Newark Welcomes First Supermarket In Over 20 Years
Mayor Cory Booker was on hand Tuesday morning for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Food Depot on First Street.
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Mayor Cory Booker was on hand Tuesday morning for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Food Depot on First Street.
Jose Pimentel, Samir Khan and Faisal Shahzad might not be household names, but the NYPD says its undercover work in the Muslim community kept them from blowing up your households.
The mayor stopped short of acknowledging that police had spied on Muslims who weren't suspected of any crime, reiterating that investigators only followed leads.
In a letter to show's production company, Mayor Cory Booker said because Newark's emergency personnel would likely be called to mitigate any incidents involving Snooki and JWoww, the risk to Newark residents would be too great.
Is it religious profiling or good police work? An intense debate is underway in our area amid new revelations that NYPD spying on Muslim communities included neighborhoods in Nassau and Suffolk counties and Newark, N.J.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and his top police official say the city was misled by the New York Police Department and never would have authorized such wholesale spying on Muslims if they had known about it.
Pastor Joe Carter presided over Whitney Houston's funeral Saturday. After attending her private burial Sunday, he spoke exclusively with CBS 2, sharing his thoughts on the emotional weekend.
Fans and childhood friends of Whitney Houston who won't be attending her private viewing or funeral have been leaving heartfelt messages of sympathy outside the funeral home.
Gov. Chris Christie says he's been getting a lot of e-mails and calls from people upset over his decision to lower flags to half staff Saturday to honor Newark native Whitney Houston.
Houston's funeral service will be Saturday at noon in the sanctuary of New Hope Baptist Church, but is by invitation only
A bouquet of flowers and a sympathy card greeted worshipers as they arrived at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark Sunday - the church Whitney Houston called home as a child.
"Your children are going to be getting into environments that are better for their future. It's as simple as that," Newark Mayor Cory Booker said.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray says police found images and videos of underage girls on 29-year-old Andre DeMelo's laptop computer after searching his Newark apartment Tuesday.
The employees have been cited for alleged failure to follow procedures and have been suspended from screening duties while the cases proceed
Newark's City Hall must provide a list of documents related to the multimillion dollar pledge by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to fix its troubled schools, a judge ruled Friday.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's position on gay marriage hasn't changed. If a gay marriage bill lands on his desk, Christie say's he'll veto it. His alternative is not receiving high marks from state and local leaders.
Officials say Routes 1 and 9 in Elizabeth will remain closed for most of the day after a tanker truck burst into flames when it collided with a car early this morning, killing the driver.
Police arrested 18-year-old Isiah Adams and a 16-year-old on Monday in connection with the shooting death of 37-year-old Miguel Torres.
Three of the new schools will be located in Camden and two are in Newark. The other three charters will be in Vineland, Trenton and Jersey City.
The meeting came as two separate cases involving fugitives with ties to both New Jersey and Portugal are being fought over in U.S. and Portuguese courts.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips hotline at 1-877-847-7432.
Jose Carranza is charged with murder as well as sexually assaulting the only one of the four victims to survive the 2007 attack.
A public defender representing 27-year-old Wakir Bryant entered the plea on his behalf in court in Newark Wednesday.
Wakir Bryant, 27, was arrested in Newark Friday night for the shooting death of 2-year-old Mikhy Robinson.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray says the officer, whose name wasn't disclosed, was confronted around 5:15 a.m. Saturday by 17-year-old Vincent Owens of Newark.
