Essex County News

NEWARK, NJ — A former Newark Parking Authority employee was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday for distributing narcotics, authorities announced. 

Aughkay Green, 50, of Newark, pleaded guilty to a three-count indictment charging him with possession of heroin and cocaine base with intent to distribute and with being a felon in possession of ...

NEWARK, NJ — Hundreds of Newark residents gathered at Weequahic High School on Thursday to honor the life of Sanaa Amenhotep, who was found dead last week in South Carolina.

Sanaa’s parents, Saleemah Graham-Fleming and Sharif Malik Amenhotep, sat at a podium on the high school football field as members of the community came forward to share their fondest ...

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County officials are temporarily closing several COVID-19 vaccination sites due to reports of low demand, however, appointments will no longer be needed at some sites with walk-ins readily available. 

“Throughout the entire vaccination process, we constantly were fine-tuning our program to make sure everyone who wants to get vaccinated can do ...

SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A school year like no other has prompted South Orange-Maplewood parents to launch the community's first independent elementary school.

The Village School of South Orange is accepting applications for students starting this fall in grades kindergarten through fifth.

Conversations about wanting to open an independent school started last year on the local ...

NEWARK, NJ — Essex County is ending its contract to house federal immigration detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials announced.

The move to eliminate ICE detainees from the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark came after it entered into a Memorandum of Agreement last week with Union County to house inmates from Union. Starting Aug. 23, there will ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark residents will be able to safely dispose of their hazardous waste items during a collection event headed by Essex County officials next month. 

Essex County will host its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on May 1. The event is sponsored by the County of Essex and the Essex County Utilities Authority.

The event will run ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark community organizations and authorities this weekend hosted an event to break the stigma of staying silent and intimidated to speak up as a victim of crime. 

In recognition of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, the event reached nearly 700 residents and featured informational booths set up around West Side Park gathering community support resources ...

NEWARK, NJ – Rutgers University-Newark students can now register for a COVID-19 vaccine at any Essex County vaccination site.

 Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo extended the opportunity to all Rutgers-Newark students.  Appointments are readily available now, but it is unknown how long the open invitation window will remain open. 

Currently, state guidelines allow ...

NEWARK, NJ – The single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be indefinitely removed from Essex County vaccination sites after reports of blood clotting experienced in multiple patients around the country has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Federal Drug Administration reluctant to administer the vaccine further. 

Although the J&J single-dose shot ...

NEWARK, NJ — For the first time in nine years, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura is being challenged in the Democratic primary.

John Arnold, who served as Newark’s deputy police director from 2014 to 2016, announced on Tuesday that he is challenging the 10-term incumbent for the Democratic nomination on June 8. A general election win would make Arnold the first African American ...