ELIZABETH — A Linden man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run automobile crash that took place during the weekend on the New Jersey Turnpike in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park and New Jersey State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes jointly announced on Monday. William Espinal-Mejia, 35, is charged with a single count […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — A Berkeley Heights man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for stealing more than $4 million from his Elizabeth-based employer over the course of nearly a decade, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Albert Thomson, 54, was sentenced Friday before state Superior Court Judge Frederic McDaniel. Thomson was arrested […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A pair of doctors with roots in Elizabeth and Westfield were charged with fraud last week, as federal and state prosecutors allege that they have been repeatedly submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act. A neurologist with a practice in Elizabeth, Gautam Sehgal was charged […]
Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless says 1,200 are without a home
ELIZABETH, NJ — Record crowds lined up at St. Joseph’s Social Service Center in Elizabeth on Wednesday, Jan. 27, as the city’s Coalition to House the Homeless provided the area’s unsheltered population with health screenings, clothes, hot soup and more in the organization’s most well-attended annual service fair ever. More than 130 people were helped […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — An Elizabeth man was sentenced Nov. 16 to 22 years in prison for robbing seven New Jersey banks at gunpoint and attempting to rob an eighth bank at the time of his arrest on July 30, 2012, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Claude Williams, 64, had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 has been selected as an Apple Distinguished School for 2015–2017 in recognition of the school’s exemplary learning environment for innovation, leadership and educational excellence. The Apple Distinguished School designation is awarded to schools that demonstrate visionary leadership, innovative learning and teaching, ongoing professional learning, compelling evidence […]
* – Indicates election winners All information according to the Union County clerk’s office BERKELEY HEIGHTS, VOTE FOR TWO Robert Cianciulli – 867 (27.51%) *Christine Reilly – 1,376 (43.65%) *Doug Reinstein – 899 (28.52%) Write-in – 54 (.18%) CLARK, VOTE FOR THREE *Scott Bohm – 991 (25.12%) *Robert Smorol, Jr. – 983 (24.92%) […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Elizabeth Public Schools was among 22 school districts throughout the United States selected to the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. The League, an initiative of Digital Promise, is a coalition of forward-thinking school districts and their leaders that represent an invaluable trove of insights, ideas, and experiences for how to transform […]
ELIZABETH — To best serve the 73,000 emergency visits it receives each year, Trinitas Regional Medical Center is in the early stages of a three-phase $18 million project to renovate and expand its existing Emergency Department. The project will add 18 new treatment rooms, giving the Medical Center a total of 45 rooms for treating […]
ELIZABETH — The Rotary Club of Elizabeth, celebrating its 98th year of service to the Greater Elizabeth Community, is proud to feature the 2015 installment of its unique food-tasting event, The Taste of Elizabeth on Monday, Oct. 19 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel, 1000 Spring St., Elizabeth. […]