Sunday, May 19, 2013
A weekly roundup of top local news stories on Verona-Cedar Grove Patch.
Raids of four Cedar Grove massage parlors Tuesday led to the arrest of five Queens women on prostitution charges, authorities said. An investigation began in early spring after complaints arose about workers allegedly engaging in prostitution, officials at the prosecutor’s office and Cedar Grove Police Chief Richard Vanderstreet announced late Tuesday night. A Newark man, arrested for attempted burglary in Verona, racked up several additional charges after police linked him to an April break-in, Verona Police said in a written statement. Verona and Cedar Grove residents have decided to maintain the status quo voting their incumbents back into office, according to unofficial results from the Essex County Clerk's Office. Essex County Clerk …
Other top stories this week include a Newark High School student shot and killed on his way home from school and a man busted on pot-growing charges after he called police to report his wife's death.
A homeless hitchhiker who gained internet fame earlier this year was arrested at a Philadelphia bus station and charged with the murder of a Clark lawyer last Sunday. Englewood police are stepping up their presence at a public senior housing complex after complaints led authorities to arrest two residents on drug and prostitution charges, authorities said. An 18-year-old Newark High School student was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon minutes after leaving school grounds, officials said. A Rockaway Township man was charged with maintaining a drug production facility Tuesday when he called police to his Sanders Road home after finding his wife dead inside, authorities said A Delaware man has been arrested and charged in connection with a…
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Swearing study ranked the most and least courteous states in the country.
Third place? We couldn’t do better than #&@$ing third place? New Jersey residents were beaten out by Ohio and Maryland in a survey ranking individuals most likely to drop swear words on a complete stranger during a phone conversation. On the flip side, analysis by the Marchex Institute found that Washington, Massachusetts and Arizona topped the list of state residents least likely to lose their cool. Marchex examined more than 600,000 calls over a year that were placed by consumers to businesses in 30 different industries. The mobile advertising company also ranked the most courteous states: South Carolina, North Carolina and Maryland. And the least courteous states: Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Indiana. Some other findings from the report…
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. awards retired English teacher from Verona for being positive role model for the younger generation.
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. recently recognized Verona resident Hilda Lutzke , a retired English teacher at Weequahic High School in Newark for 40 years and one of the founders of the Newark Teachers Union at an awards ceremony at the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove. The nearly 100-year-old Lutzke, who resolved to teach and to advance all of her students, regardless of culture, race or religion, keeps in regular contact with many of her former students. In 2011, at the time she was 98 years old, Ms. Lutzke was the featured guest speaker at her 72nd high school reunion. She was born in Newark, attended Newark Public Schools and graduated from Montclair Teacher’s College, now Montclair State University, at …
Also in Essex County news Infant Dies After Being Found in Bathtub at Foster Home; Community Outcry Prompts District to Cancel Principal Swap; Belleville Council Cuts School Budget Tax Levy by $760,000 and Livingston Taxes Jump 5.7% in $44.5M Budget.
Authorities recovered a gun at the scene and say there is no threat to the community after man and woman were found dead late Thursday. "I think that it really does go to show the power of the community," father of three Raj Shah said, about the cancelled proposal that would have switched Hazel Elementary's principal with Edison Central's. Little girl's death appears accidental, police say Man identified as suspect in Maplewood incident believed to be involved in other armed robberies in area. The pair allegedly stole $150,000 from grandmother's bank account and sold more than $15,000 of her jewelry, Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced. The Township Council reductions bring the average homeowner's tax increase down from $270 to …
Friday, May 17, 2013
See what's playing at the Wayne theater, buy tickets or search movie times on Moviefone.com.
The latest installment in the Star Trek franchise, "Star Trek Into Darkness," finds the crew of the Enterprise being called back home to stop the destruction of Earth. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana. Also premiering this weekend is "Aurangzeb," the story of a family made up of law-enforcement officials and criminals. The law-enforcement members must think like criminals to catch the criminals.
Police look to public for information on several car burglaries.
Police are urging residents to keep their cars locked as they investigate a string of car burglaries that hit Verona in the last week. On May 11, seven cars were burglarized on various streets throughout Verona, police said. “We definitely believe that the same people or person was responsible for the thefts in the area that night,” said Verona Chief of Police Douglas Huber. “Every once and a while towns get hit and every once and a while we get lucky and make an arrest.” Police are looking to the public for any information on any suspicious activity in the area of the burglaries. On May 11, police received a call of a burglary to a motor vehicle on Park Avenue at 9:09 a.m. The resident told police that the vehicle had been entered …
The Irvington native signed a 3-year, $6 million contract with the Jets in March.
Jets running back Mike Goodson was sent to a Morris County jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges in Denville Friday. Goodson, 25, was the passenger in a GMC Yukon stopped in the left center lane of I-80 West when a tow truck came upon them and called 911 early Friday morning, according to multiple reports. The tow truck driver reportedly was concerned about the intoxicated condition in which he found Goodson and the driver of the Yukon. Goodson was transported to Saint Claire’s Hospital in nearby Boonton and eventually charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a handgun, and possession of a hollow-point bullet, according to ESPN. The driver of the…
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $600 million, the largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is now $600 million, which makes it the highest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-highest U.S. lottery jackpot. The one-time cash payout is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in New Jersey and 42 other states, including New York, Florida, Texas and California. Tickets will be sold up to an hour before the 11 p.m. drawing. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was a $384 million win on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri. Wonder what happens to the folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s …
Here's bargains 6-10 from the experts at AOL Auto with an assist from Carwoo.com.
May is more than half way complete. Summer is inching closer and the time we spend outdoors will increase during the next few months. Drivers need dependable cars to get them to the office, to the Shore and to those summer barbecues on the weekend. During the next two weeks, Patch will share AOL Auto's and CarWoo.com's Best New Car Deals for May so you can save some greenbacks and arrive safely and comfortably at your summer destinations. This week, we'll present new car deals 6-10 and follow up next week with the top 5 car deals. 10). Honda Crosstour EX - New - AOL Best Deal: $23,744 - $25,689 The Honda Crosstour is a weird mixture of a wagon, crossover and sedan. While the car's look may be polarizing, most people who test drive the car…
JunkYardDog
8:53 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
I bet the vast majority of those calls were to or about the New Milford @%$^&* BOE and the #%&*%$# Hekemian scandal. Btw: Kristen, if your phone is less that 20 years old it will have a mute button on it more ›