Most towns in Essex County have Board of Education or municipal elections and there are two county races for sheriff and ...

Essex County residents elected two Democrats on Tuesday, keeping the county under firm Democratic control. The county ...

Early voting concluded in New Jersey on Nov. 3. However, Election Day is around the corner. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Essex County ...

Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

Voter turnout dropped in North Jersey this 2024 presidential election, but there was a sharp shift in votes cast for Donald ...

Granato, assistant superintendent of the Newark Board of Education, and Thomas P. Scrivo, managing partner of the O’Toole ...

New Jersey will elect a new U.S. Senator seat and all of the state's House of Representative seats are on the ballot. Most ...

Superior Court Judge David Katz succeeds Assignment Judge Jeffrey Jablonski, who accepted a position in the state’s Appellate ...

New York City has issued a red flag warning that will stay in effect until 6 p.m. Friday. A notice on the NotifyNYC social ...

Family Promise of Essex County is calling for volunteers to join its poverty relief initiative, Circles. The program aims to transform lives and communities through human connection and collaboration.