Elizabeth Rotary to host ‘Taste of Elizabeth’ on Oct. 19

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. […]

Elizabeth High School students ‘Dream Big’ with help from Disney

ELIZABETH, NJ — Disney Friends for Change and Free the Children brought the “Dream Big Speaking Tour” to Elizabeth High School to empower 11th- and 12th-grade students to leverage their skills, creativity and imagination to create a brighter tomorrow. The leadership initiative provides youth with tools and resources to tap into their imagination and turn […]

Elizabeth artist debuts ‘Amalgamation’ at UC gallery

ELIZABETH, NJ — Multicolored swirls and fluid, shape-less strokes are at the center of “The Clown,” a graphic artwork created by Elizabeth artist Suree Minnatee, which at first glance vaguely resembles a man’s face. But the red, white and black swirls leave the content of the art up to the eye of the beholder. Does […]

Volunteers work to feed the hungry in Elizabeth

ELIZABETH, NJ — For a lot of people living in the Elizabeth area, a plain peanut butter and jelly sandwich can mean a world of difference, said Linda Flores-Tober, the Executive Director at the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless. That’s the idea between the month-long, sandwich-focused food drive in Elizabeth dubbed “Hunger Doesn’t Take […]

Elizabeth man charged with aggravated manslaughter and death by auto in accident involving death of East Orange motorist

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 […]

Grand Jury returns indictments against nine men involved with Elizabeth dog fighting ring

ELIZABETH — A Union County grand jury has returned indictments against nine men involved with a dog fighting ring in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Charged with two counts of dogfighting offenses, both third-degree crimes listed under New Jersey’s animal cruelty statute, are 19-year-old Shaquille Mars, 20-year-old Leon King, 20-year-old Rahman […]

Elizabeth man convicted of manslaughter

ELIZABETH — A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a man accused of being responsible for the fatal beating of Elizabeth resident Victor Vasquez in 2012, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Abraham Roman, 33, of Elizabeth was convicted of second-degree reckless manslaughter and third-degree theft after about four hours of jury deliberation following […]

Elizabeth firefighters named amongst the ‘Bravest of the Brave”

ELIZABETH – This weekend firefighters and citizens from Elizabeth were honored at the New Jersey State Firefighter’s Mutual Benevolent Association Valor Awards Banquet. The event was held at Pines Manor and hosted by Tony Caputo who described the event as “honoring the bravest of the brave.” Firefighters Oscar Barreto, Dean Melachrinos and Brendan McConway were awarded the 2015 […]

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