One of the landmark Portuguese restaurants in Newark's Ironbound section has served its last meals and sangria, as the owners have sold the sizable property.
A Jersey City driver involved in a six-vehicle crash was killed on Sunday, while a Newark pedestrian was struck and killed earlier the same day, according to police.
A 16-year veteran corrections officer at the Essex County Correctional Facility was bumped "aggressively" by an inmate. Ither prisoners joined in and punched, kicked and stabbed the officer.
A man charged in connection with stolen cooking oil urinated and spit in the back of a police vehicle and threatened to kill the officer who stopped him.