For Kim Deloatch, watching her mother battle Stage 4 breast cancer became a way of life. Deloatch, who was just 12 years old when her mother Gardenia Reed was diagnosed, recalled doing homework in the hospital and turning to her older sister for maternal support."Just seeing a person go through that at such a young age, sometimes you don't understand why," said Deloatch, now 30, of Cliffside Park. "You often ask, 'Why me? Why her?'"After Reed succumbed to cancer in 1994 at age 34, Deloatch made it her mission to continue fighting against the disease, strapping on her sneakers to march in …
Nearly 125 people marched to an Essex County jail Sunday afternoon in Newark, alleging county officials put money before human rights when they OK'd a contract with the federal government to house 1,250 immigrant detainees in exchange for cash. The protesters argued the deal creates a breeding ground for inhumane treatment of detainees. The county's five-year contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outlines a plan to house 800 of the 1,250 immigrant detainees at Essex County Correctional Facility on Doreums Avenue and the remaining 450 at Delaney Hall, a privately run …
Douglas M. Williams, 49, of Montclair was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver near Upper Mountain Ave. and Van Vleck Street just after 11 p.m. on Saturday, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray.She said he was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m. Sunday at Mountainside Hospital. A preliminary investigation discovered that Williams was walking in the bike lane when he was struck by a car. The investigation is ongoing and little additional information is available at this time. The prosecutor's office said that Williams was a lifelong Montclair resident who had never …
Weequahic Park is getting beautified.Four entrances to the Essex County park, located in Newark's South Ward, will become safer and more aesthetically pleasing in the coming months, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. announced Thursday."This park here is a very, very special park and a lot of work has been done over the years …" said DiVincenzo. "But the eyesore of this park have been the four entrances."Entrances on Meeker Avenue, Frelinghuysen Avenue, Dayton Street and Elizabeth Avenue (near the Essex County Weequahic Golf Course) will receive new landscaping, including …
A Princeton man is in custody after leading New Jersey State Police in a high-speed chase across Interstates 80 and 280 Saturday morning, state police officials said.Justin Mercer, 20, was arrested after the stolen sport utility vehicle he was driving crashed at Exit 7 off Interstate 280 in West Orange, State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said.Mercer was the only person in the car, Polite said.Around noon, state police had blocked off the exit and on-ramp to Interstate 280 East off Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. An old model, gray Nissan Pathfinder was propped on a tow truck, surrounded by …
A dozen Republicans, including the sitting mayors of Florham Park and Hanover, endorsed Democrat Sen. Richard Codey Tuesday in his re-election bid, a move that drew fire from the Republican Party."Unbelievable," said Morris County Republican Committee Chairman John Sette.Codey is is campaigning for the first time in towns outside his Essex stronghold. The new district straddles parts of Essex and Morris counties and includes several Republican enclaves. He faces Tea Party Republican William Eames of Whippany in the November general election."I am honored and humbled that these Republican …
It's not every day you get a lesson from Goldie Hawn.The Academy Award-winning actress was in Newark Monday morning to meet with students at Oliver Street School, one of 17 Newark schools that has implemented the MindUP program, co-founded by the nonprofit The Hawn Foundation two years ago.The educational initiative cultivates children's learning through a 15-lesson program focused on mindful thinking. MindUP, which exists in schools in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, with more than 1,000 trained educators, also teaches students self-awareness, how to savor happiness and about …
A Nutley man was arrested Friday in the hit-and-run death of Belleville resident Jodi DeSoto, who was struck and killed as she crossed Belleville Avenue last Saturday evening, Sept. 17. Luis Cruz, 42, was arrested by detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. He is charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene and failure to render aid, all crimes in the second degree. Bail was set at $200,000 by Judge Maurice Gallipoli of Hudson County. DeSoto, 48, worked in the Essex County courts system for Judge Michael Ravin. She was also the wife of the late Hector DeSoto, a judge whose …
