Essex County News

A Hoboken man fleeing police died yesterday, authorities said, after he was shot in the head by a Belleville officer he had just hit with his car.

Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Dedicates Memorial to Cultural Arts and Civil Rights Pioneer By The Alternative Press Staff 7/4/2009 Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.

Essex County Executive Announces Second Phase of Demolition of Old Essex County Hospital Center Buildings By The Alternative Press Staff 7/3/2009 Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.

Edwin Munoz in an undated mugshot for a previous arrest. Munoz died today after being shot in the head by a police officer during a car chase in Essex County.

Heavy rains forced Essex County to cancel tonight's Summer Music Concert featuring the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and a fireworks spectacular at Brookdale Park, officials said.

Changes are under way in Essex County's courthouse, but they won't disrupt operations, according to the court's assignment judge.

Simple assault charges were dismissed against three Millburn men connected to the Jan.

Rashad Benbow, 33, pleaded guilty, last Thursday, on the eve of his trial, to aggravated manslaughter and theft before Essex County Peter J. Vazquez.

Essex County Executive Announces Record Attendance at 7th Annual Essex County Open House By The Alternative Press Staff 6/30/2009 Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.

A northern New Jersey handyman has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and theft in the fatal beating of an accountant who hired him to remodel a Newark home.Authorities say the handyman, 33-year-old Rashad Benbow, fatally beat 64-year-old Willie Taylor of Hillsborough with a hammer or wrench, then stole his Jeep and used his credit card to ...

Less than 24 hours after a shooting that left a teenager dead and a another man wounded , authorities have confirmed a second fatal shooting at Sunset and 18th avenues.

For more than three decades, Barbara Ann Villano headed to work at the Ocean County Courthouse.

Every week, 100 bricks of heroin and large quantities of cocaine exchanged hands near parks, schools and a barbershop in a network that threaded five communities, authorities said.

Jun 25, 2009 1:34 pm US/Eastern NEWARK 1 of 1 42-year-old Heather Clemens was killed in a crash by two suspects who were fleeing police in northern New Jersey.

Partnership Announced to Relocate NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to Essex County Hall of Records Complex By The Alternative Press Staff 6/25/2009 Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.

For a quarter century, Michael Reiser devoted his life to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Orange, serving as a youth minister, as musical director and, most recently, as a full-time pastoral associate who worked to strengthen the faith among the parish's 435 Catholic families.

Guyon Nelson pulls out a folder of discolored newspaper clippings from a file cabinet, his own collection of memories from a storied airstrip.

A Union County man has died after being infected with the H1N1 influenza virus, better known as swine flu, state health officials announced Friday.

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. invites the public to attend the 2009 Essex County Free SummerMusic Concert Series.

An Essex County man accused of fatally stabbing another man today during a fight over a vacant home was tracked down with the help of a bloodhound, authorities said.