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By 10:30 pm last night, Alexander Waight was home, recording a post-mortem for yesterday’s Occupy New Jersey protest in Jersey City. “Good evening brothers and sisters,” he began, speaking into his camera. “As you know, Occupy New Jersey was not as successful as we thought it would be, but it was still successful in the long run.”

The Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) will resume its 2011 gun buyback program — dubbed Operation Lifesaver 2 — this Saturday afternoon. The first phase of the program, which took place on two July weekends, led to the recovery of 234 weapons, including rifles, handguns and semiautomatic weapons, according to the JCPD. “The first two [...]

- Port Authority: Chris Ward, who jump-started development of the stalled World Trade Center site and memorial and oversaw a significant toll increase on the Hudson River crossings, intends to resign next month as executive director of the Port Authority, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile, in other Port Authority news, lawmakers from both [...]

The NJ Transit Police Department and other agencies will conduct a training exercise this Saturday morning inside the Bergen Tunnels on the Jersey City/Hoboken border to test a response from multiple agencies to a simulated train incident. The drill, which will begin at about 9 am, will take about four hours to complete. Residents will [...]

As part of Child Passenger Safety Week, certified child passenger safety technicians from the Jersey City Medical Center and the Jersey City Police Department will be on hand at Target this Saturday to inspect car seats and provide free hands-on advice. “The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released updated [...]

A downed tree took out power lines near Hamilton Park and closed part of Pavonia Avenue Monday morning One day after floods consumed a few handfuls of roads around low-lying parts of Jersey City, the Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) says all the major roadways that were deemed to not be passable Sunday have been [...]

Hudson County’s municipalities will share in $410,429 in Justice Assistance Grants (JAG), which are used for a broad and diverse range of projects for law enforcement and the justice system, including law enforcement technology and equipment, legal and correctional services, and other crime prevention initiatives. The funding is part of $2.7 million the federal Department [...]

- 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 [...]

- 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 [...]

To the Editor: As I breathed in the fresh Saturday morning air from our stoop on Gifford Avenue and let the dogs run around in our front yard, I couldn’t help but notice that many residents were changing their tires. Upon closer inspection and after talking with a few neighbors, I realized that all of [...]