TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Chris Christie signed Executive Order No. 203, ordering all State buildings to fly flags at half-staff on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, in recognition and mourning of Port Authority Police Officer Elise Bastardo. Bastardo was born in Red Bank, and was raised in Wall Township. Bastardo earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology […]
NEWARK — Dr. Labib E. Riachi, 47, of Westfield, and two companies that he owns and operates, Riachi, Inc. and Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery, LLC, both based in Westfield, have agreed to pay $5.25 million to resolve allegations that they falsely billed federal health care programs for tests that were never provided, among other claims, U.S. Attorney Paul […]
WESTFIELD, NJ — Trader Joe’s has announced that its Westfield location, which suffered a collapsed roof during Winter Storm Jonas on Saturday, Jan. 27, will reopen, which might be good news for homeowners in the area. A recent report by the real estate website Zillow found that homes near popular grocers, especially sustainable icons like Trader […]
EDITORIAL Sen. Ray Lesniak likes to say that his door is always open to address any concerns of his constituents, but his door was decidedly closed when about 75 people marched back and forth in front of it, chanting, waving signs and calling for the firing of Kean University President Dawood Farahi on Martin Luther […]
UNION —Members of the Union Police Department responded to Chase Bank at 1224 Stuyvesant Ave. at 3:03 p.m. yesterday on a report of a bank robbery. Officers on scene determined the bank had been held up by one man, who presented a threatening note. The teller gave the man some money and he fled the bank […]
EDITORIAL At Kean University, a coalition of ministers is calling for the resignation of University President Dawood Farahi due to what has been described as a “culture of fear” on campus as it relates to racial issues. And while we do not want to undercut the concerns of the ministers, we would like to point […]
NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Task Force, working with other law enforcement partners, have charged 12 individuals in connection with eight murders that occurred in Newark, Irvington, Orange and East Orange during the months of June and July. Based on the information available […]
TRENTON — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials have issued a reminder for motorists that the Pulaski Skyway will be closed in both directions on Saturday to perform general construction activities. From 2 a.m. through 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25, NJDOT’s contractor, CCA Civil Inc. is scheduled to close the Pulaski Skyway southbound at the […]
TRENTON — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials recently announced a project to replace the bridge deck of Route 22 over Burke Parkway in Union. The project will begin with a traffic shift this weekend to remove the curb and construct temporary pavement on both the left and right side of Route 22 westbound. Beginning […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has been arrested and charged with being responsible for leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash that took the life of an innocent motorist last weekend, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Surpris Ophilien Jr., 30, is charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree death […]