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7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations 7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations
7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations 7-Eleven Inc. is looking to sell or lease 73 of its stores, 18 of which are in New Jersey. NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC is helping with the process, having posted a list of all of the sites along with a bid deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 1. Some of the stores are some of the 3,800 Speedway stores that 7-Eleven purchased in May 2021. The New Jersey stores touting for sale signs are: Colonia, Saint Georges Avenue Scotch Plains, Park Avenue Newark, Broad Street Newark, Market Street Newark, Ferry Street Butler, Route 23 Elmwood Park, Broadway Holmdel, Route 35 Hackettstown, Main Street…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman Steals NJ Treasury Department Car, Police Say Woman Steals NJ Treasury Department Car, Police Say
Woman Steals NJ Treasury Department Car, Police Say Police in Newark are seeking the public’s help identifying a woman they say stole a car registered to the New Jersey Department of Treasury. The suspect — pictured above — is accused of walking into Edison Parking on Market Street with the keys to a gray 2014 Ford Focus and driving away shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said in a release on Thursday, April 7. The vehicle was registered to the New Jersey Department of Treasury, O’Hara said. The suspect is described as a Black woman with short hair and was wearing a red puffy jacket, blue …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
KNOW HIM? Man Snatches Purse, Knocks Woman To Floor At Newark Dollar General, Police Say KNOW HIM? Man Snatches Purse, Knocks Woman To Floor At Newark Dollar General, Police Say
Know HIM? Man Snatches Purse, Knocks Woman To Floor At Newark Dollar General, Police Say Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man they say knocked a woman to the floor and snatched her purse at a Newark Dollar General store. The suspect — pictured above — knocked a woman to the floor and snatched her at the Dollar General store on Market Street around 1:20 p.m. on Monday, March 14, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said in a Wednesday release. The suspect then fled west on Market Street and south on Washington Street. The man is described as standing 5 feet 8 inches tall with a dark complexion, police said. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, gr…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
KNOW HIM? Suspect In Newark Assault-Robbery Frequents Local 7-Eleven, Police Say KNOW HIM? Suspect In Newark Assault-Robbery Frequents Local 7-Eleven, Police Say
Know HIM? Suspect In Newark Assault-Robbery Frequents Local 7-Eleven, Police Say Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say assaulted and robbed someone in Newark. The incident occurred near 214 Market St. on Monday, police say. The man, pictured above, is described as having a medium complexion, and was wearing a necklace, dark-colored jacket with a hood, dark-colored hat and dark-colored shirt with light blue lettering during the incident. He was last seen fleeing eastbound on Market Street, authorities said.  Police say the suspect is known to frequently visit Broad Street and Market Street, Broad Street and Branford Place an…

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by Valerie Musson
Sports
Newark Girls Basketball Teams Disqualified From Post-Season Games After Massive Brawl Newark Girls Basketball Teams Disqualified From Post-Season Games After Massive Brawl
Newark Girls Basketball Teams Disqualified From Post-Season Games After Massive Brawl Two girl’s basketball teams in Newark have been disqualified from post-season games after a player was injured in a brawl, recent reports say. Newark girls high school basketball programs were disqualified by the NJ State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) after Thursday's game between University High School and Essex County Vo-Tech. Market Street was suspended with just 17 seconds left in the third quarter, the report says. Several players from both teams were ejected following an on-court melee for "unsportsmanlike, flagrant conduct," NJSIAA officials said in a statement. A p…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Woman Struck And Killed By Car Near Newark Penn Station Woman Struck And Killed By Car Near Newark Penn Station
Woman Struck And Killed By Car Near Newark Penn Station The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating after a woman was hit by a car in Newark and died early Monday morning, a spokesman confirmed.  The woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was hit near Penn Station, in the area of McCarter Highway and Market Street, around 2:20 a.m. She was pronounced dead at University Hospital about a half-hour later.  The driver remained at the scene, the prosecutor's office also said. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Separate Weekend Shootings Outside Clubs Leave Two Dead In Newark Separate Weekend Shootings Outside Clubs Leave Two Dead In Newark
Separate Weekend Shootings Outside Clubs Leave Two Dead In Newark Authorities are investigating a pair of shootings over the weekend that occurred near two different nightspots in Newark.  Early Sunday morning, a shooting left one dead outside Rio Lounge at Market and Somme streets in the Ironbound.  That night, around 11 p.m., a second deadly shooting occurred near Three Levels Lounge and Sports Bar on Mulberry Street, across from the Prudential Center.  When events are held at the popular venue there is typically a heavy police presence, but nothing was scheduled at Prudential Sunday night.  The Essex County Prosecutor's Office sai…

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by Paul Milo
News
Newark Expected To Be A Traffic Nightmare Monday, When VMAs Come To Town Newark Expected To Be A Traffic Nightmare Monday, When VMAs Come To Town
Newark Expected To Be A Traffic Nightmare Monday, When VMAs Come To Town Authorities are urging the public to avoid travel to downtown Newark Monday if possible, when there will be multiple street closures to accommodate the Video Music Awards coming to the Prudential Center Monday night.  “We’d like the downtown businesses treat this like a major blizzard – except we know it’s coming a few days in advance,” Director of Public Safety Anthony Ambrose said. “It would be a mistake to underestimate the impact the VMA Awards are going to have on the downtown and the main roads in and out of the city. Ambrose urged commuters to use mass transit, and for employers…

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by Paul Milo