Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Jersey City postal worker threatened to shoot coworkers, cops say and other top stories.

  • Jersey City postal worker threatened to shoot coworkers, cops say

    JERSEY CITY -- A U.S. Postal Service worker has been charged with threatening to kill three of his colleagues, but he said he was just kidding when he appeared in court today. "It was a hoax. It was a hoax," Horace Davis, 53, of the 100 block of Armstrong Avenue, said when he made his first court appearance this afternoon on the charge of making terroristic threats. On Saturday, Davis allegedly made specific threats to kill three postal workers with a gun, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Pe..
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  • Small fire quickly extinguished in Jersey City, official says

    Small fire quickly extinguished in Jersey City, official says
    Jersey City unveils new fire trucks 6-24-15 A two-alarm fire at a building under construction on Greene Street in Jersey City was reported Sunday night, according to a city spokeswoman. (Journal file photo ) A two-alarm fire at a building under construction on Greene Street in Jersey City was reported Sunday night, according to a city spokeswoman. The fire at 200 Greene St. broke out when some cardboard..
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  • Jersey City man, 62, was suffocated in his home, officials say

    Jersey City man, 62, was suffocated in his home, officials say
    JERSEY CITY -- The death of a 62-year-old man whose lifeless body was found inside his  home off Journal Square on Saturday has been ruled a homicide, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced. The postmortem performed on Rajendra Maharaj, of Van Reipen Avenue, on Sunday determined that his death was caused by suffocation, and the manner of his death was homicide, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Leo Hernandez said. On Saturday at about 10:30 a.m. Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas H..
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  • Jersey City's planning job is a good opportunity for someone | Letter

    Jersey City's planning job is a good opportunity for someone | Letter
    Jersey City's top planner Bob Cotter is stepping down and the city is now seeking a replacement. Somehow, Bayonne has two Jersey City planners working in City Hall.  One is the powerful business administrator Joseph DeMarco.  The other is city planner Sue Mack, a former Jersey City Board of Education Leader. Since Bayonne is still considered a small town, this open job opportunity in Jersey City would be a huge career promotion for either one..or..as Bob Cotter called Jersey City's growth, "Th..
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  • Teens arrested after shots fired in Jersey City, officials say

    Teens arrested after shots fired in Jersey City, officials say
    JERSEY CITY -- Two men were arrested after police recovered a loaded handgun from a teen's bedroom shortly after a report of shots fired, officials said.   At about 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, officers from the Streets Crimes and CeaseFire units responded to Harmon Street and Randolph Avenue, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.  About 20 minutes after the report of gunfire, two suspects matching the description of the shooters were spotted walking on Martin Luther King Drive near Bostwick Avenue,..
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  • Jersey City Medical Center STEM showcase judges impressed by ...

    Jersey City Medical Center STEM showcase judges impressed by ...
    Hundreds of Hudson County's brightest young minds came to Jersey City's Liberty Science Center earlier today, to present the results of their hard work and research. The Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health's STEM Showcase science fair kicked off around 9 a.m. this morning, and almost 300 Hudson County students, in grades 5 through 12, showed off projects for the competition. Up until this year, the event existed as the Hudson County Science Fair, and was sponsored by the Jersey Journal...
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  • Jersey City to honor 9/11 hero who died in World Trade Center ...

    Jersey City to honor 9/11 hero who died in World Trade Center ...
    A Port Authority police officer who helped countless people escape the north tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11 by blasting open escape routes with her handgun before she perished in the tower's collapse will be honored at a City Hall ceremony today. Capt. Kathy Mazza, the first female commanding officer of the Port Authority Police Department's Erie Street police academy, will be among 18 women celebrated at the city's annual Women of Action awards ceremony. At the time of her death, Maz..
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  • Deep, Talented Gothic Knight Baseball Squad Set to Leap Forward ...

    JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | The New Jersey City University baseball program is coming off one of its greatest offensive seasons in its history.
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Fulop hikes minimum wage for Jersey City workers to $15 an hour .Jersey City survivors speak out against violence .
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