A teenage boy was killed and a younger teen wounded in a Newark stabbing Tuesday morning, authorities said.A 15-year-old died and an 11-year-old hospitalized in the incident, which responders said occurred just before 11 a.m. in a Park Avenue apartment building around the corner from Barringer High School, they said.The younger victim's injuries weren't considered life-threatening, ...

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has identified the woman killed Monday night in Belleville when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street. Nora Hernandez, a 56-year-old Newark resident, was hit around 6:37 p.m.  as she was crossing Washington Avenue near Mill Street. She was hit by a 2017 Jeep Cherokee and the driver remained at the scene, the prosecutor's ...

The state Department of Transportation has begun work on replacing four bridges on I-78 in Bridgewater and Bedminster, a project that will take place in stages over the next three years in order to minimize traffic disruption, the agency said in a statement. The bridges, which DOT said are in poor condition, carry traffic eastbound and westbound over Rt. 202/206 and over Washington ...

Officials from New York City and Newark spent the day Monday hammering out an agreement over the Special One Time Assistance (SOTA) program, which relocates homeless families in New York to homes in Newark and other communities across the country. Newark last week filed a lawsuit seeking to end the transfer of homeless families from New York under the SOTA program, and have also ...

At least 10 school buses were destroyed by fire at an East Orange depot early Tuesday morning, WCBS 2 News reported. The fire was brought under control at Evergreen Place in about an hour. There were no immediate reports of injuries. 

UPDATE, Tuesday, Dec. 10: The victim has been identified. Click here for more. Original story is below: A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Monday and suffered fatal injuries, according to a preliminary investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The victim, identified only as a female, was crossing near Washington Avenue and Mill Street when she was struck at ...

A Jersey City man who was previously found guilty of gunning down another city resident was sentenced to life in prison, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Monday. Marquise Brown, 26, will be about 90 years old when he's eligible for parole under the No Early Release Act, which requires him to serve a minimum of 85 percent of his sentence. Brown was previously found ...

Three 18-year-olds from Bayonne were hospitalized in critical condition following a wrong-way crash in Central Jersey over the weekend, authorities said.A 2002 Toyota Corolla driven by one of them was speeding north on the southbound side of Rattlesnake Bridge Road near I-78 in Bedminster when it struck a concrete bridge abutment shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, the Somerset County ...

A worker was hurt Monday morning while repairing a damaged utility pole in Elizabeth, PSE&G said in a statement. The worker was working on a damaged pole around 10 a.m. on Cherry Street when he was hurt. The utility did not specify the nature of the injury, but said the worker was transported to the burn unit at St,. Barnabas Medical Center for treatment. The worker was ...

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a student with Down syndrome who was ordered to leave the Hillsborough High School prom before it ended, mycentraljersey.com reported.  Lily Doyle was among 11 students asked to leave the prom, which was held in May. Most of the other students are also special needs. An aide told the group that they would be leaving about an hour ...