Friday, November 13, 2015

Last Top Stories: Jersey City teen gunned down on city street corner, authorities say | NJ

  • Jersey City teen gunned down on city street corner, authorities say | NJ

    JERSEY CITY-- A 19-year-old Jersey City teenager was shot dead last night in the Greenville section of the city, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez confirmed.Javonte Galbreath was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health at around 9:10 p.m., approximately one hour after he wasshot in the mid-section near the corner of Winfield and Ocean avenues, according to Suarez.No arrests have been made and a motive has not yet been established, the prosecutor added.Hudson County det..
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  • $20M renovation at Jersey City office tower complete (PHOTOS) | NJ

    The $20 million renovation of a Downtown Jersey City office building is officially complete.Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop and Councilman Daniel Rivera joined Onyx Equities, LLC and Rubenstein Partners yesterday at 30 Montgomery St. to celebrate the completion of the 15-story building's makeover.One of Jersey City's original waterfront office buildings, the 320,000-square-foot tower has been transformed into state-of-art, class A property and expanded with the addition of 8,000 square feet of ret..
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  • WATCH: Armed bandits rob 2 Jersey City pharmacies of meds, cash | NJ

    WATCH: Armed bandits rob 2 Jersey City pharmacies of meds, cash | NJ
    Jersey City police detectives are seeking the public's help in identifying four people they believe carried out armed robberies at a pair of pharmacies in August and September.In both robberies, the groups brazenly entered the businesses during daylight hours and wielded guns before getting away with cash, prescription drugs and other items, including jewelry, police said.Law enforcement believe two men were involved in both robberies, while another another man accompanied them in the first and ..
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  • Jackson Hewitt moves national headquarters to Jersey City | NJ

    National tax preparation company Jackson Hewitt formally opened its new national headquarters in Downtown Jersey City on Nov. 4 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Steve Fulop and Jackson Hewitt CEO David Prokupek.Prokupek said the plan to bring the second largest full-service tax preparation company from Parsippany to the Exchange Place office is part of the company's rebranding and growth initiatives.The 2015 tax season was Prokupek's first as CEO and total revenues increased 7.4% compared..
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  • NJ's 1st non-profit Alzheimer's awareness organization opens in...

    NJ's 1st non-profit Alzheimer's awareness organization opens in...
    N.J.’s 1st non-profit Alzheimer’s awareness organization opens in Jersey CityThe Act Now Foundation, the first non-profit Alzheimer’s awareness organization in New Jersey, cut the ribbon at their Jersey City headquarters yesterday with the support of numerous Hudson County officials. Inside their new headquarters on the second floor of 586 Newark Ave., guests could barely move during the ceremony the place was so jam packed with supporters.Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said that Alzheim..
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  • Jersey City Medical Center welcomes visitors from China | NJ

    The Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health opened its doors to visitors from China last week, as hospital officials took a delegation from China on a tour of the workings and practices of their emergency medical care.The Chinese tour group was comprised of around 15 representatives from hospitals in Shandong province, as well as the Shandong Health Protection Agency, Shandong Provincial Hospital and the Yantai City Emergency Call Center.The visitors received a demonstration inside Jersey Cit..
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  • Jersey City school district owes Big Brothers Big Sisters over $400K, lawsuit alleges | NJ

    Jersey City school district owes Big Brothers Big Sisters over $400K, lawsuit alleges | NJ
    The Jersey City public-school district owes Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson and Union Counties more than $400,000 in back payments for a mentorship program that began in 2011, the nonprofit alleges in a new lawsuit.The group alleges school officials said they wanted Big Brothers Big Sisters to provide mentors for public-school students for a minimum of three years starting in 2011 at an annual cost of $232,012 รข€” but then halted the program after one year without telling the Newark-ba..
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    A New York City woman charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend in the head in Jersey City with his own gun while inside his car last year will undergo a psychological evaluation.Cheryl Nisbett, 40, who is charged with murdering Robert Ashbourne, 46, of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. on Aug. 5, 2014, said nothing during her court appearance yesterday before Hudson County Superior Court Judge John Young."We will be seeking a mental health evaluation for purposes of the defense to just get a picture of my client's..
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  • Prosecutor's office holds workshop in Jersey City on getting criminal records expunged | NJ

    Prosecutor's office holds workshop in Jersey City on getting criminal records expunged | NJ
    The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office held a workshop in Jersey City Saturday for city residents interested in how one would go about getting his or her criminal record expunged.Esther Suarez, who was sworn in as Hudson County prosecutor in July, told The Jersey Journal at the event that she wants the prosecutor's office "to develop a growing relationship with all parts of Hudson County.""We've done it in different ways, and this is the first time we've done this particular format," she said. "T..
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  • Hudson County corrections officer's only son killed by gunfire on...

    JERSEY CITY-- The devastated mother of a19-year-old Jersey City man who was gunned down on a Greenville streetcorner last night is mourning the death of her only child this morning."I'll never hear anyone call me 'mom' again," Harriet Wilson said of her son Javonte Galbreath, who was fatally shot at Winfield and Ocean avenues shortly after 8 p.m. last night.Wilson, a Hudson County corrections officer, said she drove straight to Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health after getting a phone cal..
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