- 5-Year-Old Shot: A 5-year-old girl was shot in the neck Friday night at the Montgomery Gardens housing complex in Jersey City. She will undergo surgery today to remove the bullet, which pierced her neck and hit her spine. An 18-year-old Jersey City man has been charged in connection with the shooting.
- Murder Conviction Overturned: [...]
- Reed Street Shootout, 1 Year Later: The shootout on Reed Street that ultimately took the life of JCPD detective Marc DiNardo was shot a year ago today. The Journal has a series of stories, including an interview with his widow, Mary; a report on the building, which it says remains a “shabby, rundown blemish” [...]
- JCPD Widow to File Suit Against the City: The widow of slain Jersey City Police Detective Marc DiNardo intends to file a $10 million civil suit against the city for lost wages, pain and suffering, claiming DiNardo and his fellow officers weren’t properly trained or equipped when they stormed an apartment building looking for [...]
As the Jersey City Board of Education’s last public convening of the school year, Thursday’s meeting doubled as a showcase of the past ten months of student and teacher achievements in the Jersey City Public Schools. And yet the drama did not end when the student performers and their parents went home — several high stakes issues, most notably the future of Superintendent Charles Epps’ contract, elicited impassioned pleas from concerned community members for whom the performances and award ceremony were but a preamble to the night’s main event.
- Judge Dismisses Extortion Charges Against Manzos: A federal judge yesterday dropped extortion charges against former Jersey City assemblyman and 2009 mayoral candidate Lou Manzo and his brother and consultant Ron Manzo, who were arrested as part of a federal corruption sting last July. The Manzos still face bribery and mail fraud charges. In his [...]
- NJ Transit Fare Hikes May be ‘Adjusted’: NJ Transit’s executive director says that the amount of the proposed fare hike will likely be lowered. “At this time, a 25-percent increase is an extraordinary, extraordinary burden, so we’ll take that into consideration,” Jim Weinstein says, adding that the adjustment won’t likely be huge. Still, he [...]
- The defense team of suspended deputy mayor Leona Beldini wrapped up its cross-examination of FBI informant Solomon Dwek yesterday; he was forced to admit he had not given one penny to Beldini. MORE: Check out the Ledger Live video from the Medical Center Luncheonette, where David Cruz talks corruption with host Brian Donohue. And [...]
Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley announced today that she’s re-introduced state legislation to expedite the payment of accidental pension death benefits for the families of fallen police and firefighters. Quigley introduced the bill after it was revealed that the widow of slain JCPD detective Marc DiNardo spent months fighting the state government bureaucracy before receiving [...]
- The outside development audit the Healy administration called for in the wake of July’s federal corruption probe is being released today. It recommends that elected officials not be allowed to talk privately with anyone seeking development deals and that the city’s ethics code be strengthened. Mayor Healy has endorsed all of the report’s recommendations, [...]
Legislation sponsored by Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley that seeks to expedite the payment of accidental pension death benefits for the families of fallen police and firefighters was approved by a 77 to zero vote today in the state Assembly.
The bill stems from the nearly three-month-wait endured by the widow of JCPD detective Marc [...]
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