Around Livingston: ‘Genius’ Awards / Overbrook Asylum / Grandpa Finds $24M Lotto Ticket / Mall Murder Guilty Plea

Patch reviews this week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read).

Headlines (click to read):

Essex County Grandfather Finds $24M Lottery Ticket In Old Shirt

2 Frelinghuysen Challengers Raise Big Bucks (But Will It Be Enough?)

Cedar Grove’s Infamous Overbrook Asylum: What Happened? (WATCH)

2 New Jersey ‘Geniuses' Earn MacArthur Fellowship Grants

2 Short Hills Mall Murder Suspects Enter Guilty Pleas

Is This VR ‘Escape Room’ In Essex County The Future Of Haunted Houses?

Newark Students, Staff Rally For Longtime School Security Guard

North Caldwell BOE Wants To Talk About ‘School Expansion’

Should Maplewood, South Orange Combine Fire Departments?

Essex County Residents Honored For Hispanic Heritage Month

In Essex County: Filmmaker Ken Burns Will Speak About ‘Politics, Race, Culture’

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