Monday, February 1, 2016

Jersey City man stabbed while helping fix woman's car, police say and other top stories.

  • Jersey City man stabbed while helping fix woman's car, police say

    Jersey City man stabbed while helping fix woman's car, police say
    JERSEY CITY -- A 23-year-old man is in critical condition after being stabbed early this morning while trying to stop another man from breaking into a woman's car, according to a police report.  Just before 5 a.m., police responded to Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health to meet with friends who brought the victim to the hospital, the report states. One of the men told police he was with the victim and two women on Martin Luther King Drive near Wilkinson Avenue, trying to help one of the..
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  • After crazy rant, Jersey City teacher gets 34-years for rape of 8-year ...

    After crazy rant, Jersey City teacher gets 34-years for rape of 8-year ...
    A 64-year-old city music teacher last week was sentenced to 34 years in prison for raping an 8-year-old girl — but not before insisting he was innocent in a rambling, incoherent and self-aggrandizing statement that touched on topics like community service, gynecology and physics. "I solved Pi," Henry Granderson proclaimed before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Joseph Isabella handed down the sentence. "I've been doing the rope-a-dope, kinda like Jesus. I've been maliciously prosecuted." But..
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  • Power restored to all but two customers in Downtown Jersey City

    Power restored to all but two customers in Downtown Jersey City
    Power has been restored to all but two customers in Downtown Jersey City after a power outage this afternoon, according to a PSEG spokeswoman. A manhole fire caused power outages in the Newport area of Jersey City this afternoon, with more than 1,000 customers without power, according to a utility spokeswoman. An underground splice at Sixth Street and Washington Boulevard caught fire today at 3:57 p.m. BJ's and ShopRite remained without power last night, but service should be restored by the m..
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  • Your comments: Fulop says Jersey City aggressively recruiting ...

    Your comments: Fulop says Jersey City aggressively recruiting ...
    JERSEY CITY -- During a community forum yesterday morning, Mayor Steve Fulop said the city is one of the most aggressive in the country when it comes to recruiting young African-Americans to its police force.  Fulop stood before roughly 85 community members and other officials at New Jersey City University and said many of the recruits drop out on day one.  This morning, Fulop wrote on Twitter that police departments should reflect the communities they serve.  Police departments should reflec..
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  • Residents want window bars at Jersey City building where child fell

    Residents want window bars at Jersey City building where child fell
    A lone candle rests in the parking lot at 700 Newark Ave., the spot where a 4-year-old Jersey City boy fell to his death from a fifth-story window. The tragic fall was reported Saturday afternoon shortly after 2:30 p.m., according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, which did not release further details. The fall is believed to be accidental. A day later, residents said there are no protective bars on the windows inside the six-story building, but they wish there were. Landlords are requ..
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  • Snow Ball fashions heat up Jersey City (photos)

    Snow Ball fashions heat up Jersey City (photos)
    The sold out 10th Annual Snow Ball was held last night at the Art House, and it was a winter wonderland of amazing costumes and outfits. The fashions were hot as in red carpet worthy, and cool as in the crowd who attended the event. Postponed after last week's blizzard, the black tie creative gala benefits the Art House's arts programs. The event, held at the Art House at 136 Magnolia Ave., included live music, food, an open bar, and a silent auction.
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  • Experts urge caution on expanding casinos to north Jersey

    Experts urge caution on expanding casinos to north Jersey
    As state lawmakers push to expand casino gaming outside of Atlantic City, some economists and public-policy experts are urging them to slow down. With a shrinking customer base and a "saturated market," these experts say, it's uncertain that casinos in Jersey City and East Rutherford — two of the proposed locations — would attract many gamblers who would otherwise head to casinos in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. "If you build it, it doesn't mean the customers will come," said Deb..
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  • Men's Volleyball Opens 2016 Campaign with Sweeps of Yeshiva ...

    JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University opened its 27th season of men's volleyball on January 31 by sweeping three matches ...
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  • State takeovers in New Jersey don't ensure turnaround

    Mitsu Yasukawa / Staff Photographer Cooper Medical School in Camden, which benefited from the state takeover of the city. The state takeover of Camden ended in 2010, leaving behind some gleaming new medical and educational facilities but falling short, experts said, of helping the city’s impoverished residents. Separate state takeovers of several city school districts also have been criticized for failing to spur student performance with gains reported only in recent years, decad..
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  • Youth notes

    TODAYJERSEY CITY Lincoln's Got Talent Auditions, The auditions for this talent show will be held in the school auditorium., 3-5 p.m., also Feb. 2-5, 3-5 p.m. Lincoln High School, 60 Crescent Ave. jcboe.org, 908-485-9423.FEB. 2JERSEY CITY Read to Ella, Children in kindergarten to third grade will read to Ella, a certified therapy dog and Golden Retriever who will be accompanied by her trainer, Patricia Redden; adults must accompany children under 8-years-old and are expected to remain in the li..
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Child falls multiple stories out of window in Jersey City: police radio .Jersey City mayor Steve Fulop says proponents of Jersey City reval ... .
Comedian on the rise finds that Jersey City is a perfectly hilarious fit .Jersey City cop shoots driver after being dragged during traffic stop ... .

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