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Outgoing Bayonne police Chief Drew Sisk will receive more than $260,000 from the city over the next five years for unused sick time and other compensation. U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez weighed in on Hudson County's decision to renew its financial agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying if he were in charge he would not support "ICE's mission as it relates to detaining individuals."
It may only be a dumping ground for construction debris and certain types of wastes but its possessive owner is as loathe to give it up as if there were gold in them thar hills. In what amounts to a last-ditch effort to hold onto a 110-acre parcel at Bergen Avenue and Newark-Jersey City Turnpike known as the Keegan landfill, the Town of Kearny is pinning its hopes on the highest court in the land.
Raised as a Democrat in Hudson County, Patrick Murphy was always told who to vote for by his grandfather, a politician. Now, however, he's doing it in his own way.
Polish President Andrzej Duda stopped at Exchange Place yesterday as Jersey City and the region's Polish community remained locked in a fight over the city's plan to relocate the Katyn monument. Duda and his entourage met with Mayor Steve Fulop and his entourage under a tent set up near the statue, which commemorates the massacre of over 20,000 Polish people during World War II.
A dozen first-responders, some who risked their lives to save others last year, will be honored next week at the Hudson County 200 Club's annual Valor Awards luncheon. The special honorees are seven Jersey City police officers, one Hudson County Prosecutor's Office detective, three Bayonne firefighters and a corrections officer.
Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise endorses Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop for re-election in 2017 from the front of the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Courthouse. This year the sentiment is not mutual.
Chef Candido Ortiz, stands inside his restaurant, El Sabor Del Cafe, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Jersey City, N.J. The former prison chef who was serving a 49-year federal sentence for drug-related crimes when he was released in... . Chef Candido Ortiz, stands outside his restaurant, El Sabor Del Cafe, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Jersey City, N.J. The former prison chef who was serving a 49-year federal sentence for drug-related crimes when he was released in... JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Candido Ortiz beamed as he stood in front of his new restaurant, the bright yellow-and-red awning providing a splash of light on an otherwise drab stretch of sidewalk between a tattoo parlor and a liquor store where bulletproof glass protects the merchandise.
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who sources said had been eyeing a run for the U.S. Senate next year, said Thursday he would support Sen. Robert Menendez for re-election if Menendez seeks a third full term. In a statement given hours after Menendez's federal corruption case ended in a mistrial, Fulop said he looks forward to Menendez's "continued advocacy for New Jersey."
A Jersey City drug dealer was sentenced this week to more than 17 years in prison for selling heroin in Hoboken on multiple occasions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Travis "Mush" Thomas, 27, pleaded guilty in July to an indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and seven substantive counts of heroin distribution.
Federal Reserve policy makers hoping for a pick-up in inflation in the coming months may end up being frustrated by a quirk in the price data. In eight of the last 10 years, the key inflation rate that the Fed focuses on in the short run has come in lower in the second half of the year than in the first when the numbers are initially reported.
State Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham endorsed Mayor Steve Fulop's re-election bid, telling a crowd of people gathered at Dr. Lena Edwards Park on Pine Street that Fulop can help make Jersey City "the kind of city that it was imagined to be many, many years ago." Cunningham is the third and final Hudson County state senator to pledge support for Fulop, who received full-throated endorsements from Sens. Nicholas Sacco, of North Bergen, and Brian Stack, of Union City.
On Wednesday , the Bahamian people will choose between incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie's Progressive Liberal Party, or its main opposition, the Free National Movement. A third party is also in the running, but it is not expected to garner a large swell of support.
Small plane goes down on Avenue E A small Piper PA-28 plane crashed on Avenue E between 41st and 42nd Streets on the morning of Sunday, February 19, injuring the pilot and causing damage to several vehicles and wires, according to the Bayonne Police Department. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found pieces of the mangled plane dispersed on the street and hanging from telephone wires, while the body of the plane fell upside down onto the street, according to the Bayonne Fire Department.
JERSEY CITY -- An electric pipe leak under the Hudson River has sent hundreds of gallons of electric fluid into the Newport Marina. A cement-encased PSE&G power cable that sits deep beneath the Hudson River is believed to have been leaking dielectric fluid into the waterway for at least month, according to U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe.
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services was awarded a $460k grant to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. JERSEY CITY -- A Hackensack-based not-for-profit law firm has been awarded nearly half a million dollars to help provide legal services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assaults in Hudson County.
Former aides to Gov. Chris Christie sought the endorsement of Jersey City Ward E Councilwoman Candice Osborne in 2013. Reena Rose Sibayan JERSEY CITY - Mayor Steve Fulop wasn't the only Jersey City politician Gov. Chris Christie's team courted for a possible endorsement.
There were no crab and lobster hors d'oeuvres or any other highfalutin catering hall food. It was simple fare and a bar at Reflections on Newark Avenue, a Journal Square spot in Jersey City, the location of Councilman Richard Boggiano's Thursday fundraiser.
WASHINGTON - New Jersey welcomed 275 Syrian refugees in the past 12 months, even as the state was one of only two in the nation that refused to help in the resettlement effort. The refugees were among the 11,491 from Syria who settled in the U.S. as President Barack Obama met his goal of accepting 10,000.
A federal cop's son is charged in the shooting death of a Jersey City 17-year-old, and his lawyer is saying the shooting was an accident. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez was a dealt another blow yesterday when an appeals court refused to toss his corruption charges.