A week after the council awarded Birdsall three contracts, a grand jury indicted Howard C. Birdsall, the firm’s recently retired chief executive officer, and six other high-ranking employees on charges that they hid at least $686,000 in political contributions that would have disqualified them from many of the government contracts they received statewide.

Nutley police blotter items reported through March 29, 2013.

Airports have begun mounting a legal challenge to the FAA's decision to shut down 149 air traffic control towers under federal budget cuts.

Wayne-based Toys R Us released fourth quarter and full year earnings numbers Friday that confirmed what the company said in January - that Christmas 2012 was a rough holiday for the toy retailer.

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church parishioners and Belleville residents took part on Good Friday in a reenactment of Jesus Christ's final hours.