Totowa Police Department blotter: Jan. 23, 2012    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: NorthJersey.com
Patrolmen Gary Bierach and Brian Britting stopped a 2003 Honda on Riverview Drive for having tinted windows at 4:22 a.m. on Jan.... Full story...

Sympathy can't rule successor choice    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: Daily Record
Here at CRP Music, we are a one-stop shop for all of your music needs. Looking for a new guitar or k... Sadly, the recent death of Alex DeCroce, District 26 Assemblyman, has opened Pandora's Box of Chicago-style politics right here in New Jersey with...... Full story...

Dozens Of NJ Businesses Targeted For 'Smash And Grab' Burglaries    Posted on 2012-01-23
Source: CW11 New York WPIX-TV
Police are investigating a string of "smash and grab" burglaries involving a dozen businesses in Passaic and Bergen counties.... Full story...

Hate crimes cannot be tolerated    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: Daily Record
I am deeply troubled by the recent rash of hate and bias attacks on individuals and religious institutions in New York and in New Jersey.... Full story...

Herald News: Give fall elections a chance    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: NorthJersey.com
ONE OF THE goals of moving the annual school election to the fall was to make things simpler.... Full story...

New Jersey residents greet 2012's first snowstorm with a shrug    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: NJ.com
New Jersey was blanketed with several inches of snow today, but after last year's blizzard and a crippling fall storm, residents largely greeted the first snowfall of 2012 with a shrug.... Full story...

N.J. man sentenced in fatal metal pipe beating    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: Philly.com
A northern New Jersey man who fatally beat his 69-year-old neighbor with a metal pipe during a brawl over a missing toolbox has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.... Full story...

State of New Jersey v. G.S.    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: Rutgers
On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Passaic County, Docket No.... Full story...

Rutherford man arrested in sex assault of West Milford girl, 17    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: NorthJersey.com
A Rutherford man was arrested Friday for allegedly luring a 17-year-old West Milford girl into his car and sexually assaulting her in a church parking lot, authorities said.... Full story...

PVHS teacher arrested for alleged sex with student    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: NorthJersey.com
LITTLE FALLS - A Passaic Valley High School teacher has been arrested and accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, authorities said.... Full story...

PVHS teacher arrested for alleged sex with student    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: NorthJersey.com
LITTLE FALLS - A Passaic Valley High School teacher has been arrested and accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student, authorities said.... Full story...

Bridgewater-based attorney, an ex-Flemington councilman, charged with 27 counts of sexual misconduct    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: MyCentralJersey
How does your landscape look this time of year? Like mine, it may look its worst, but if you plan... Many if not most of us believe that without the promise of heaven and the threat of hell we may be... Former Flemington Borough Councilman Mark Legato speaks...... Full story...

Trial begins in alleged gang-ordered killing in Passaic    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: NorthJersey.com
It was a test of Passaic street-gang loyalty that ended in murder, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday during opening statements in the trial of a Bloods member charged with grooming a young protg by ordering him to kill.... Full story...

$12.5M in flood aid set for Passaic County    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: NorthJersey.com
At least $12.5 million is headed to Passaic County in the latest round of federal aid to repair flood damage from Hurricane Irene, officials said on Thursday.... Full story...

$12.5M in flood aid set for Passaic County    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: NorthJersey.com
At least $12.5 million is headed to Passaic County in the latest round of federal aid to repair flood damage from Hurricane Irene, officials said on Thursday.... Full story...

BOE member gets time to comply    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: NorthJersey.com
North Haledon Board of Education member Dorothy Contegiacomo was ordered - along with 184 school board members throughout the state - to step down last week after missing the deadline for completing a criminal history check, but two lawmakers have stalled...... Full story...

Prospect Park police blotter    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: NorthJersey.com
On Dec. 31, the Passaic County Sheriff's Department recovered a 2000 Plymouth Voyager in Paterson , which stolen out of Prospect Park on Dec.... Full story...

Domesticviolenceunit needs volunteers    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: NorthJersey.com
The Clifton / Little Falls Regional Domestic Violence Response Team is asking volunteers to take a 40-hour course, offered this March through the Passaic County Women's Center, that aims to train them to guide violence victims and advocate on their behalf...... Full story...

Ex-Kinnelon council president announces bid for Alex DeCroce's vacant N.J. Assembly seat    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: The Jersey Journal
Pictured with radio personality/Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa in this 2007 file photo, Larry Casha, right, has announced his intention to seek the Assembly seat of Alex DeCroce, who died suddenly at the Statehouse last week.... Full story...

Kinnelon, Bloomingdale Undertake Revaluation    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: Patch.com
Property revaluations have been a hot topic over the past few months in the boroughs of Bloomingdale , Butler and Kinnelon .... Full story...

HIghlands group to consider pipeline    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: New Jersey Herald
By BRUCE A. SCRUTON bscruton@njherald.com The Highlands Council has scheduled a vote for Thursday on another leg of the Tennessee Gas pipeline upgrades, this one for just over seven miles through Passaic and Bergen counties.... Full story...

MLK Youth Awards: Seeds of Love Blossom in Paterson    Posted on 2012-01-16
Source: TheAlternativePress.com
Photos by Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta Award Recipients seated, left to right: Niara Medley, Andrea Casale, Damyra Price and Anny Perez.... Full story...

Totowa Police Department Blotter Jan. 16, 2012    Posted on 2012-01-16
Source: NorthJersey.com
Firefighters extinguished a car fire at 1:32 p.m. Jan. 13 on Route 46 west near the Home Depot.... Full story...

Galloway Recognized For Efforts to Combat Radon    Posted on 2012-01-16
Source: Patch.com
It's January once again, and with January comes another Radon Action Month. With that comes some positive recognition for Galloway Township.... Full story...

School board service and suspect law    Posted on 2012-01-16
Source: NorthJersey.com
A NEW law gave school board members across New Jersey until the end of last year to be fingerprinted as part of criminal background checks.... Full story...