Police & Fire
By BOBBIE PEER
June 4, 2020NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - Police Chief Theresa Gazaway was sworn into office on Friday, May 1, 2020 as the Borough's first woman chief -- and has led her department and community through the trenches of not only the COVID-19 pandemic, but for the past two weeks, she addressed the aftermath of the injustice of the killing of George Floyd.
Immediately, Chief Gazaway issued a joint ...
Powerful and Peaceful: Crowd of 1,500-Plus Gathers in Summit to Protest for Racial Equality, Justice
SUMMIT, NJ - More than 1,500 peaceful, concerned citizens from Hilltop City and surrounding towns gathered Tuesday afternoon at Summit's Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School (LCJSMS) to show their support for the 'Black Lives Matter' movement and, in the process, set a high bar for respectful, organized ...
The Berkeley Heights Police Department offers our condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of George Floyd, as well as all those in mourning across the country. We share in the sadness and frustration surrounding the tragic death of Mr. Floyd. The video is truly disturbing and simply hard to watch. The actions of the former officer who was charged with third degree murder, and the ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy closed out his daily COVID-19 press conference on Friday with comments about the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis kept his knee on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.
"George Floyd should be alive today – not just as a matter of principle or justice, but as a matter of human ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Police Department and PBA 144 organized a Memorial Day "Drive By Salute" to the local Veterans in memory of our fallen service members.
With the absence of the Memorial Day parade and public ceremony to honor our fallen soldiers, the Berkeley Heights Police Department and PBA 144 organized Operation: We Remember 2020 to remember the fallen ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Your debit or credit card may have been compromised if you used it to make a purchase recently at Stop & Shop at 404 Springfield Avenue in Berkeley Heights.
An Illegal credit card skimming device was found at a single self checkout register on February 10, 2020. In a statement released today on Stop & Shop’s website said, “immediately upon ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - At 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, Berkeley Heights first responders along with surrounding communities showed the frontline healthcare workers at Runnells Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare their appreciation with a three-minute caravan of vehicles to applaud the workers.
The Berkeley Heights Police Department led the parade followed by BHFD, ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Police Department issued the following warning to beware of the Grandparent Scam. If you have an invasion like this or question, contact the Berkeley Heights Police Department at 908.464.1111.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights Fire Department responded to the report of a house fire at 12:14 p.m. on Tuesday at the 800 block of Mountain Avenue in Berkeley Heights.
Chief Anthony Padovano and the first arriving engine arrived in three minutes, said Deputy Chief Jim Hopkins. "The fire was a brush and a pile of debris that was burning that directly threatened a ...
CRANFORD - The Cranford Police Department is cautioning the community of a noticeable trend in “Grandparent” scams across the state.
According to the release, in a typical “Grandparent” scam, a con artist calls or emails the victim posing as a relative in distress or someone claiming to represent the relative, such as a lawyer or law enforcement ...
By BERKELEY HEIGHTS DIVERSITY COUNCIL
May 31, 2020The Berkeley Heights Diversity Council is an independent and non-partisan organization.
Events across our country in the last week bring to the surface the racism and bias that continue to plague our nation. The senseless murder of George Floyd by an officer of the law while others watched is tragic and terrifying. But sadly, this is not something new. The events over the last couple of ...
