Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Newark deli owner who fought at Normandy given special recognition
- GOVERNMENT
- Paul Milo
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Samuel Brummer fled Poland with members of his family in 1939 to escape growing Nazi terror. A few years later, the former refugee returned to Europe as a warrior, a soldier in the United States Army who landed at Omaha Beach in France during the D-Day invasion and witnessed firsthand an English Channel soaked red with the blood of his comrades. “I’m no hero. I was trained to do a job, just like every other soldier,” said Brummer, who lost hearing in one ear from the blasts of the howitzer he manned. “The honors really belong to those who never made if off the beaches of Normandy and out of the hedgerows of France.” Brummer, who opened -- and still works at -- Newark’s landmark Hobby’s Delicatessen and Restaurant 50 years ago, was the …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Homicide in West Orange, Newark weapon, drug arrest, Belleville church steeple braced.
- NEWS
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Authorities are investigating a bank robbery Tuesday at the Valley National Bank on Bloomfield Avenue. Just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, the suspect entered the bank at 22 Bloomfield Ave. and passed a note to the teller reading "Have gun. Give me money," according to Deputy Chief Mark Minichini of the Belleville Police Department. The suspect made off with the contents of the teller's drawer and fled north on foot on Belmont Avenue. Exact proceeds have not been determined, Minichini said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death of a West Orange woman on Oct. 31. Lelia Whatley, 22, was found unresponsive at her Washington Street residence early last Wednesday and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Katherine Carter, …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Arnold Seeks to Unseat Long-Serving Sheriff
- POLICE & FIRE
- Paul Milo
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
John Arnold Jr., the son of a Newark police lieutenant and himself a law enforcement veteran, has filed to run in the June Democratic primary for Essex County Sheriff, a post held for decades by fellow Democrat Armando Fontoura. His campaign announced the filing today and the Essex County Clerk’s Office confirmed it. No other candidate, Democrat or Republican, has yet filed to run in the primary, the clerk’s office also said. Arnold, who was profiled by Patch in December, has served in law enforcement since 1985, when the Science High School alumnus became an officer with the campus police at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark. The Marine Corps veteran went on to become a detective with the Essex County Prosecutor’s …
