The cousin of a teacher gunned down this week has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the daughter of the slain educator. According to radio reports and the Hudson County prosecutor, on Tuesday morning Lucas Cooper, 39, shot Temara King following an argument overheard by their daughter, 14-year-old Alaysia King. Her mother was […]
News
Posted inLatest News
Council Grapples with Payroll Glitches and Massive Back Pay Tab
Data overload caused Jersey City’s municipal payroll system to crash a few pay cycles ago. Slowly but surely, it’s been creeping back to normal, according to city administrators. Quizzed by City Council members at Monday’s caucus, James Carroll, assistant director of Human Resources, said the city is trying to switch all of its more than […]
Posted inLatest News
DeGise Pleads Guilty to Leaving the Scene of an Accident
As her dad, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise looked on, Jersey City’s embattled lawmaker Amy DeGise yesterday pleaded guilty to “leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death.” DeGise’s plea was the culmination of a 6-month ordeal that the city’s at-large lawmaker triggered when she drove her Nissan Rogue SUV through the intersection […]
Posted inLatest News
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. […]
Posted inLatest News
Bergen-Lafayette Woman Dies in Domestic Shooting
This story has been updated here. A Bergen-Lafayette woman died from gunshot wounds this morning in a case of apparent domestic violence. She had been rushed to Jersey City Medical Center after being shot by the father of her daughter. According to radio reports, the woman’s 14-year-old daughter heard her parents arguing before the shooting. […]
Posted inLatest News
Developing: Woman Shot Multiple Times in Bergen-Lafayette
Note: There is an update to this story here. In a case of apparent domestic violence, a Bergen-Lafayette woman is fighting for her life this morning at Jersey City Medical Center. According to radio reports, the victim’s 14-year-old daughter heard her parents arguing before the shooting. Police who responded to the scene indicated that the […]
Posted inLatest News
BelovED Charter School Senior Offered Full Scholarship to Princeton
Amaya Jiminez, a senior at BelovED Charter School on Grand Street, has been offered a full undergraduate scholarship to Princeton University. The first member of her family to attend college, Jiminez is also a ringing endorsement for BelovED itself, which this year is graduating its first twelth-grade class. Jiminez credits her family for instilling in […]
Posted inLatest News
N.J. Expands Health Care Coverage to all Children, Regardless of Immigration Status
Republished courtesy of New Jersey Monitor Another 16,000 children can now get health care coverage regardless of their immigration status, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday at an event highlighting the state’s Jan. 1 expansion of its Medicaid program. The expansion is the newest phase of the “Cover All Kids” initiative intended to provide access to […]
Posted inLatest News
Applications Available Soon for This Year’s Grants from JC Arts Tax
This coming Monday the Department of Cultural Affairs will begin accepting applications for calendar year 2023 grants from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund, according to a press release issued yesterday by Mayor Fulop. The fund, which is supported by a local property tax, issued its first such grants, which totaled $900,000, in […]
Posted inLatest News
Jersey City Men Charged in Cocaine and Weapons Case
Three members of a Jersey City street gang were charged today for their roles in a cocaine distribution organization, as well as for firearms violations. According to U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger, Rodney Broadway, aka “Banks,” 31; Parish George, aka “P Money,” 31; and Dejahn Ingram, aka “Fresh,” 32, all of Jersey City were each charged […]