Rahway Councilman Akbar Guilty

RAHWAY—Councilman Bobby Akbar pleaded guilty in Clark municipal court to disturbing the peace, thus avoiding a domestic violence trial on assault charges involving a woman who is not his wife.
Akbar, 32, of 692 East Grand Avenue, was arrested on Feb. 26 by police who witnessed a woman suffer injuries as the councilman drove away from [...]

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Accused Shooter Surrenders To Police

ELIZABETH – An Elizabeth teenager accused of fatally shooting the father of two in April surrendered to police Monday, authorities said.
Laquan Harris, 18, turned himself in at the State Police office in Irvington shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, the Union County Prosecutor’s office said.
Authorities had been searching for Harris for more than a month. He [...]

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School Board To Present Capital Projects Plan

RAHWAY – The school board will provide information on a proposed district-wide capital projects referendum at a town meeting on Thursdya, June 11, at 6:45 p.m. in the Rahway Library’s meeting room.
The Board of Education will present a $34 million  referendum to voters on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Thursday, school officials will explain the plan with [...]

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Rahway Races

Runners take off at the start of the PowerBar Mayor’s Trophy 5K Run on Memorial Day in Rahway. The winners of the race were G. G. John of East Orange and Almlemtseh Misganaw of Ethiopia. (Photo courtesy of the Rahway Recreation Department)

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Scholarship Winners

The Rahway Youth Soccer Association Board recently awarded Amy Geis and Brittany Casares with the John Blair Scholarship, worth $500.  It was presented at the Sideliners Dinner by Tom Woodrow, current RYSA Chairman of the Board. (Photo courtesy of Rahway Youth Soccer Association)

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Defendant In Christmas Skating Rink Shooting To Be Tried As An Adult

ELIZABETH – Last week, a Union County Superior Court judge ruled that the defendant in last December’s fatal shooing outside a Union skating rink could be tried as an adult.
Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow released the name of the suspect, Jaquan Bell, after the ruling. Bell’s name had been withheld from the press because he [...]

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Lonegan To Appear In Rahway

UNION COUNTY—Conservative GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan will return to Rahway for a fundraising breakfast on Thursday, May 28. Tickets for the breakfast may be obtained by calling Rev. Laurel Galan at (908) 787-7474 or by sending an email message to Laurie@Lonegan.com
The event will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Knights [...]

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Communi-TEA Party

Communi-TEA Party—The D.A.I.S.Y. Pre-Kindergarten program from Grover Cleveland School in Rahway had a “Communi-TEA” party at the Golden Age Towers.  The children sang “Getting to Know You” and “I’m a Little Tea Pot.”  They made cookies, tea sandwiches, and a DAISY magnet for each resident. (Photo courtesy of Grover Cleveland School)

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Winsteads Win Little Scholar Awards

Winsteads Win Little Scholar Awards – Cheyenne Winstead, a seventh grader at Rahway Middle School, and Chanel Winstead, a fifth grader at Madison Elementary School, have been name “First Team Little Scholars” by Pop Warner. The girls will receive the awards during Memorial Day weekend at the Coronado Sprigs Resort in Florida’s Walt Disney World.  [...]

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Cryan, DeFilippo, Devanney Among Top Tax Takers

UNION COUNTY—While many Americans cannot find employment and even public employees are losing their jobs, one New Jersey government lawyer strung together eight taxpayer-funded posts for a total income of more than $320,000 in 2008.
Damian Murray, a municipal court judge in eight Ocean County towns, made a salary 67 percent greater than that of the [...]

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Rahway Councilman’s Assault Case Delayed

CLARK – A Clark municipal court judge postponed the hearing on assault charges against Rahway City Councilman Bobby Akbar last week to allow the defense time to review new evidence.
Akbar, 32, a fifth grade teacher at Franklin Elementary School, was arrested on Feb. 26 according to his attorney. Court documents list the charge as a [...]

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FBI Task Force Arrests Elizabeth Gang Members

ELIZABETH—The FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force, in conjunction with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, has arrested six members of the infamous Bloods street gang – including two from Elizabeth—along with nine of their criminal associates. This wave of arrests began Monday evening, according to Weysan Dun, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Newark Field [...]

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“Cut-A-Thon” To Fight Cancer

UNION COUNTY—This year more than 45,000 New Jersey residents will be diagnosed with cancer.  In Union County alone, 53 people are diagnosed each week – that equals more than 2700 individuals annually, right here in our own community.
Six-year cancer survivor, Robin Brown, and her friends from flagship team, Kiss Away Cancer have joined the American [...]

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Police Investigate Rahway’s First Homicide Of 2009

RAHWAY – Authorities are investigating the killing of a 24-year-old Rahway woman who was found dead in her West Main Street apartment Friday.
City police officers discovered the body of Jennea Workman shortly before 9 a.m. on May 8, after getting called to the Cambridge Court apartment at West Main Street and Elizabeth Avenue, authorities said.  [...]

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Carteret Woman Convicted In Death Of Rahway Man

NEW BRUNSWICK – A Carteret woman was convicted of aggravated manslaughter last week in the 2006 killing of a Rahway man.
After three days of deliberations, the jury found Janean Owens, 23, guilty of manslaughter, conspiracy to commit theft, theft and several weapons charges. The acquitted her on charges of murder, felony murder and robbery.
Superior Court [...]

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