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ELIZABETH — Members of the SkillsUSA chapter at the Thomas Edison Career & Technical Academy hosted a Bullying & Teen Suicide Prevention assembly at Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 on Monday. The SkillsUSA members conducted the assembly, in conjunction with Sgt. Michael Hoose of the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, who presented information to fifth through eighth grade students. […]
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ELIZABETH — The Union County Homicide Task Force and the Elizabeth Police Department are jointly investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late Monday afternoon in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. The victim, 22-year-old Bryant Sanders of Newark, was pronounced dead at the scene. It was approximately 5 p.m. Monday when police received numerous 911 […]
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LINDEN — On Monday at 2:59 p.m. officers responded to the Kohl’s Department store, 1901 E. Edgar Rd., Linden, on a report of four shoplifters fleeing the store in a tan Ford Taurus. Loss Prevention told police that a white female wearing a blond wig walked out of the store pushing a shopping cart with $492.00 […]
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ELIZABETH — Starting this week, the Union County Homicide Task Force will become the primary agency investigating homicides and suspicious deaths in Elizabeth, the county’s largest city, according to a joint announcement made Tuesday by acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park, Elizabeth Police Director James Cosgrove, and Elizabeth Police Chief Patrick Shannon. The Elizabeth Police Department had served as […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison for knocking over a police officer with his car following a routine traffic stop, running over the officer’s leg, and then leading other officers on a high-speed chase in 2011, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced recently. Hakeem Allen, 27, formerly of Newark, […]
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LINDEN — On Feb. 9, at 4:10 p.m., police responded to the Walmart in Linden Plaza, E. Edgar Rd. on a report of three shoplifters in the store. Loss Prevention personnel observed the trio push a shopping cart with merchandise to an isolated area in the jewelry department. Then, while one of the men stood […]
By editor on ELIZABETH, IN THE TOWNS
ELIZABETH – Members of the SkillsUSA chapter at the Thomas Edison Career & Technical Academy demonstrated their American spirit by hosting a luncheon for a group of veterans. Twenty veterans from the Menlo Park Veteran’s Administration health care facility were invited to the Jan. 30 luncheon which featured cuisine prepared and served by students in the Culinary Arts […]
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ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth woman has admitted to stealing approximately $100,000 from more than two dozen undocumented immigrants by making empty promises to help them obtain citizenship papers, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. Maritza Chavez, 45, pleaded guilty yesterday to two separate indictments containing a total of 26 counts of third-degree theft by deception. She […]
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UNION COUNTY — For a limited time only, the Union County Clerk’s offices in Westfield and Elizabeth are offering free passport photographs as a special incentive for residents to apply for a passport. Through Saturday, Feb. 1, the normal $10 cost of each photograph will be waived when a resident applies for a new passport […]
By editor on ELIZABETH, IN THE TOWNS
ELIZABETH — Emerson Amador of Alligator Property Management LLC., has been elected to serve as the 2014 chairman of the Elizabeth Avenue Partnership, the downtown management corporation created to administer the Elizabeth Avenue Special Improvement District. Amador has been on the EAP Board since 2009, serving on the Image & Appearance Committee as well as secretary to […]