Morristown News

She arrived in a wheelchair, weakened by cancer. But just five days before she died, Rochelle Kelman mustered all her strength, put on her pink lipstick, and asked 200 people at her Dec.

Law enforcement authorities are suing to acquire ownership of 205 fake Canadian Maple Leaf gold coins that were seized during arrests three months ago of suspects trying to sell them at a jewelry store in Kinnelon.

MORRISTOWN - While Rich Herbert's wife and kids were at a movie Sunday morning, the town resident was reclining in the Morristown Ambulance Squad's garage, donating blood.

A 36-year-old Denville resident has died after rescue teams pulled him and one other man from the frigid, shallow waters of Indian Lake in Denville this afternoon.

Morristown Police have issued Morris County supervising Assistant Prosecutor Leslie Wade a summons for failure to yield right of way to a blind person, according to Capt.

FLORHAM PARK - A maintenance worker at St. Anne's Villa was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl at the assisted living facility, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said.

MORRISTOWN -- To help keep Morris County residents warm this winter, Prudential New Jersey Properties will be decorating its ninth annual mitten tree.

MORRIS TWP. - Robert Bendel has grown the world's tallest, free-standing rose bush.

A Basking Ridge ambulance assisting with the rescue of a pregnant driver whose car slid into a ditch on Interstate 287 during Saturday's snowstorm was hit and damaged by a driver fleeing police, according to a fire company spokesman.

A 56-year-old man who fled a burning house by jumping from the roof Monday morning was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said.

One lane on Washington Street - one of Morristown's main arteries - was closed from the Morristown Green to Schuyler Place for the repairs, and the sidewalk was blocked off with yellow caution tape.

Authorities are investigating the cause a series of explosions below Washington Street Sunday afternoon that triggered an evacuation stretching from the Morristown Green to Court Street.

Morris County supervising assistant prosecutor Leslie Wade, driving a county vehicle, struck a female pedestrian on Friday, causing minor injuries, law enforcement authorities said Saturday.

MORRISTOWN, NJa ' Michael Brito, health and wellness coordinator at Verizon Wireless in Morristown, and his assistant Dominic Rubino, prepare more than 100 gifts for delivery to the Salvation Armya TMs Morristown office this week.

A 23-year-old man with aspirations of a law enforcement career was sentenced today to probation and 300 days in the Morris County jail for using a baseball bat to clobber a Lincoln Park man who had yelled at the defendant's brother.

An illegal immigrant from Ecuador was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison for using a knife to force a woman in Morristown to drive to an ATM and withdraw $300 for him.

MORRISTOWN - A resident of the Early Street senior housing complex is suing the Morristown Housing Authority, saying it has unfairly blamed her for bedbug problems at the building.

A bill that would give a state-run commission on consolidating towns and town services the authority to withhold state aid has drawn the ire of Morris Township officials, but support from Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello.

A 60-year-old Dover man was indicted today on charges of attempting to murder a Morristown woman outside his apartment in April by firing shots at her head.

Share + Dec 15, 2009 3:52 pm US/Eastern MORRISTOWN, N.J. Four days after a New Jersey jury couldn't decide whether a trucker from California knew about marijuana stashed in his rig, the man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell the drugs.