Jersey City woman asks for public's help in finding missing son
A Jersey City man has been missing for nearly two weeks and his mother is reaching out the public for help in locating her son. Vontain Barrera, 33, was last seen leaving his job at Blue Apron in Jersey City just before 11 p.m. on Jan. 29, said Natasha Barrera, who noted that her son has been diagnosed as bipolar. It is believed that Vontain Barrera is off his necessary medication, but he is not beleived to be a danger to anyone. Natasha Barrera said this is the first time Vontain has gone mis..>> view originalCarteret felon held in Jersey City gunpoint robbery
JERSEY CITY -- A 23-year-old Carteret man who finished a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday was in court today on charges he robbed a man at gunpoint in Jersey City while on parole on Dec. 6, 2015, officials said. Kevin Williams allegedly "pointed a handgun at (name omitted) and demanding him to give him all of the items in his possession, causing (name omitted) to believe that he would be shot if he did not comply, the criminal complaint says, adding that the victim handed over about $300..>> view originalBill Perkins, former Jersey City assemblyman, dies at 76
Tia Bell remembers visiting the Hudson County courthouse recently with her father, Bill Perkins, who was a Jersey City assemblyman for four years in the 1970s. It took a while to cross the street from the parking lot to the courthouse, Bell said, not just as a result of her father's age, but because old friends and acquaintances kept stopping them. "Everyone we passed on the street recognized him, shook his hand and had an inside joke with him," she told The Jersey Journal. "It was amazing t..>> view originalNo arrests yet in Sunday murder of Jersey City man: officials
JERSEY CITY -- The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office is seeking the public's help for information on the murder of a Jersey City man who was reportedly sitting in a car with a baby when he was fatally shot Sunday. Police were dispatched to the area of Oak Street and Martin Luther King Drive at about 8:10 p.m. on a report of shots fired. Officers found Christopher Jackson-Terry, 24, inside a vehicle suffering from multiple gun-shot wounds to his upper body, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor ..>> view originalHow did an empty lot in Jersey City get this gross?
JERSEY CITY -- It's not a garbage dump or restroom, but that's how some are using one empty lot in the city. Garbage litters an empty lot on Oak Street in Jersey City near Martin Luther King Drive on Monday, Feb. 9, 2016. Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal At a lot on Oak Street near Martin Luther King Drive, beer cans inside brown paper bags, remnants of fast food, and empty liquor bottles litter the ground on and surrounding the property. Yesterday afternoon a man walking down the street a..>> view originalWhy Jersey City's kids should be excited about new youth hockey ...
When I was a child, my mother always said there were two sports that were off limits: football and ice hockey. But it wasn't long before Mom – amid my begging and pleading – put aside her concerns over hockey's reputation as a harsh and violent game and gave in to my wish to play. I was 7 years old when I suited up and took the ice for the first time at a "learn and play" clinic – well, it was actually my mother who got me dressed in the lobby of Clary Anderson Arena in Montclair and tied my ..>> view originalJersey City cop injured after being dragged by car: police radio ...
JERSEY CITY -- A police officer was dragged by a hit-and-run driver this morning while working at a construction site, according to a police radio transmission. The incident happened sometime after 8 a.m. near the Old Colony Shopping Center on Grand Street, the transmission said. Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said the officer sustained minor injuries and was being treated at Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health. According to police radio transmissions, the officer suffered la..>> view originalJersey City's Lincoln Association to hold wreath ceremony, annual ...
The Lincoln Association of Jersey City will celebrate its 151st anniversary with a wreath-laying tribute to 16th President Abraham Lincoln on the anniversary of his birth Friday. At noon, association Vice President John J. Hallanan will lay the wreath at the statue of Lincoln that sits at the entrance of county park named for him at Kennedy Boulevard and Belmont Avenue. Friday is the 207th anniversary of Lincoln's birth in 1809. The event is open to the public. It will be the 87th time a wreat..>> view originalEDA approves $22M in incentives for two Jersey City projects
The Economic Development Authority voted Tuesday to approve more than $22 million in incentives for two projects based in Jersey City. Leading the charge was World Business Lenders LLC, a Manhattan-based commercial lender, which was approved for a 10-year, $16.8 million Grow New Jersey award to relocate its headquarters and approximately 225 full-time employees to a 35,040-square-foot location on Hudson Street. WBL is said to also be considering an alternative site in Queens. If New Jersey is s..>> view originalNew residents have a lot to contribute to Jersey City Wards F, A ...
Tensions are mounting between long-time residents and newcomers moving into predominantly black Jersey City neighborhoods, where small power struggles are being waged. At the same time, there seems to be an aggressive campaign by members of the Hasidic Jewish community to buy property. On the first front, several neighborhood associations say they are fending off efforts by newbies in their neighborhoods attempting, or even "conspiring," to grab the reigns of leadership of their organizations ..>> view original
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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