects who were fleeing police in northern New Jersey.

Nelida Sanchez of Elizabeth Wins First Place in the Non-professional Acrylic Category at the 2009 Union County Senior Art Show By County of Union 6/23/2009 Union County Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski congratulates Nelida Sanchez of Elizabeth on winning first place in the non-professional acrylic category at the 2009 Union County Senior Art Show ...

A former Sayreville woman originally accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a reduced charge.