Essex County News

Giants beat writer Mike Garafolo and columnist Steve Politi talk about the Giants big loss to the Eagles in Philadelphia.

Ledger Live for Thursday November 4th, 2009 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. On today's show: We follow Governor-elect Chris Christie to Newark, of course, one of the state's biggest Democratic strongholds.

Five months after he was sent to prison for his role in a macabre scheme to sell stolen body parts, a former Newark mortician was indicted today on new charges that could extend his time behind bars.

NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey's next governor, making his first post-Election Day appearance at a thriving charter school in the state's largest city, renewed a campaign pledge to reform urban education.

West Caldwell Woman Charged With Setting Fire To Her Home By Office of the Essex County Prosecutor 11/4/2009 West Caldwell Police have arrested Elizabeth Zartin, 47, on charges arising from a fire at her family's Mountain Avenue home in West Caldwell.

A four-day "Fugitive Safe Surrender" program is getting under way in Newark. The program gives people with outstanding warrants for nonviolent offenses the chance to resolve their legal problems, usually without going to jail.

A jury found two Newark men not guilty in the shooting of a bystander outside a Newark housing project more than three years ago, but convicted them on several related charges that carry lengthy prison sentences, authorities said today.

A 22-year-old Newark man who was sought on a homicide charge was behind bars Monday after he was arrested in the parking lot of Six Flags Great Adventure.

An aide to an Essex County assemblywoman was arrested this weekend after $700,000 in cash and two handguns were found in a township self-storage locker he apparently rented under a false name, officials said.

Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Invites the Public to Visit Riker Hill Art Park By Office of the Essex County Executive 10/31/2009 Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.

The NJUnderground tipped me to this new video from West Orange's GDP . He's in Gainesville, Fla.

Any way you care to look at it, New Jersey still leads the nation in property taxes.

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, right, and former President Bill Clinton at a campaign stop for Corzine on Oct.

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced a two-year, $7 million project to modernize and upgrade conditions at each of the County's three public golf courses was completed on Monday, October 26th at Essex County Weequahic Park.

Four Essex County pharmacists were indicted today on charges of conspiring to defraud Medicaid of more than $2.3 million for HIV/AIDS drugs and other expensive medications, state officials announced today.

An East Orange man pleaded not guilty this afternoon in Superior Court to charges he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman at knifepoint in March, after trying to attack two younger girls the same day -- each time attempting to force his victims into his Cadillac, prosecutors said.

Dana, 61, would like to retire in five years, and she's starting to feel time moving quickly.

Louis Goosby in Department of Corrections photograph. A Newark man who barely escaped with his life after his girlfriend shot him in August, was killed last night, authorities said.

Two northern New Jersey police officers have been found guilty of trying to cover up an assault involving an off-duty officer and a civilian.

Statement by Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow Regarding John Brek By Office of the Essex County Prosecutor 10/22/2009 This afternoon John Brek, 55 of Linden, New Jersey, was arraigned before Judge Amilkar Velez-Lopez of the Central Judicial Processing Court here in Essex County on three charges: Third Degree making terroristic threats; Third ...