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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 […]
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NEW PROVIDENCE —Wharton Music Center will celebrate its 2015 Playathon Music Fest Gala and Concert on Saturday, March 7 at the New Jersey Youth Symphony located at 570 Central Ave. in New Providence. The Gala will feature performances by violinist Yevgeny Kutik, pianist Lenore Davis, students of Wharton Music Center and New Jersey Youth Symphony, […]
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NEW PROVIDENCE — The New Jersey Youth Symphony invites students in grades 3 to 11 to attend five days of rehearsals during its annual Bring A Buddy Week March 15 to 19 at 570 Central Ave., in New Providence. Students are encouraged to bring their instrument and sit in on the first half of a rehearsal with the […]
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ELIZABETH — A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a former worker at a Berkeley Heights group home who falsified medical records and later stole them after she was fired, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Joy Ebuzor-Onayemi, 48, of East Orange was convicted of third-degree burglary and fourth-degree falsifying medical records following several hours of […]
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UNION COUNTY — A Berkeley Heights man is accused of stealing more than $6 million from his employer during the course of nearly a decade, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Albert Thomson, 48, was charged with second-degree theft by deception. He turned himself in to authorities late on Thursday, when he was being held on $250,000 […]
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RAHWAY — The Youth Symphony of New Jersey Youth Symphony will perform its winter concert on Monday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Union County Performing Arts Center located at 1601 Irving St. in Rahway. The concert is open to the public. Tickets can be purchased at the Union County Performing Arts Center box office prior […]
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ELIZABETH – An exhibit of photographs by Tom Maciejewski of Berkeley Heights has opened in the gallery space at the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, located at 633 Pearl St. in Elizabeth. A selection of his work titled “Stuff to Hang on Walls” is on display at the Pearl Street Gallery until […]
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UNION – Suspect Matthew Ballister III remained in the county jail this morning on $2 million bail but has refused to tell police where he dumped the slain body of his Cranford girlfriend, April Wyckoff. According to police sources, more than 100 law enforcement officers along with the Hudson County K-9 Unit, U.S. Park Police […]
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BERKELEY HEIGHTS – On the weekends of Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, Berkeley Light Opera Company will present Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephron (based on the book by Ilene Beckerman). This witty and touching play about “matters of the heart and matters of the closet”, uses clothing, accessories, and […]
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SUMMIT — Author and Historian William B. Styple, will speak to the Old Guard of Summit at its meeting, 10 a.m., Oct. 8. His topic will be “McClellan’s Other Story – The Political Intrigue of Col. Thomas M. Key.” Kentucky-born Colonel Thomas Marshall Key served as a “Confidential Aide” on the staff of Major General George […]