Essex County

After collective bargaining, three staff unions have agreed to add COVID to its list of required vaccinations for employment at state colleges, other than Rutgers. Montclair University is among those impacted.

The teacher's attorney blamed unspecified "activists" of pushing a false narrative about what happened in the classroom at a Maplewood elementary school.

Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad said the experience humiliated and traumatized the girl in front of her class at a Maplewood elementary school.

“The sentence today sends a clear and unequivocal message that each of these young women mattered," said Acting County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens.

The president and vice president endorsed Phil Murphy for re-election on Wednesday mainly because of his handling of the pandemic.

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Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway has committed to hosting in-person celebrations for both classes whose ceremonies were canceled by the pandemic.

Leon and Toby Cooperman have made more than 100 donations to the medical center including a $25 million gift in 2014 that helped jumpstart a large expansion of the hospital.

Tyler Rios is accused of killing Yasemin Uyar and kidnapping their young son. Police caught up to him in Tennessee, two days later.