Elizabeth News

Over the past several years, it's become accepted wisdom to declare that TV is the preferred medium for filmmakers and storytellers who want to approach their subject with the depth and breadth of a novel.

Judge William Wertheimer packs up his chambers at the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth.

Seated : High school seniors Shannon Soto of Linden; Casleny Augustin of Rahway; Patrycja Potocka of Linden; and Marco Bautista of Elizabeth.

ELIZABETH - The original caption printed on this photograph reads "President Wilson and party at Elizabeth, N.J. May 1, 1913.

MORRISTOWN - The New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra will present a free concert at the College of St.

ELIZABETH - A man was shot and killed on Irvington Avenue in Elizabeth last night, Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said.

On the first four Fridays of the Great Fast , St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 1900 Brooks Boulevard, Hillsborough, will present a special series called, "Lenten Munching & Learning." The program will begin with short a Lenten Service in the church followed by a simple Lenten meal in the Parish Center with guest speakers.

Tonight's Powerball jackpot is worth up to $310 million. No one has won the game's top prize since a Pennsylvania couple claimed the jackpot worth $128.8 million in the Christmas Eve drawing last year.

The Army Corps of Engineers has advised the city of Bayonne that the New York/New Jersey Harbor Deepening Project will be drilling and blasting in Newark Bay for approximately one week, beginning on or about Monday, Feb.

Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant . Defendant appeals from the denial after an evidentiary hearing of his pre-sentence motion to vacate his plea to two counts of first degree robbery, Defendant and four co-defendants were charged in a November 2007 indictment with various crimes arising out of a home invasion on July 17, ... (more)

He joined a small Sir Speedy franchise during his four years of college and learned the business from the bottom up.

Union County Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski and Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi discuss one of the displays at the opening of "Preserving the Union," an exhibit to commemorate Union County's role in the Civil War of 1861-65, in the Rotunda of the Union County Courthouse in historic mid-town Elizabeth.

ROSELLE - A 23-year-old man already jailed on murder charges was charged with a second murder today, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.

Former State Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein speaks to the media today, releasing his findings on an investigation of the Elizabeth Board of Education.

Four young women, all students at Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth, have earned recognition for their academic and all-around achievements at the all-female, Catholic college-prep high school.

The Millburn Township Committee on Tuesday decided to spend up to $43,000 for an in-depth study of its sanitary sewer system to find out just how much it will cost to make improvements to prevent it from overflowing into residents' homes and into the streets during big storms.

John L. Garrison, 81, of Millville passed away Tuesday morning, Feb. 7, 2012, at the Eagleview Health and Rehabilitation Center in Pittsgrove.

The Dodgers were front and center in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, but the early movement involved more than Jackie Robinson.

There was no Carly Simon breaking into song, but when Elizabeth MacDonough became the Senate's first-ever woman parliamentarian last week, it had more than a little of Melanie Griffith's "Working Girl." Raised by her single mother and a grandmother who famously taught Bay Buchanan in Catholic school, MacDonough is Chevy Chase, lace-curtain Irish ... (more)

United Youth of New Jersey will present a Black History Month Play on Saturday, Feb.