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Morristown Council President John Cryan has been charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct after an incident early Saturday in which he assaulted a police officer, according to Morristown Police Detective Lt.

A Roman Catholic priest who was stabbed to death in his rectory was remembered Saturday as a"quiet voice of peaceful love" at his burial Mass in northern New Jersey.

MORRISTOWN - Democratic mayoral candidate Tim Dougherty has outspent Republican candidate James Gervasio by a margin of more than 138-to-1 over the past few weeks, according to the latest campaign finance report released Wednesday.

A judge has ordered that bail be kept at $1 million for the janitor accused of killing a New Jersey priest by stabbing him 32 times.

PARSIPPANY - A 27-year-old Bernardsville man suffered a heart attack and died on the shoulder of Route 287 on Tuesday night as police attempted to restrain him after he jumped out of a moving car.

Four years after seizing Morristown's mayoral seat, Donald Cresitello could face penalties for allegedly violating campaign finance laws during his 2005 general election run.

Jose Feliciano, of Easton, left, is charged with killing the Rev. Edward Hinds, of St.

MORRISTOWN - Several patrons of a Speedwell Avenue bar assaulted police in a fight that left three officers injured - one with a broken leg, police said.

Canadian schools that train guide dogs for the blind are feeling the effects of the global recession - a downturn experts fear could end up scuttling precious growth in a charitable industry that has only recently gained traction north of the border.

Morris County prosecutors and state police continued to investigate Monday whether a 911 call made by the Rev.

MORRISTOWN - Democrat Tim Dougherty talked about sharing services with the county and Republican James Gervasio called for a tax freeze during Thursday night's candidates' forum at the Thomas Jefferson School two weeks before the Nov.

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President Barack Obama is giving his health chief additional authority to deal with the swine flu outbreak.

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Authorities have arrested a suspect in the killing of Roman Catholic priest Father Edward Hinds, who was found dead Friday in the rectory of St.

MORRISTOWN - When the 21 volunteers from Delta Dental of New Jersey arrived Friday at the Willow Street site where Morris Habitat for Humanities is building a new home, they were greeted by stacks of Styrofoam and plastic cement foundation forms, a saggy slope above the worksite, water underfoot and a pile of hardpacked soil that had to be moved.

A A A' A Catholic priest was found slain Friday morning in his clerical robes in the rectory of his northern New Jersey parish, and authorities warned that a killer was on the loose.

For a number of Americans, sexuality can be a source of tension. Author John Maxwell Taylor takes the opposite stance.

MORRISTOWN - The NJ Transit Board of Directors on Wednesday approved a $2.5 million contract to restore the interior and exterior of the Morristown Station on the Morris and Essex lines.

MORRISTOWN -- The Neighborhood House will host an Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration today at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held in partnership with Morristown National Historical Park, Girls Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Country College of Morris, Prudential Insurance, Morris County Park Commission, Town of Morristown, Centro Biblico, PSE&G, ...

Two Randolph patrolmen were forced Monday to give up their jobs, put on probation for one year and ordered to perform community service for trying to cover up the drunken-driving arrest of a fellow officer's relative.

A Manhattan woman who suffered a broken wrist during a wedding reception at the Hyatt Morristown last year is suing the hotel and Hyatt Hotels Corp for $1 million in damages, according to a report in the New York Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/suit_vs_wedding_break_dancer_NHcL7YMthBijizmaldhRzI Christine Mancison, 27, said she ...

MORRIS TWP. - A total of 160 artists were showcasing their talents on Saturday at the 33rd annual Morristown Craft Market.

MORRISTOWN - The two candidates for mayor met separately on Thursday with the Daily Record's editorial board and discussed their views on development, immigration and other issues awaiting the successor to outgoing Mayor Donald Cresitello.

MORRISTOWN - A national campaign to provide free financial advice that would normally cost hundreds of dollars suffered from low turnout at town hall Friday, and was forced to shut down a couple of hours after it started.

A northern New Jersey man thinks a rose bush that's climbing up the side of his home is a record-breaker. Robert Bendel expects to learn in three weeks whether the bush that he planted 15 years ago is the world's tallest.

MORRISTOWN - A Morris Township man was charged Thursday with stealing syringes from the Morristown Memorial Hospital emergency room and assaulting a nurse who tried to stop him, police said.

Robert Bendel believes the rose bush he planted next to his Center Avenue home 15 years ago has record-setting potential.

MORRISTOWN -- Mayor Donald Cresitello is attempting to move forward a proposal to deputize local police as federal immigration agents, asking the town administrator to reach out to a police union that remains a stumbling block.

You're invited to own a piece of Morristown history. The Wicklow House, circa 1865, is at 30 Miller Road.

Firefighters rescued three people this morning from a second-floor apartment after a fire broke out in the building, authorities said.

Two Morristown firefighters revived a victim who had stopped breathing at a smoky fire on Logan Place this morning, according to authorities.

'Horseplay: A History of Equestrian Sports in New Jersey,' is on view through Jan.

MORRISTOWN - The town's Division of Health and Office of Emergency Management announced this week that they will be opening free H1N1 flu clinics once the H1N1 injectable vaccine arrives.

A Vernon man found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a woman in Butler is seeking another trial by claiming that Morris County jail officers tried to intimidate him into not testifying about a police officer.

As Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello neared signing off on a federal program to deputize police as immigration agents, statewide immigration advocates today urged local and national officials to stop the effort before it starts.

MORRISTOWN - A Morristown man was arrested and charged with burglarizing a car on Sept.

The former treasurer of a New Jersey cemetery association has admitted stealing more than $600,000 in cemetery funds.

A Dover man rejected a plea deal today in which he would have admitted to driving drunk and killing two teenage pedestrians in Kinnelon 2 1/2 and been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A disbarred attorney was sentenced Tuesday to probation, 250 hours of community service, and given a suspended, 180-day stint in the county jail for misapplying $47,000 in settlement funds that belonged to three clients.

Mountain Lakes has filed a lawsuit against a Boonton businessman it claims agreed to sell trash bags to residents under the borough's solid waste plan but stiffed the borough $190,354 in sales between 2003 and 2008.

MORRISTOWN -- Firefighters had to use ladders to rescue three men inside their apartment after a fire broke out in the Tropico Restaurant on Morris Street.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another one of our 'Sunday Conversations' with a prominent Morris County person.

Morristown Hostage Situation Resolved; Telephone Call Was a Hoax By Office of the Morris County Prosecutor 10/2/2009 Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi, Esq., Chief of Investigations William Schievella, and Morristown Bureau of Police Chief Peter Demnitz announce the response to a potential hostage situation which occurred last evening, ...

A report of a child being held hostage that forced the evacuation of an apartment house Thursday and prompted a massive police response was a 'swatting' prank, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.

MORRISTOWN -- A man who threatened his roommates with a steak knife at a Clinton Street residence was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Morristown looked a little more colorful this past week as the many wooden barrels in the downtown area were sporting beautiful multi-colored bouquets of mums planted recently by the Morristown Rotary Club.