Orange News

A former assistant Essex County prosecutor and a seasoned civil litigator began their appointments as state judges today, officials said.

Simple assault charges were dismissed against three Millburn men connected to the Jan.

Professional basketball player Earl J. "J.R." Smith III received a 90-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to a traffic charge in connection with a 2007 fatal motor vehicle accident but likely will serve only 30 days.

As banks tighten their lending standards, one number is playing an increasingly critical role in determining the financial fortunes of consumers: the credit score.

It's going to be yesterday and tomorrow during for Plainfield Symphony's 90th anniversary gala concert, set to take place Oct.

I recently took a trip to the dog park in South Mountain Reservation , where dog owners shared their impressions of the park on camera.

A township police officer injured in a car chase Tuesday night in Newark remained in stable condition today while a Newark officer was released from the hospital following a separate multi-car crash in Irvington, authorities said.

Jeffrey Ayers, 21, enters the courtroom today before testimony by an East Orange police officer, who testified about murder victim Quenting Scott Lacewell's last words that could be identifying the killer.

A judge today sentenced an Irvington man to 18 years in prison for an armed robbery in an Orange delicatessen in which the life of a 10-year-old girl was threatened.

Moments after the plane carrying Erica Eden from New York to Shanghai lands, a team wearing face masks, gloves and white protective suits gets on board and points infrared thermometers at passengersa heads.

Saxophonist Darryl Dixon, center performs with Eddie Perales on flute, right, and Alberto Plummer on trumpet, left, and other members of the SGI Latin Jazz Band during the Juneteenth celebration in East Orange, NJ.

Jun 20, 2009 5:45 pm US/Eastern EAST ORANGE, N.J. A gunman who authorities say shot two men in East Orange after the three argued early Saturday has been charged with attempted murder.

The state health agency today announced the death of a second New Jersey resident with H1N1 influenza, commonly called swine flu.

At approximately 2 a.m. today, Orange Police responded to a call of a man stabbed in an abandoned house at 21 Oakwood Ave.

An Essex County man accused of fatally stabbing another man today during a fight over a vacant home was tracked down with the help of a bloodhound, authorities said.

For a quarter century, Michael Reiser devoted his life to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Orange, serving as a youth minister, as musical director and, most recently, as a full-time pastoral associate who worked to strengthen the faith among the parish's 435 Catholic families.

A weekend break-in at the Martinez 1-Stop Grocery store in East Orange led authorities to discover 15 caged and bleeding birds, steroids and a fighting ring, said police and state animal agents today.

State health officials yesterday confirmed New Jersey's first death from the swine flu pandemic.

A group of assailants surrounded a 33-year-old East Orange man, stabbed him and beat him with a metal pipe on Mission Street during a still-unexplained attack yesterday afternoon, Sunday, June 14, authorities said.

A rendering of Highlands at Morristown Station, a transit village near the Morristown train station.