Newark NJ

South Orange reminds village residents that the use of gas-powered leaf blowers is strictly prohibited through Sept. 30. The ban, which went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on May 1, lasts until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30. During the restricted period, the use of electric leaf blowers is still permitted,...

Donovan Elliot, 61, admitted to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin, with sentencing scheduled for September in New Jersey. A Queens Village, New York, man pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to drug trafficking charges involving multiple kilograms of methamphetamine,...

Yiyjaa Wilson, who was diagnosed with autism, was last seen on the 200 block of Hunterdon Street, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, Sr. said. He is 6’4” and weighs 160 lbs., Miranda said. He was last seen wearing a black and white Nike t-shirt, black pants and...

NJ.com has released its updated list of New Jersey’s 25 best Mexican restaurants, ranked (View List). The article highlights the depth and variety of Mexican cuisine available across New Jersey — aiming to serve as a statewide restaurant guide that reflect Mexico’s culinary heritage. Like most of...

A convenience store in Union County sold a Jersey Cash 5 jackpot lottery ticket worth $783,159 for Saturday’s drawing. The winner bought the lucky ticket at Westfield Mini Mart on South Avenue East in Westfield, Union County, lottery officials said. Saturday’s winning numbers were: 3, 13, 15, 25 and...

And this wasn’t his first fatality behind the wheel. On Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, Shaquan Wiley was drunk, driving 84 mph down 15th Avenue when he lost control while crossing Bergen Street and crashed into a tree, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Two of his passengers, 17-year-old...

The first crash involved two northbound buses and left 39 injured.

A 95-year-old former mobster once linked to an failed murder plot against John Gotti has been released early from prison. Louis “Bobby” Manna, the former consigliere of the Genovese crime family, was granted compassionate release last month after spending more than 30 years in federal prison for racketeering and...

A Newark man who was given another chance after killing someone in a crash decades ago, only to kill two more in a drunken high-speed crash years later, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Shaquan Wiley, 39, was convicted in February on charges of vehicular homicide and...

FORT LEE — Prosecutors have filed charges against a second 16-year-old student in connection with a school bathroom stabbing that left the victim hospitalized. On April 8, Fort Lee High School went into lockdown after a school resource officer learned a male student had been stabbed. It happened shortly before 11...