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Cash 5 Lottery Ticket Sold In South Orange Good For $353K
A ticket sold in South Orange matched five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 drawing on Tuesday, state lottery officials said.
The winning ticket, good for a prize of $353,354, was sold at 7-Eleven, 60 Valley St.
The winning numbers are 12,13, 17, 23 and 29. The XTRA number was 4.
There were 416,286 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn.
For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 110 ticketholders won $331 each and 14 othe…
Wallington ShopRite Sells $30G Scratch-Off Winner
New Jersey Lottery players claimed more than $113 million in prizes playing scratch-off games in March.
Tickets with top prizes worth more than $10,000 were sold at the following North Jersey locations:
Rockaway, QuickChek, West Main Street: Instant Cash Millionaire, $1 million
Elizabeth, K & J Food Mart, Spring Street: $1,000,000 Spectacular, $1 million
Jersey City, Gateway Newstands, Washington Boulevard: 1522 Diamonds and Dollars, $200,000
Newark, News City, Washington Street,: $18,000,000 Silver Payout, $200,000
Haledon, Photo World, Hale…
These North Jersey Towns Have State's Highest Property Taxes
The average property tax bill in New Jersey last year was $8,767, an increase of $77 from $8,690 in 2017.
Many towns, though, paid more than $10,000.
Millburn residents paid the most in the state ($24,308) with Alpine trailing in the second spot at ($21,299).
Here are the towns in North Jersey with the highest property tax bills in the state for 2018, according to a report by NJ.com.
26. Mendham, Morris County: $15,598
25. Chester, Morris County: $15,602
24. Maplewood, Essex County: $15,630
23. Livingston, Essex County: $15,933
22. North Caldwell, Essex Cou…
Last Of Passaic Nightclub Robbers Gets More Favorable Federal Prison Deal
His accomplices each got more than 10 years in federal prison, but Jimmy “Flip” Cooper can expect a few years less -- thanks to a plea deal -- for his role in the gunpoint robbery of $26,084 from a Passaic nightclub.
Cooper, 33, of Irvington became the last of the trio to accept q government offer to plead guilty for his role in the Sept. 6, 2015 holdup, which was followed by a high-speed chase through Passaic, Newark, and East Orange.
There’s no parole in the federal prison system, which means that Cooper -- along with Keontrae “Taz” Lawrence of South Orange, and Shaheed “Aboo” Blamahsah o…
