ELIZABETH, NJ — Elizabeth’s very own homegrown heroes were awarded for their bravery last week at a ceremony at the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless. Lee Parker and Ivan White, the two Elizabeth men who discovered the bomb-filled backpack on an Elizabeth street last month — allegedly placed there by Ahmad Khan Rahami, now known […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Elizabeth is soon to become one of several municipalities in New Jersey to offer photo identification cards for the undocumented immigrant population, along with other underserved members of the community such as the homeless, elderly, foster youth and formerly incarcerated individuals. Last week, Elizabeth city council members voted unanimously to approve a city […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — An Elizabeth landlord is being charged with five counts of discrimination after he allegedly refused to rent an apartment to a Muslim woman. Fatma Farghaly responded to a Craigslist ad in February for a one-bedroom apartment in Elizabeth posted on the site by the landlord, and was told to come check it out […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — The Elizabeth School District is firing back at parents in the district who continue to criticize the district’s handling of elevated water lead levels in most of the district’s 41 schools. Lead testing results from the district’s 41 schools show that 37 of those schools have elevated levels of lead in water sources […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Several members of the Elizabeth Board of Education have been hit with two separate ethics complaints. Elizabeth BOE members Jose Rodriguez, Daniel Nina, Maria Carvalho and Stanley Neron have been called out by former assistant board secretary Donald Goncalves, who was terminated in January, and Maria Lorenz, a parent-advocate and BOE candidate in […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Elizabeth School District has, according to many parents, done too little too late when it comes to lead testing. Lead testing results from the district’s 41 schools show that 37 of those schools have elevated levels of lead in water sources throughout the schools, with several having alarmingly high levels. The state-regulated limit […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Battin High School in Elizabeth will hold its 60th reunion for the Class of 1956 on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 12:30 p.m. at the APA Hotel, formerly the Woodbridge Hilton, in Metropark, at 120 S. Wood Ave. in Iselin. For more information and cost, contact Arlene Serpico Lospinoso at [email protected] or 732-671-4897, […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Police Director James Cosgrove and several members of the Elizabeth Police Department find themselves in the midst of another lawsuit. Elizabeth Police Sgt. Todd Kelly filed a suit last week in superior court against Bollwage, Cosgrove, the city of Elizabeth, The Elizabeth Police Department, and Elizabeth Chief of […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Rank-and-file police officers in Elizabeth have sent a stark message to the biggest brass in town, Elizabeth Police Director James Cosgrove, and they are pulling no punches. They are not pleased with the status quo over at the Elizabeth Police Department — and they are shouting it from the rafters. Last month, the […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — In an effort to address the growing number of homeless services in New Jersey, a month-long food drive was kicked off this week in Elizabeth. The Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless, who has partnered with Assemblywoman Annette Quijano of Union, will feed hundreds of people each day with their ‘Hunger Doesn’t Take […]