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Clara Maass Medical Center recently marked the opening of a 20-bed Transitional Care Unit for patients who no longer need… Continue

At the Nutley St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, members of the Belleville Middle School Stompers strutted th… Continue

A motorcycle officer from the Belleville Police Department, sporting a green mustache, serves as an outrider duri… Continue

By Patrick Bober, Managing Editor
Essex County sheriff’s officers made a routine motor vehicle stop last week that resulted in a drug-dealing suspect being found with $3,573 in cash and approximately $5,000 worth of narcotics, according to officials.
On the evening of March 3, Officers Giuseppe Forgione and David Cohen were assigned to a seatbelt enforcement detail at Mill Street and Union Avenue. At 5:30 p.m., they observed a 2001 Acura TL with illegally tinted windows and a pl… Continue

By Roman J. Uschak, Staff Writer
The Toscano family murder case that began almost a year and a half ago came to a close last week in Superior Court, Newark.
Peter Toscano, who fatally shot his cousin, Jordan Voorhees, with a .38-caliber handgun in 2008, pleaded guilty on March 1 to an amended charge of aggravated manslaughter. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
“He also pled guilty to disturbing human remains,” said Essex County Assistant Prosecutor William Neafsey last… Continue