LINDEN — Yesterday at 2:41 p.m. Linden police responded to an apartment building on the 900 block of Worth Avenue on a report of an allegedly emotionally distraught man. Dispatchers had received a call from the man’s mother in Tennessee who told them he suffers from mental issues and was acting irrational. She also told them that he allegedly […]
LINDEN — New Jersey Safe Routes to School, a statewide initiative to enable students to safely walk and bicycle to school, will be providing $200,000 to Linden for that purpose. “I am pleased to announce that the City of Linden will be receiving $200,000 from the New Jersey Safe Routes to School program to improve pedestrian […]
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UNION COUNTY — The Union County Board of Chosen has announced its first Union County Advancing Community Theater grant program award recipient, Mystic Vision Players of Linden. The grant has been awarded for their March, 2015 production of Dreamgirls. “We are proud to see UCACT off to such a great start, and happy to give such […]
LINDEN — Today, at 12:33 p.m., a 2005 Dodge Stratus, operated by James H. Foster, 19, of Linden, was travelling east on W. 15th St. and made a left turn onto S. Wood Ave. when he apparently lost control of the vehicle. The car mounted a snow bank, jumped the curb, and struck the front of a building […]
LINDEN, NJ — The Linden Fire Department held a Promotional Ceremony on Jan. 30. Before a crowd of family, friends, coworkers and Linden dignitaries, Provisional Fire Chief Joseph Dooley, right, welcomed Michael Hreha promoted to the rank of deputy chief, Anthony Principato promoted to the rank of captain, and Brian Pericone and John Principato both promoted […]
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TRENTON – A New York man admitted on Monday, Jan. 26 to participating in armed robberies of electronics stores in New Jersey, including armed robberies in Linden, Paramus, and Woodbridge, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced . Eric Williams, 34, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne Thompson in Trenton federal court to a superseding information that […]
LINDEN — Linden Police responded this morning to Solar Compounds, 1201 W. Blancke St., on a report of an industrial accident. A male employee, 50, was working with a non-toxic liquid asphalt when a pump malfunctioned and it splattered the man with the hot material. The employee was wearing, goggles, gloves, and layers of protective clothing, however, he […]
LINDEN — Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced Thursday, Dec. 11, that the nephew of the admitted mastermind of several staged car accidents in Northern New Jersey was arrested and indicted for running his own fake accident scheme and for tampering with witnesses he believed were […]
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LINDEN — A teenager shot in Linden last month died Sunday, Dec. 7, from his injuries and his death is being investigated as a homicide, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park last week. Jarod Julien, 16, of Roselle, was shot shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, on Nora Drive just […]
LINDEN — At the Nov. 25 Linden Board of Education meeting, Matthew Tohon was recognized and honored for his achievements as the 2014 USA Paralympics All American Track and Field in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and 1500 meters. It has been five years since Matthew began his sports career, participating in multiple national and […]