Assault by Auto Charge, School Response to Shooting Top Local News

A 33-year-old East Hanover woman was charged with assault by auto and DWI after she allegedly struck another vehicle head-on on Ridgedale Avenue in the the township, police said.

A 75-year-old Florham Park woman died after crashing her car into a tree on North Passaic Avenue in Chatham.

School Security Reviewed in East Hanover After CT Shooting

As school districts throughout the country examine their security procedures after Friday's shooting in Newton, Conn., Superintendent Joseph Ricca of the East Hanover School District said he and the rest of the East Hanover educational community are shocked and grieved over the tragedy.

Photos: Penguin 'Tux' Visits Libraries

Children came in droves to the Florham Park Library to see an African penguin from Jenkinson's Aquarium in Point Pleasant Beach.

A 37-year-old East Hanover resident has been charged with distributing cocaine after he allegedly met an undercover FBI informant at a restaurant in Essex County and sold him an eighth of an ounce of the drug for $3,200, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office and court documents.