Santo Della Monica, president of Local 245, is unbowed following an unfavorable arbitration ruling that could cost the union over $20 million. “They won the battle but not the war. … This is only step one. We’re going to step two.” Based on a technicality, a state arbitrator ruled May 18 that Jersey City has […]
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Jersey City Man Arrested in Death of Lindenwold Mother of Two
A Jersey City man was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with the death of a Lindenwold mother of two, Norelis Mendoza, who was found dead in Bayonne on Wednesday. The Jersey Journal has reported that the man, Gregory Mallard, 35, is the father of Mendoza’s two children, served 10 years in prison for […]
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State Report Faults NJCU’s Prior Administrators for Bad Management
The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller concluded that New Jersey City University’s “improper budgeting” of federal COVID-19 relief funding led to a $14 million deficit one year later. Acting Comptroller Kevin Walsh said his office found that NJCU had planned to use its $14 million in federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund allocation […]
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Two McNair Students Compete in National STEM Competition
Two McNair Academy High School students, Aditya Jain and Ehtesham Suhail, will compete in this year’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas May 14-19 after emerging as gold-medal winners at the Hudson County 65th annual STEM Showcase earlier this year. The Jersey City Medical Center hosted the showcase this year for the seventh year […]
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Authorities Identify Body Found Today in Bayonne
Updated 5.17.23 at 9:51 p.m. A body found today by Jersey City police has been identified as that of a 32-year-old Lindenwold woman. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, the lifeless body of Norelis Mendoza, 32, of Lindenwold, was found today in Bayonne, close to the border of Jersey City and near Route 440. […]
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City Closer to Offering Discount Ferry Service from Port Liberte to Manhattan
The Jersey City Municipal Council will vote May 24 on a resolution engaging NY Waterway to operate a ferry service between Port Liberte and Manhattan. Using $4 million in state funding, the service will run five days a week with adult fares discounted nearly 40% from previous levels to $8.00 each way. To help ferry residents to […]
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Dead Body Found Near Bayonne
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation following the discovery of a dead body near Bayonne. According to a tweet this morning, the body was found in the area of Route 440 on the border of Jersey City and Bayonne. The HCPO Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating. The […]
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Young Man Dies in Fiery JFK Blvd. Crash
A young man died early this morning in a fiery crash on John F. Kennedy Blvd. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, responding police officers found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames on the northbound side of the roadway in the area of St. Pauls Avenue at approximately 2:22 a.m. The driver, tentatively identified […]
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Man Critical After Being Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver Downtown
A pedestrian was seriously injured early this morning after being struck Downtown by a car that fled from the scene of the crash. The incident would mark the 10th reported hit-and-run crash this year. In March, a 33-year-old Jersey City man was sent to the hospital after being hit while riding an electric scooter Downtown. […]
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Jersey City Man Nabbed in Sexual Assault of 63-Year-Old at Local Business
A Jersey City man was arrested yesterday in Wednesday’s sexual assault of a 63-year-old woman inside a local business. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested Elijah Lloyd, age 18, of Jersey City. Lloyd has been charged with Kidnapping; Aggravated Sexual Assault; Robbery; Terroristic […]