Maplewood firefighters assisted South Orange to put out a brush fire in Newstead on a windy Saturday night.
Police showcase vehicles and make presentations at annual event open to the public.
Cars damaged in various ways and an attempted bank entry
Someone lifted an entire cash register from an Irvington Avenue business.
Matthew Robins has been missing since April 18.
Magnetic numbers were also stolen from gas station pumps.
A 36-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint by two assailants wearing ski masks.
A 22-year-old Newark man was charged on Saturday night.
Two residents reported that their unlocked vehicles had been burglarized over the weekend; another reported a stolen mountain bike.
One perpetrator made off with two boxes of Trojans, while the other tried to steal Aveeno moisturizer before being stopped by the store manager.
Also, a diamond engagement ring was reported stolen from a car parked in a Meeker Street driveway.
The official estimate for the size of Saturday night's crowd is now up to 500.
The new facility is located behind Codey Arena in West Orange.
In the wake of Saturday's events, the new group's first meeting drew a large and animated crowd.
And a laptop was stolen from a Chevy Impala parked overnight in municipal lot 5.
The South Orange Police Department has one new captain, a new lieutenant and a new sergeant.
Former Seton Hall basketball player Kelly Whitney, 27, of Chicago, was arrested Thursday night.
The owner is believed to be deceased.
The former Seton Hall basketball player was arraigned on Thursday in Newark.
Robert Mitchell, 23, of Brooklyn, is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday morning.
A 51-year-old Jersey City man was arrested in connection with the Varsity Road robbery.
Mexiane Joseph, 52, was found with a bottle of Clorox and a box of matches.
There was a possible attempted break-in at Montrose School in an otherwise light week of crime.
Thomas Horton, Zavian Bryant and John DeGroot have completed their Police Academy training.
The grant will be used to obtain thermal imaging devices, monitoring and sampling devices and hazardous materials equipment.
Police also responded to a report of a fallen tree during last week's snowstorm.
The deadline to file an application is March 31.
South Orange and Maplewood are in the early stages of discussing a fire department merger.
The ignition was removed from a car parked on Montrose Street, but nothing else was reported missing.
A couple of shovels were reported stolen in the wake of last week's snow storm.
An Orange woman was charged with a DWI after a police officer spotted her driving without her headlights on.
Three students were arrested in an afterschool incident on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
The vehicle was stolen in the late morning or early afternoon last Wednesday.
Four Maplewood teens were also charged in connection with the Dec. 21 incident.
The Board of Trustees conferred with the DPW director and police chief to analyze their budgets on Tuesday night.
A Volkswagen Passat was stolen on Sunday.
Maplewood Ladder 31 and Rescue 36 responded to a one-vehicle accident and closed the westbound side of South Orange Avenue until 5 p.m. Driving conditions are slick.
Bail was set at $25,000.
Police nabbed the suspects at the corner of Center St. and South Orange Ave. in a vehicle stop shortly after the robbery was phoned in.
Two recent incidents involved a bogus order being placed at addresses near the town line.