EAST ORANGE/ORANGE, NJ — With package thieves on the rise in practically every community from here to the west coast, the City has released guidelines to protect your packages. Here is a synopsis of what the suggested guidelines are, plus more: 

— Have your packages delivered to where you are, such as work. 

— Use tracking numbers and delivery ...

NEWARK, NJ -- Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura announced today that he will seek re-election for an 11th term.

Fontoura, a 24-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, assumed office in 1990 and is currently the longest-serving sheriff in Essex County history and is the dean of the New Jersey sheriff's delegation. He heads the largest and most active sheriff's department ...

TRENTON, NJ — Residents can now access a new coronavirus vaccine hotline with 250 New Jersey-based staff members currently on hand to answer common questions, help connect people to centers providing shots and clear up eligibility rules.

More than 17,000 people called in within the first hour - a number that would swell to 58,000 by noon - but just 500 were able to secure a date and ...