STATE – The Port Authority will run expanded PATH train service from Newark and Hoboken into New York tomorrow to accommodate passengers heading to and from the New York Yankees’ victory parade in lower Manhattan.
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New Brunswick Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Sexual Assault
NEW BRUNSWICK—Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced today that a New Brunswick man is facing 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of attempting to commit an aggravated sexual assault upon a 20-year-old woman.
Clark Man Sentenced For Defrauding Bank Customers
NEWARK – A Clark man was sentenced Wednesday to 76 months in federal prison for his scheme to defraud customers of two banks where he had been employed of more than $2.5 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
First Uninsured NJ Victim Listed
Among the thousands of Americans who suffered without health insurance to provide necessary treatment was Robert Taylor, of East Orange, who died at the age of 63 on April 29.
EPA Adds Raritan Bay Site To Superfund List
SAYREVILLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed the Raritan Bay Slag site in Sayreville and Old Bridge Township to the Superfund National Priorities List.
Mayors Want Greater Oversight Of Sewerage Authority
CLARK – The Mayors of Woodbridge, Rahway and Clark spoke out last week to criticize high costs at the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority and called on the authority’s commissioners to vote against any budget increases.
Suspect Charged In Rahway Man’s Shooting
NEW BRUNSWICK – On Monday, a Plainfield man was arraigned on charges in Sunday’s fatal shooing of a Rahway man outside a Piscataway bowling alley.
Carteret Teen Arrested In South Brunswick Home Invasion
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police arrested a 17-year-old Carteret resident Sunday who allegedly broke into a South Brunswick home, stole the resident’s car and led police on a high-speed chase before being caught.
Another Jail Lawsuit Costs Taxpayers
UNION COUNTY—The Board of Chosen Freeholders has approved a settlement with a mentally ill woman who had parts of her feet amputated after she was allegedly released from the Union County Jail into the coldest night of the year wearing bedroom slippers and no jacket.
Elizabeth Man Sentenced To 42 Years For Revenge Killing
ELIZABETH – Last week, a Superior Court judge sentenced Awan Smith to 42 years in state prison for the 2007 murder of Omar Kennedy.