Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Man is shot on Broadway in Jersey City, police say and other top stories.

  • Man is shot on Broadway in Jersey City, police say

    Man is shot on Broadway in Jersey City, police say
    A 24-year-old man was shot early Friday on Broadway in Jersey City, a city spokeswoman said this afternoon. The man's injuries were not considered life-threatening, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said, who noted that the shooting occurred just before 5 a.m.   The victim, who Morrill said was uncooperative with police, was treated at the RJWBarnabas' Jersey City Medical Center.   The shooting is under investigation, Morrill said.
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  • First woman battalion chief among 30 promoted in Jersey City Fire ...

    First woman battalion chief among 30 promoted in Jersey City Fire ...
      JERSEY CITY - The Jersey City Fire Department's first Hispanic deputy chief and first female battalion chief were among 30 people to rise in the ranks Thursday. A standing room only promotion ceremony was held at City Hall on Thursday afternoon where the men and women took their oaths and assumed new positions in the department.  Joseph Menendez becomes the city's first Hispanic deputy chief, while Constance Zappella is now the first woman in the department's history to become a battalion chi..
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  • 114th La Festa Italiana takes over Downtown Jersey City (PHOTOS)

    114th La Festa Italiana takes over Downtown Jersey City (PHOTOS)
    Hosted by Holy Rosary Church at Sixth and Brunswick streets in Downtown Jersey City, the 114th annual La Festa Italiana features plenty of food, games, and music, and other entertainment this weekend.  Tonight, festival-goers will enjoy music from The B-Street Band, while DJ Jude Luongo and The Cameos will take the stage tomorrow night. DJ Dan Drank and Total Soul will close out the music lineup on Sunday.  The feast runs from 5 to 11 p.m. tonight and tomorrow and from 3 to 11 p.m. Sunday. Past..
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  • 19-year-old charged in Jersey City assault, robbery: authorities

    19-year-old charged in Jersey City assault, robbery: authorities
    JERSEY CITY -- A 19-year-old Jersey City who police say beat and robbed a man Sunday has been charged thanks to a 911 call to police by a witness, authorities said. Aliquan Johnson, of Wade Street near Rutgers Avenue, is charged with robbery in connection to the incident that started on Fairview Avenue and ended in a Chinese restaurant on West Side Avenue, the criminal complaint says. During the robbery, the victim was punched and suffered an injury to his hand and side and was later taken to ..
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  • Cheers! Jersey City to OK Sunday morning booze sales for ...

    Cheers! Jersey City to OK Sunday morning booze sales for ...
    Jersey City forbids restaurants from serving cocktails before noon on Sundays, but soon mimosa lovers at Liberty National Golf Course will be able to imbibe as early as 10 a.m. The proposed change, up for final council approval next week, is intended to allow the posh golf course, which is hosting the 2017 Presidents Cup next month, to serve booze two hours earlier than anywhere else in the city during the six-day tournament. Under the proposal, early hours for bloody Mary and Bellini sales wou..
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  • Heroin with 'Money Mayweather' logo seized in Jersey City arrest

    Heroin with 'Money Mayweather' logo seized in Jersey City arrest
    JERSEY CITY -- A Bayonne man is facing multiple drug counts following his arrest in Jersey City with bags of suspected heroin marked with the nickname of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.  Officers patrolling in an area known for narcotics activity, shootings, assaults and disorderly groups spotted Felix A. Torres Jr., 23, of Story Court, behind a deli with another man, the criminal complaint says. The officers approached when they saw Torres holding a vial of suspected cocaine and the second man cou..
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  • 2 taken away by ambulance after shooting in Jersey City

    2 taken away by ambulance after shooting in Jersey City
    Two people were taken away by ambulance after a shooting was reported around 2 p.m. yesterday in Jersey City's Journal Square neighborhood.The victims of the shooting flagged down police at Newark Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard, according to police radio transmissions. A witness working at a nearby meat market in the Little India section of Newark Avenue said the two men "were sitting in the car screaming and crying in pain.""They took two people out of the car and put them on stretchers and they..
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  • La Festa Italiana takes over Downtown Jersey City

    La Festa Italiana takes over Downtown Jersey City
    Hosted by Holy Rosary Church at Sixth and Brunswick streets in Downtown Jersey City, the 114th annual La Festa Italiana features plenty of food, games, and music, and other entertainment this weekend.Last night, festival-goers enjoyed music from The B-Street Band, while DJ Jude Luongo and The Cameos will take the stage tonight.DJ Dan Drank and Total Soul will close out the music lineup tomorrow.The feast runs from 5 to 11 p.m. tonight and from 3 to 11 p.m. tomorrow.Pastor Jurek Zaslona will pic..
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  • Arraignment delayed for man charged with murdering man, injuring ...

    JERSEY CITY -- Thursday's arraignment of a Jersey City man charged with murdering a man and injuring a 10-year-old girl in the same shooting has been pushed back to Monday.Jonathan Ferrera, 21, is charged with fatally shooting Jimmy Gregory, 19, and wounding the girl on Ocean Avenue near Van Nostrand Avenue at about 10 p.m. on April 16.A Street Crimes Unit officer spotted Ferrera and his codefendant, Corey Pickett, 21, as they approached Gregory, and saw them both take out handguns and fire at ..
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  • 80 lost their jobs when popular wedding venue was forced to close

    80 lost their jobs when popular wedding venue was forced to close
    There are no weddings or corporate events to plan, but the owners at Battello are keeping busy notifying customers of the restaurant's sudden closure while also trying to find dozens of employees new jobs. The popular Jersey City waterfront restaurant was shuttered yesterday because the landlord, the LeFrak organization, said the pier on which it sits was found to be structurally unsound, Newport Marine Holdings, a LeFrak subsidiary, said in a statement. Battello's was initially told the restau..
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2 fatally struck in separate Jersey City crashes Thursday .Jersey City to launch court program that focuses on community service .
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