ELIZABETH — The White House and the U.S. Department of Education selected Olga Hugelmeyer, superintendent of the Elizabeth Public Schools, to participate in the Nov. 19 ConnectED to the Future Convening at the White House in recognition of the district’s commitment to Future Ready schools. Hugelmeyer and more than 100 other exemplary district leaders from […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has admitted to being responsible for a fatal shooting that occurred in the city a little more than three years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Oct. 31. Appearing before state Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Donohue, Larry Mays, 27, pleaded guilty to a single count of […]
ELIZABETH — Getting medications can be a tedious task. Patients must wait at the doctor’s office for a consultation, then bring the prescription to the pharmacy and wait again. Elmora Healthcare, a family owned and operated pharmacy located in Elizabeth, is offering an innovative solution to make filling prescriptions fast and easy. The GetMyRx® app […]
ELIZABETH –Elizabeth Public Library at 11 S. Broad St. is experiencing multiple difficulties with its elevator. In the interest of public safety, and because of ongoing issues, the elevator has been pulled out of service, Library Director Mary Faith Chmiel said. “When in continual use, the elevator becomes temperamental and unresponsive. Rather than subject any of […]
LINDEN — On May 3, at 1:13 a.m., police officers Javier Perez and Michael Olbrys observed a Nissan Altima travelling on Grier Avenue with heavily tinted windows. After the vehicle was stopped by the officers, the driver got out and started to walk away from the car. The officers ordered him to stop and return […]
NEWARK — A man allegedly responsible for a three-county New Jersey bank robbery spree faces a federal charge today following his arrest yesterday, after the rush hour robbery of a Rahway Savings Institute in Colonia, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Jason Novello, 35, of Elizabeth, is charged by complaint with one count of bank robbery […]
NEWARK – Two Elizabeth women were each sentenced Tuesday to prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud by depositing more than half a million dollars in counterfeit checks into different TD Bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Latisha White, 29, was sentenced to 26 months in prison and Synethia Bland, 30, was sentenced to 24 […]
NEWARK – A former attendance liaison officer for the Elizabeth Board of Education today admitted obtaining by fraud more than $5,000 by working a second job during hours when he was supposed to be tracking down truant students, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Scott J. Farley, 45, of Cranford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]
NEWARK – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Acting Newark Police Director Sheilah Coley announced that Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a homicide. Wednesday at approximately 5:35 p.m. Rahmone Boyd, 30, of Elizabeth was shot multiple times in the 100 block of Brunswick Street […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that Marie Munn, the former president of the Elizabeth School Board, was convicted at trial yesterday of stealing from the Elizabeth School District’s free lunch program by filing false applications for her own children. The federally funded program offers free and reduced-price lunches for students who otherwise […]