manville

Thomas Kaiser, charged in connection with the explosion of a device in a Manville park, discarded explosives at his South Plainfield home in 2019 which led to the cancellation of the Labor Day parade.

Surveillance video of the explosion obtained by CBS New York shows someone lighting the device inside Cooper Street Park in Manville and then run away just before it went off.

Police said a signal cannon, a device designed to create a large boom and smoke when lit, sent shrapnel into several vehicles and homes near a Manville park.

Following a trial in March, a Somerset County jury convicted Raul Elias of endangering the welfare of a child.

Alfonsina Anguita, of Manville, was arrested after signs of physical abuse in a toddler were seen and reported at a hospital in Somerset County.

Brian Niziolek of Somerville is charged with attempted murder and ten other offenses for a violent police pursuit that nearly killed a Manville police officer, authorities said.

A new flood risk reduction policy for Manville means homeowners impacted by Hurricane Ida will not see any money to elevate their homes.

Four people including a Manville woman, 75, an East Newark man, 52, and two men in the 20s are dead after two crashes in Franklin (Somerset) and Manville.

The 25-year-old suspect was arrested on Aug. 16.

The dump truck overturned in the southbound outer lanes of the NJ Turnpike went down an embankment, through a guard rail and dumped a load of dirt in the right lane, according to NJ State Police.