North Plainfield News

FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE, 6:50 p.m. Nov. 23. Secundino Pena, 27, of Peapack-Gladstone, was charged with being a fugitive from justice after police investigated a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Somerset and Dupont streets.

None of the 23 youngsters on Central School's bus No. 40C required hospital attention after a multivehicle collision Monday, Nov.

A Jersey City man was stabbed early Saturday morning when a brawl broke out between two women at a house party over a missing wallet, police said.

Rachel Darge only speaks a few words, but every day she eagerly asks, "bring out computer?'' when she arrives at the Arc of Union County in Roselle, where she is enrolled in the day program.

The city of Vineland, New Jersey, once known as the "Egg Basket of America" for its successful role in the egg and poultry industry in the late 40's, boasts a formidable fowl as a mascot for the Vineland Fighting Clan.

THEFT, Nov. 14. A Wilson Avenue resident told police he had rented a furnished room to two women known to him as Erica and Glenda.

The North Plainfield Italian American Social Club is extremely proud to announce that on Saturday, November 21, 2009 it is sponsoring an overwhelming gourmet testimonial dinner to honor its own distinguished member of international medical fame, Dr.

Possible scenarios of what might happen if the neighboring school districts of Green Brook, Long Hill, North Plainfield, Warren, Watchung and Watchung Hills Regional High School consolidated will be the focus of a public meeting here Thursday.

He will have an MRI on his right knee to determine the damage. Canstruction stacks cans of food with helping hands >> >> >> >> >> Educator gets jail for fire, insurance fraud Saturday, November 14, 2009 Philip Read A Vailsburg Middle School guidance counselor was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday for torching his BMW, as well as a friend's car, ...

North Plainfield Man Sentenced For Arson and Insurance Fraud Related to Vehicle Fire By Office of the Essex County Prosecutor 11/13/2009 Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow today announced that a Vailsburg Middle School guidance counselor was sentenced in court this morning for having his vehicle and his friend's vehicle destroyed by fire in order ...

North Plainfield Police Chief William Parenti has announced that the Borough's 4th Annual North Plainfield Bilingual Community Health & Information Fair will be held on Tuesday, November 17, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the North Plainfield Middle School Gym, 34 Wilson Avenue, North Plainfield.

The borough police department has earned reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

DRUNKEN DRIVING, 12:46 a.m. Nov. 8. Hearl Garcia, 42, of North Plainfield, was charged with drunken driving on Greenbrook Road.

A North Plainfield woman was placed on probation Friday for falsely reporting that her car had been stolen.

For once here is a good story about three good samaritans. My daughter's car was stuck in a field of mud on Warfield Road.

Somerset County initially wanted an order of 30,000 doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine to serve the towns that use it for health department services.

Ruth Sobuskey died Monday, Nov. 1, 2009 at her home. She was 87. She was born in Westfield and had lived in North Plainfield before moving to Manchester 24 years ago.

A man charged with stalking a woman after she lent him her minivan, accused him of driving it drunk, then called police when he refused to leave her home is being sought by authorities.

Voters will choose two members of Town Council on Election Day, in a three-way race that pits two incumbents against a former Town Council member.

The Patel brothers know what it takes to run an Indian supermarket. Kalpesh Patel, 32, and Mukund Patel, 42, began opening stores 14 years ago in Ohio, Virginia and New Jersey.