100 Jersey City Residences Evacuated Due to Leaking Natural Gas Pipe: Roughly 100 Jersey City residences were evacuated yesterday due to a leaking natural gas pipe along Pacific Avenue near Ash Street, officials said yesterday. Look for more from JCI this morning. Bail Set at $500K for Man Accused of Killing 2 People in Fiery [...]
- JC Man Gets 10 Years in Murder Cold Case: A 54-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after recently admitting his role in the 1978 murder of five teenagers in one of the state’s longest-running cold cases. – Occupy New Jersey: An Occupy Wall Street offshoot will begin protesting [...]
- AAA Sues Over Toll Hikes: The AAA has filed suit against the Port Authority over the agency’s recent toll hikes. – Manzo Looks to Have Corruption Charges Tossed: The attorney for former Jersey City Assemblyman and failed mayoral candidate Lou Manzo argues in a motion filed in federal court yesterday that all corruption charges [...]
- Missing Woman Case: Police have found the remains of a missing Heights woman in a concrete-filled drum in her basement, and her husband has now been charged with killing her. Authorities now say she was likely strangled and then folded into a cement-filled container. – Combined Sewer System: The federal Environmental Protection Agency says [...]
- Port Authority: The Port Authority will re-evaluate the 10-year, $25 billion capital plan that prompted the agency to dramatically raise PATH fares and tolls in order to prioritize projects and scale back those that do not produce revenue — a month after that plan was approved. – Mistrial in Murder Case: The murder trial [...]
- City Looks to Hire Outside Legal Help for Excessive-Force Suit: Jersey City hopes to hire an outside attorney to fight an excessive-force suit brought by the family of a 58-year-old city woman who was shot and killed by cops in 2009 after she allegedly slashed two officers with a knife. – Guilty Plea in [...]
- At-Large Council Election: A Hudson County Superior Court judge yesterday approved the county clerk’s request for a new filing deadline for candidates in November’s special election to fill two at large seats on the Jersey City City Council. – Murder Suspect Surrenders: A 21-year-old Jersey City man wanted on murder charges whose photo ran [...]
- Irene: The aftermath of Hurricane Irene has left New Jersey a study in contrasts. With picture perfect weather in the forecast heading into the Labor Day weekend, visitors are returning to the beaches in encouraging numbers. Meanwhile, the raging Passaic River crested Tuesday, bringing a new round of evacuations and more misery in places [...]
- Corruption in HudCo Sheriff’s Office? The board that oversees the state’s police and fire retirement system voted unanimously last month to ask the Treasury Department to investigate two former Hudson County Sheriff’s chiefs for allegedly collecting pensions from the pension fund while at the same time working jobs covered by the fund. – Spectra [...]
- $ for Affordable Housing: A grant from New Jersey Department of Community Affairs will provide Jersey City with $1.7 million to create affordable housing units intended to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by home foreclosures. – JC Firm Lays Off 6% Off Staff: Jersey City-based Knight Capital Group has eliminated about 6 percent of its [...]
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