Share/Save – 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 [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
Share/Save- $ 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 [...]
Share/Save- JCPD Shooting: Family members of the man killed by a Jersey City police officer on Saturday say the 28-year-old would never have pointed a gun at a cop and they want to see any evidence that proves otherwise. – Dead Bus Driver Served JC Route: The NJ Transit bus driver, Thomas Truex, who was [...]
Share/Save- Cops Kill 28-Year-Old in Shooting: A 28-year-old Jersey City man was shot and killed by police during a foot-chase early Saturday morning after officers responded to a call of shots fired on Martin Luther King Drive. Prosecutors say the autopsy reports reveal multiple gunshot wounds that are consistent with a face-to-face shooting. – Christ [...]
Share/Save- City Budget: The City Council has approved a $77 million temporary appropriation that the administration requested to keep city government running through October, absent an adopted city budget. – Vehicular Homicide Charges Filed: Two Jersey City brothers have been charged with vehicular homicide for allegedly racing as fast as 67 miles per hour on [...]
Share/Save- State Investigating Test Erasures at JC School & Others: The state Department of Education (DOE) yesterday released an analysis compiled over the past three years that examined patterns of erasures on the state’s battery of standardized tests — including where they could be clues to tampering. As a result, it has sent 34 schools, [...]
Share/SaveJersey City officials and police leaders say the first day of this year’s Operation LifeSaver II gun buyback program was a success, with more than six dozen firearms being turned in Saturday for cold hard cash. The city is paying residents $100 for every rifle and shotgun turned in, and $150 for every handgun and [...]
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