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Township resident Luis J. Diaz received the Humanitarian Award from the American Conference on Diversity at the Essex County chapter's annual dinner held in West Orange.

Senate Democratic leader Stephen Sweeney has done little to quell speculation that he's after the most powerful spot in the New Jersey Legislature, that of Senate president.

Habitat for Humanity Newark honored Rahway resident Allan Martin at its second annual Raising Roofs Gala held on Thursday, May 28 at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange.

Thousands of Michael Jackson fans gave the late pop star a raucous yet respectful send-off during six hours of public memorial services celebrating his life and music at Harlem's Apollo Theater.

A $400 million land-preservation measure - 30 percent smaller than first proposed - passed the Senate and Assembly on Thursday.

New Jersey Senate President Richard J. Codey, D-West Orange, the prime sponsor of a bill to force people with a serious mental illness to attend outpatient treatment if a judge finds they are a danger to themselves or others.

About 50 residents gathered on the steps of the West Orange municipal building today to protest allegations of police brutality against African-Americans. The allegation that sparked the protest was in 2005, when Mitchell Montlouis, now 18, was on his friend's porch on Samuel Street when police approached them and accused them of stealing athletic ...

Two politicians with new jobs: former Assemblyman Anthony "Skip" Cimino is the new CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton and West Caldwell Mayor Joseph Tempesta is the new East Hanover Township Administrator.

ELLSWORTH : Eleven award-winning films will be featured at the 28th Black Maria Film and Video Festival, showing at The Grand, 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 20.

New Jersey legislators don't have much time to agree on how to spend an unexpected windfall that could top $550 million and is still being counted with a June 30 state budget deadline looming.

A 15-year-old Somerset County male became the state's first fatality of the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu, after dying at home June 8, the state Department of Health and Senior Services announced Wednesday.

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.

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

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

New Jersey's first fatality linked to swine flu was identified today as a West Orange man who worked full time for a church in neighboring Orange.

State health officials today confirmed New Jersey's first death from H1N1 influenza, commonly called swine flu.

An off-duty sheriff's officer lost control of his motorcycle today on a Sussex County highway, crashing into a stopped sport-utility vehicle during the Bikers for Babies fundraiser organized by the March of Dimes, police said.

The county board of freeholders on Wednesday night unanimously passed an ordinance that for the first time that allows consumption of "intoxicating beverages" -- with a permit and $150 fee -- at Montclair's Presby Memorial Iris Gardens and Brookdale Park, as well as at the Cherry Blossom Welcome Center in Newark's Branch Brook Park.

Angelina and James Cicatelli of Rockaway Township, formerly of Newark, celebrated their 50th anniversary with a trip to Florida.