19-year-old Passaic man shot dead in Paterson

NorthJersey.com - Sat Nov 07

A 19-year old Passaic man was shot to death during a fight outside a party at a partially-abandoned Paterson factory building early Saturday morning, Paterson police said.

N.J. Court Weighing Mass Tort Status for Suits Over Birth Control Pills

Legal Intelligencer - Fri Nov 06

The New Jersey judiciary is considering a request from Passaic County, N.J.'s top judge for mass tort status for a growing number of suits alleging strokes and other serious health problems from the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.

Feds get new try to deport imam

North Jersey Media Group - Fri Nov 06

The deportation case against a prominent Muslim spiritual leader, Imam Mohammad Qatanani of Paterson, has been sent back to the trial court to be reheard, at least a decade after the imam first sought permanent residency in the U.S. In its written, 12-page decision, say those familiar with it, the Board of Immigration Appeals rejected some ...

Bridgeton and Vineland brothels taken down

Millville News - Fri Nov 06

Two multi-family homes in the city acted as fronts for brothels utilizing women brought into the area from New York, according to prosecutors.

Woodland Park starts to assess costs of formal name change

NorthJersey.com - Thu Nov 05

The reality of Tuesday's referendum vote, in which Woodland Park was narrowly selected as the borough's new name, is beginning to sink in.

Morris kidnap convict could go free over speedy trial violation

Daily Record - Thu Nov 05

A man sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbing and pistol-whipping a Harding resident could go free under a judge's finding that the Morris County Prosecutor's Office violated a duty to try the suspect within a certain period of time.

NJ imam deportation case sent back to trial judge

Asbury Park Press Online - Thu Nov 05

The lengthy deportation case of an influential New Jersey Muslim leader has been sent back to the immigration judge who handled the matter for a rehearing.

Leader Newspapers- Assemblymen Schaer, Scalera win in 36th

Leader Free Press - Wed Nov 04

Democrats Gary Schaer and Fred Scalera held onto their seats in the state Assembly by winning re-election over their Republican challengers, Don Diorio and Carmen Pio Costa, in the race to represent the 36th Legislative District.

Stories of sex, drugs surround trial for strangled woman

North Jersey Media Group - Wed Nov 04

Stories of a lesbian lover scorned, rough sex, heavy drug use and an embittered mother putting her son up for adoption swirled around attorneys' accounts in state court Wednesday of how a Paterson woman ended up strangled.

GOP disputes eligibility of 31 mail-ins

North Jersey Media Group - Wed Nov 04

Republican Party attorneys Tuesday challenged the eligibility of 31 mail-in voters who, it was later discovered, never mailed in their votes to begin with.