Berkeley Heights man admits to bribing doctor in test-referral scheme with clinical lab in NJ

NEWARK — A Berkeley Heights man today admitted bribing a doctor in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC, of Parsippany, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Michael J. Zarrelli, 48, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler in Newark federal court to […]

Summit Fire Department responds to house fire on Dale Drive

SUMMIT — The Summit Fire Department reported that units responded yesterday to a structure fire on Dale Drive at approximately 10:30 a.m.  after a neighbor reported seeing flames in the windows. On arrival Summit units found the structure fully involved with fire on the first and second floors. The Millburn Fire Department was also dispatched in the […]

Guns, ammunition, cocaine, molly, cash seized following UCPO narcotics investigation

UNION COUNTY — Two men were arrested — one after he attempted to flee out of a third-story window of a building in Newark — and multiple firearms and significant quantities of cocaine and other drugs were seized following the culmination of an investigation into narcotics trafficking in the area, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park has announced. Trent Dillon, […]

Essex County man sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for Hillside carjacking

NEWARK —An Essex County man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for a carjacking that occurred in December 2012 in Union County, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Larry Brown, 24, of Newark, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William Martini to an information charging him with one count of theft of a motor vehicle by force, […]

Hillside welcomes public to open house of library

Closed since August of 2013 due to flooding, township is ready to show off renovations

HILLSIDE, NJ — Hillside Public Library celebrates the open house of the renovated library on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. The library, which closed its doors on Aug. 28, 2013, after withstanding decades of problems, is now structurally ready to re-open. The closure was the result of major flash flood water damage to the […]

Elizabeth man, 2 others indicted on 1st degree conspiracy and money laundering charges for allegedly stealing more than $700,000 in counterfeit check scheme

TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that three people were indicted today on first-degree charges of conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly stealing $700,000 from various banks through a counterfeit check scheme. The Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau obtained a seven-count state grand jury indictment charging the following defendants with first-degree conspiracy, […]

Oak Knoll School faculty packs ‘Sustainable Lunch Bags’ for Bridges Outreach

SUMMIT — Continuing Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child’s tradition of dedication to service, Upper School faculty members packed 156 sustainable lunch bags for Bridges Outreach last week during the time of their weekly faculty meeting on Ash Wednesday. On Feb. 18, members of the Upper School faculty — who teach Oak Knoll’s all-girls middle- […]