In a unanimous vote, the Jersey City Planning Board gave a green light to a controversial luxury apartment complex in Bergen-Lafayette following years of community opposition and litigation. The new plan for the 420-unit building at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Woodward Street on the site of the former Steel Tech factory represents a […]
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Jersey City Men Sentenced for 2018 Murder
Two Jersey City men were sentenced yesterday following their murder convictions for a 2018 shooting death. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Alterik Ellis, 29, and Travis DeFoe, 32, were each sentenced by Judge Angelo Servidio to to 35 years in New Jersey State Prison for the 2018 death of 17-year-old Jade Saunders. Saunders was […]
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Suspect Arrested in this Morning’s Domestic Shooting
A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting this morning that left a Bergen-Lafayette woman dead. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Lucas Cooper, 39, was arrested and is currently being detained in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The apparent case of domestic violence occurred just after 7 a.m. this morning at 340 Bergen Avenue. […]
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Prosecutor Investigating Christmas Homicide in Bergen-Lafayette
A Jersey City man was fatally shot yesterday in Bergen-Lafayette. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, the Christmas shooting took place in the area of Communipaw Avenue and Crescent Avenue. Police were called to the scene at approximately 6:04 p.m. and found Khaliq Lockett, 46, with an apparent gunshot wound(s) to the torso. Locket […]
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15-Year-Old Critical After Being Shot by NJ Transit Bus Driver
A 15-year-old is in critical condition after being shot by an NJ Transit bus driver on Saturday night. According to authorities, the incident took place after three teenagers allegedly assaulted the driver outside of a bus. A police investigation found that following the assault, the driver, Charles Fieros, 48, of Staten Island, New York, retrieved […]
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One Injured in Bergen-Lafayette Shooting
One person was injured tonight in a Bergen-Lafayette shooting. According to radio reports, at approximately 9:40 p.m. police responded to the vicinity of 641 Ocean Avenue on a report of shots fired. A man was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with three gunshot wounds. Two cars were struck by bullets. The condition of the […]
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Housing Authority Acquires Bergen-Lafayette Building for Affordable Units
The Jersey City Housing Authority will partner with Jersey City’s Division of Community Development to purchase a 40-unit building in Bergen-Lafayette which will be converted to 100% affordable JCHA units. Located at 450 Martin Luther King Drive, the building significantly expands affordable housing opportunities for families most in need with federally subsidized public housing units that […]
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“Pompeii: The Immortal City” at Liberty Science Center
Pompeii is gruesome. There, in the terrible shadow of Mount Vesuvius, thousands of imperial Roman townspeople asphyxiated under a ten-foot blanket of volcanic ash. Two millennia later, archaeologists are still reconstructing the city and refining what we know about the cataclysm. We know Pompeii residents tried to escape and were unsuccessful. Centuries-old impressions of bodies trapped in agony […]
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Mass Shooting in Bergen-Lafayette
Four people were being treated for gunshot wounds today at Jersey City Medical Center following a mass shooting in Bergen-Lafayette. The shooting reportedly took place in the vicinity of Virginia Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive at approximately 4 p.m. this afternoon. One victim was driven to the Medical Center with a graze wound to […]
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Fulop Claims Vindication in Dismissal of Steel Tech Lawsuit
The Fulop administration is claiming victory following the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of a lawsuit involving a controversial Bergen-Lafayette residential development called Morris Canal Manor. “While this baseless lawsuit has done a tremendous disservice to our community, it is my hope that residents now hear the full truth with the court’s dismissal so that we can […]