Jersey City Fire Department mourns death of longtime historian ...
JERSEY CITY -- When firefighters heard that raspy Jersey City accent echo on the dispatch radio, they knew Ira Rubin was working that night. Rubin, 62, also known as "Dispatcher 23," died early this morning, leaving behind a legacy as the Jersey City Fire Department's chief historian and ultimate "fire buff." "It's very hard to come to grips with this," said the Jersey City Fire Chief Darren Rivers. "It's a devastating situation to lose someone with his involvement." Even before high school,..>> view originalWomen of Action awards ceremony kicks off Jersey City's Women's ...
Jersey City kicked off a month-long series of Women's History Month events on Tuesday with its annual Women of Action awards ceremony honoring 20 women from every ward of the city. The City Hall ceremony was the first in a series of events that will include performance art shows, concerts, cocktail receptions, and other recreational programs, as well as seminars and lectures on issues directly impacting women. Among the women honored by the city was Port Authority Police Capt. Kathy Mazza, wh..>> view originalMan charged with setting fire inside Jersey City apartment building
JERSEY CITY -- A 29-year-old city man has been accused of lighting a garbage can fire in the hallway of an eight-family Rutgers Avenue apartment building yesterday, endangering the lives of its residents. Carl Richburg, of the 100 block of Van Nostrand Avenue off Martin Luther King Drive, is charged with arson, burglary and risking widespread injury of damage, the criminal complaint says. He is charged with "causing the occupants of that building to be in danger of death or serious bodily inju..>> view originalJersey City schools celebrate Dr. Seuss with Read Across America ...
Jersey City schools celebrated the birthday of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss on Wednesday by taking part in the National Education Association's annual "Read Across America" program. A reading motivation and awareness program, Read Across America calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2. Jersey City Public Schools Superintendent Marcia Lyles, Hudson County Freeholder Anthony Romano, and Jersey Journal editor Margaret Schmidt were among those who stopped b..>> view originalJersey City woman with 19 prior arrests tries to steal guitars during ...
NancyRoman.jpg Nancy Roman, 51, appears in court in Jersey City today, March 2, 2016, on charges she burglarized a Downtown apartment but was chased away by the resident and arrested. JERSEY CITY -- A 51-year-old city woman with 19 prior arrests in New Jersey has been charged with breaking into a man's house, only to be chased away by the resident and later arrested. Nancy Roman, of Manila Avenue near Pavonia Avenue, allegedly en..>> view originalJersey City small businesses join for 'True Love' event
Ten small businesses in Jersey City will be at Transmission, 150 Bay St., next Thursday, March 10, from 8 to 11 p.m. for " Love to Love Ya Baby " a singles event sponsored by Honey and Moon Photography. The event is planned as a mixture mini-convention and dance night to bring single people together. Tracey Noelle Luz, co-owner of Honey and Moon Photography with Eric Harvey Brown, said the event began as a way to promote the studio's dating profile photo packages. "We take natural, organic ph..>> view originalSmall fire extinguished at Jersey City post office
Jersey City firefighters quickly extinguished an electrical fire at a West Side post office Tuesday, a city spokeswoman said. At about 4 p.m., firefighters responded to a fire in a rear room of the building between Union Street and Williams Avenue, spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. When they arrived, they found the fire in the electrical ballast of the room. It took less than 20 minutes for the fire to be put out, Morrill said. No one was injured in the incident, Morrill said.>> view originalScholarship fundraiser to honor slain Jersey City man
SAYFUN will host a fundraising concert to fund a scholarship in honor of the Jersey City man who was fatally shot after trying to defend a woman in a Downtown deli in 2014. The Darren "Reese" Talington Scholarship will be issued to one student from each Jersey City high school to attend New Jersey City University. Talington, 25, was fatally shot on April 26, 2014, after he confronted a man who had struck a woman with a beer bottle outside A-Plus Deli at Grove Street and Christopher Columbus Dr..>> view originalPublic's help sought in solving 1994 Jersey City triple murder
The Jersey City triple-murder of a woman, her daughter and another young girl has remained unsolved for more than two decades — and for the family, the wound remains unhealed. "I hope the Prosecutor's Office is still investigating the case and reviewing the evidence because it is still unsolved," Jersey City Councilwoman-at-Large Joyce Watterman said yesterday of the Feb. 7, 1994 murders of her sister-in-law Barbara Waterman, 28, Waterman's daughter Bianca Wilson, 4, and Felicia Council, 14. W..>> view original
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