News for Elizabeth, NJ. The city of Elizabeth is the most populous municipality in Union County and the 4th most populous in New Jersey with more than 124,900 residents. The mayor in 2021 is Christian Bollwage.
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Upscale lifestyle store, Tory Burch, is coming to New Jersey
A lot of new stores have been coming to the Mills at Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth.
Former NJ Wells Fargo investor stole $626K from clients to gamble
Mario E. Rivera, Jr., former investment advisor at Wells Fargo, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing money from clients.
These are the five most dangerous cities in New Jersey
The stats were culled from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report.
Body cam video shows armed NJ man's shooting death by police
Estiben Alegria-Hurtado, of Elizabeth, was holding a knife and advancing toward a screaming woman in a stairwell when he was shot by a responding officer on July 29.
Too many reusable bags? Union County is collecting from residents
Over a year into NJ's single-use plastics ban, lots of households have more reusable bags than they can use. There's a new program to repurpose them for local food pantries around New Jersey.
Child survives, man killed in Elizabeth, NJ drive-by shooting
A man, woman and a young child were sitting inside a car parked on Salem Avenue around 8:30 p.m. when shots were fired from a black sedan, a police spokeswoman told NBC 4 New York.
Hollywood stars order New Jersey pizza for the set
While filming in New Jersey, the cast and crew took a break for pizza from one of New Jersey’s best known pizzerias, Santillo’s in Elizabeth.
NJ man admits to armed robberies at 3 pharmacies for oxycodone
Charles Johnson, of Irvington, pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom to charges stemming from three armed robberies in Elizabeth last year. He faces prison when sentenced in October.
Police ID body parts floated ashore in Union County as NJ man
Part of the gruesome mystery is solved, after a man's torso and other human remains washed up from the Arthur Kill in May.
Human body parts keep washing ashore in Union County, NJ
A male torso was the first such grim discovery in May, in the water near the Arthur Kill and Elizabeth River. Prosecutors say other parts have also been recovered and they are investigating.