Essex Fells News

Parents in west Essex County may have to pay extra for their children to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities if a proposal before the board of education is passed next month.

Former Mrs. New Jersey , Heather "Hedy" DiCarlo loved antiques, and had an astonishing collection in her Essex Fells home.

Mrs. New Jersey 2005 faces sentencing today for writing bad checks totaling more than $70,000 to purchase antique furniture.

St. Vitus is the patron saint of actors, comedians, dancers and epileptics. He is also the patron saint of Aquilonia, a town in Italy, and hometown to a number of immigrants who found their way to the Pine Street neighborhood of Montclair .

During these dog days of April, the only thing more delicious than ice cream is shade -- deep, dense, cooling shade.

John "Jack" A. Denehy, 81, of Toms River and formerly of Middletown, died on April 7 at his home with his family by his side.

Following a hit-and-run boat crash on the Metedeconk River last August, which took the life of 49-year-old Robert Post, the victim's 17-foot Boston Whaler was examined by New Jersey State Police Marine Division officers.

The man whose boat authorities say ran over a smaller vessel in the Metedeconk River last year, killing an occupant of the second boat, has filed papers in federal court faulting the victim of the fatal collision.

Scott's Lawn service has donated $15,000 to the Essex County Sheriff's Crimestoppers in memory of employee Daniel Pritchard, who was shot and killed while also working part-time at a Verona gas station.

A second suspect in the killing of a Verona gas station attendant will be arraigned on murder and other charges Wednesday in a Newark court, a spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Monday.

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A few years ago, 29-year-old Daniel Pritchard of Essex Fells found a job he enjoyed, and was good at, as a salesman for a lawn service company.

A settlement has been reached between the West Essex Regional school board and Tri-Con Construction, which was fired in June 2005 amid charges of missed deadlines for a $27 million expansion of one of New ...

Annual Event Honors Past Presidents and Installation of New Officers The American Institute of Architects Newark & Suburban Architects and 2007 President Robert G. Emert, AIA, welcomed guests and honorees at ...

Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow announced Raymond Hyman, former superintendent of schools for Essex Fells, has been charged with pilfering more than $22,000 in tuition reimbursement from the Essex Fells ...

ROSELAND Members of the K-6 Roseland Board of Education are asking parents to help "save our schools" by joining the effort to quash the potential for an enforced consolidation of the sending district into a ...

While it's unlikely you'll receive a personal invitation from Jon Corzine, visitors still are invited to tour the governor's official residence in Princeton this holiday season.

The "Feed 100" shopping bag is made of all natural cotton and burlap, and zips into the size of a small pouch that you can tuck away in purse or pocket.

Drumthwacket, the New Jersey governor's mansion, hosted 680 visitors at its first Holiday Open House of the year yesterday.