News Around New Jersey

WASHINGTON, DC— Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), a member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the US and Chinese Communist Party, released the following statement after today’s testimony by TikTok CEO Shou Chew in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee: 

“The Select Committee has been strongly engaged on the threat of ...

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County detectives have arrested 49-year-old Vernon D. Crook on first-degree murder charges in the Oct. 8, 2022 fatal shooting of an East Orange man.

That shooting on Brenner Street claimed the life of 36-year-old Altariq Johnson, whom police found wounded by multiple gunshots at 3:15 p.m. He died from his injuries 30 minutes later at University Hospital’s ...

NEWARK, NJ — Can you swing a hammer like a pro? Rewire or plumb a long-vacant house? Perhaps you’ve got the know-how to hire and manage others with those valuable skills.

If so, you could be among the construction partners the City of Newark wants for its latest “equitable housing” initiative.

This goal of the program – which Mayor Ras J. Baraka created ...

MONTCLAIR, NJ - Hillary Clinton is slated to give the keynote address in Montclair at a Women's History Month event hosted by Sen. Robert Menendez.

The former Secretary of State of the United States will be the featured speaker at the 12th annual Evangelina Menendez Women's History Month Celebration, held at Montclair State University on Sunday, March 26.

From 2009 to ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo are requesting the public's assistance to locate a missing person.

Police are investigating the whereabouts of Nathaniel Sheppard. He was last seen at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair on March 13, 2023 when he was discharged. He hasn’t been heard from since. 

Sheppard previously resided in ...

Washington, DC— Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies urging them to provide the highest possible level of funding for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) programs that can support state public transit ...

NEWARK, NJ — Two Newark men have been charged in the Sept. 2020 shooting death of a 50-year-old tenant at a Central Ward apartment building, authorities said.

Arrested were alleged gunman Ibn Hill, 22, and accomplice Tyquan Zigler, 27. Hill is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and weapons offenses. Zigler is charged with only conspiracy to commit murder, acting Essex ...