Linden News

Linden High School senior Alexandria Alvarez's job was to antagonize the dragon as it tried to catch the pearl.

Four Linden men were arrested on drug charges after police found 40 bags of marijuana and six Percocet pills in their possession Around 8:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb.

A Roselle man was arrested on drug charges after he allegedly tried to stuff a bag containing crack cocaine in his mouth Linden police officer James Edgar and Roselle police officer William Lord were on patrol in the Linden/Roselle Joint Patrol car around 10:16 p.m., Tuesday, Feb.

Jan. 26 at 1:59 p.m. - " In the vicinity of the Garden State Parkway Circle, Officer Antonio Manata arrested Linden resident Najee Calhoun, 20, for presenting false documents.

A visiting Haitian senator thanked donors tonight at a local church and pleaded for long-term help for her country, including places for Haitian University students at colleges here, and visits from skilled tradesmen such as engineers and electricians.

Councilwoman Michele Yamakaitis is seeking the Linden council president's seat. Yamakaitis, a Democrat, has formally announced her candidacy.

Four Linden police officers were promoted this week before a large crowd at the council chambers at Linden City Hall.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. The Rutgers gymnastics team won its second-straight meet with a 188.550 187.775 victory over Temple Wednesday evening inside the Livingston Recreation Center.

After nearly 14 years as city council president, Robert Bunk is looking to move up - to the mayor's seat.

Linden is moving forward with plans for a coal degasification plant on DuPont property following Tuesday's unanimous passage of a revised agreement which offers the city a better deal.

" In the end, it came down to economics. The promise of $2.5 million in structured payments and 150 permanent jobs influenced Linden's City Council to clear legal obstacles to a coal power plant that would be built in the city.

Officers seized marijuana, Ecstasy and more than $2,000 in cash last week when they arrested an Elizabeth man, police said Tuesday.

A former Linden resident was arrested this week and accused of using another man's identity to secure $270,000 in loans, authorities said.

The City of Linden is considering a $2.5 million deal tonight that could revive the PurGen project, a coal-fueled, electric-generating plant that would pipe its carbon-dioxide exhaust to a point deep under the Atlantic Ocean.

Thieves stole some $20,000 worth of leather and fur coats from a business on West Edgar Road, police said.

A special City Council meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to revisit an agreement which, if passed, would allow previously rejected plans for a coal degasification plant on DuPont property to now move forward.

Two city men were in critical condition Friday in the burn unit at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston following one of two house fires on Thursday.

Despite a late surge that saw the game tied with 3:07 left to play, Shabazz held off Columbia 47-44 to remain undefeated.

LINDENa 'A lawsuit filed against the city by Dawn E. Kologi, the wife of Linden City Attorney Edward Kologi, has been settled by the City Council for $142,000. Mrs.

Young aspiring chefs demonstrated their culinary skills under pressure as they went head to head with other area schools at the 2010 New Jersey ProStart Competition, the state's third annual competition, held in Jersey City's Hudson Community College.