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Former Wagner College star to be inducted into Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame    Posted on 2009-03-24
Source: Pennlive.com
Alice Burgos Coughlin will be inducted into the Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday.... Full story...
Hudson County Police beat...    Posted on 2009-03-24
Source: Waterfront Journal
Cops arrested 24-year-old Neil R. Walling early Sunday after he entered a Hoboken house, and when discovered by a resident, repeatedly punched the man in an effort to get away, reports said.... Full story...
Morning Rush: Fare increases, unemployment and NJ jurist up for life tenure    Posted on 2009-03-24
Source: The Jersey Journal
New York City may raise bus and subway fares again. Thought money was already tight? The New York City MTA will vote on the fare increases today that could increase the cost of a single subway or bus ride to $2.50 from $2. Unemployment rates in Hudson County...... Full story...
Unemployment in Bayonne, Hudson County tops national levels    Posted on 2009-03-23
Source: The Jersey Journal
Eddie Ramos waits in line at the unemployment office in Jersey City. According to stats released this past week from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bayonne's unemployment rate this January was 9.3 percent .... Full story...
County's unemployed line up at fair for a shot at work    Posted on 2009-03-23
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> County's unemployed line up at fair for a shot at work By CARLY BALDWIN UNION CITY - They came clutching resumes, some dressed in jeans, others wearing business suits.... Full story...
Hudson pols bring home the 'pork&ap...    Posted on 2009-03-22
Source: The Jersey Journal
Washington helped pay for this: Streetscaping on Boulevard East in North Bergen.... Full story...
Scheduling conflict likely to postpone h...    Posted on 2009-03-21
Source: Waterfront Journal
Hector and Zoe Carbajales, seen here in Jersey City Municipal Court earlier this month, are facing charges stemming from the discovery of maggot-infested animal carcasses and medical waste at the old Hudson County SPCA in Jersey City.... Full story...
16-year old charged in Jersey City gang-recruitment related shooting    Posted on 2009-03-21
Source: Millville News
Shooting suspect suspect Jamal King. A 17-year-old Jersey City boy charged with shooting a 16-year-old in violence related to street gang recruitment will be charged as an adult and the state hopes to include the charge of attempted murder, officials said...... Full story...
Guilty plea for aggravated assault    Posted on 2009-03-21
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Guilty plea for aggravated assault A Jersey City man charged with trying to wrestle their guns away from two police officers pleaded guilty this week to aggravated assault on a police officer...... Full story...
Ex-con out of bail busted on multiple charges in Jersey City    Posted on 2009-03-20
Source: Millville News
Yusef Washington of Jersey City, an ex-con out on bail, was arrested in a backyard last night on burglary and other charges, police said.... Full story...
Judge: Councilman can't also serve as fire chief    Posted on 2009-03-19
Source: NorthJersey.com
Michael Gonnelli has reluctantly decided to keep his council seat and step down as fire chief after a judge today decided holding the two leadership posts was "incompatible." Gonnelli said he accepted the judge's finding and decided to keep his council...... Full story...
The Journal's 51st county Science Fair is Monday    Posted on 2009-03-19
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The Journal's 51st county Science Fair is Monday Some of the brightest young scientific minds in Hudson County will participate Monday in The Jersey Journal's 51st annual Hudson...... Full story...
Bayonne councilman swaps county jobs...    Posted on 2009-03-18
Source: Waterfront Journal
Bayonne Councilman Ted Connolly has a new county job. Bayonne First Ward Councilman Ted Connolly is working for Hudson County again -- but in a new position.... Full story...
Hudson County police beat...    Posted on 2009-03-18
Source: Bayonne Journal
In North Bergen, Tyla R. Colilla, 19 ,a Lyndhurst resident, died last Friday after the car she was in crashed into a support wall of a freight train bridge, authorities said yesterday.... Full story...
Plan Would Remove Stretch of Palisades for Strip Mall    Posted on 2009-03-18
Source: 1010Wins
Hudson County conservationists are fighting a plan to tear up a chunk of the Palisades to make way for a more common New Jersey landmark, a strip mall.... Full story...
Fingerprints help profile dead 'robber'    Posted on 2009-03-17
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Fingerprints help profile dead 'robber' UNION CITY - When Carlos Alejandro De La Cruz-Veras died in police custody last Wednesday investigators ran his fingerprints and found...... Full story...
O'Dea reccommends prosecutor to int...    Posted on 2009-03-17
Source: The Jersey Journal
A Hudson County freeholder is pursuing answers about a prisoner, Joann Figueroa who died last July at the county jail.... Full story...
Suicide leap onto PATH tracks trims service for hours    Posted on 2009-03-17
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Suicide leap onto PATH tracks trims service for hours A man leaped to his death from the Summit Avenue bridge onto rail tracks yesterday just outside the Journal Square PATH train ...... Full story...
SUV crashed into fire hydrant in Jersey ...    Posted on 2009-03-16
Source: Kearny Journal
A Nissan SUV has crashed into a fire hydrant and light pole on Kennedy Boulevard near Newark Avenue in Jersey City, according to witnesses.... Full story...
Hudson County day laborers find it tough...    Posted on 2009-03-16
Source: Kearny Journal
Day laborers waiting for work outside the Teamsters Building on Summit Avenue in Union City partake of bread and hot coffee donated by Oneyda Artiles and Jesenia Monta, members of the Iglesia Avivaniento Each ...... Full story...
Tickets still available for Hudson Sport...    Posted on 2009-03-15
Source: Kearny Journal
Tickets are still available for the 19th annual Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony.... Full story...
Cops: Be on the lookout for Hudson Count...    Posted on 2009-03-15
Source: The Jersey Journal
A Hudson County burglar serving the tail end of a prison term remains on the loose after escaping from a Newark halfway house on Saturday, less than two months before he was to become eligible for parole, ...... Full story...
'Ashamed' Madoff jailed after guilty plea    Posted on 2009-03-14
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 'Ashamed' Madoff jailed after guilty plea NEW YORK - Saying he was "deeply sorry and ashamed," Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty yesterday to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle...... Full story...
4 ex-cons charged in shootout, Franklin robbery as cops probe other heists    Posted on 2009-03-13
Source: Central Jersey
Investigators are looking into links between the brazen takeover robbery Thursday evening of a Bank of America in Franklin that ended in a shootout on a New Brunswick street and two other heists in Piscataway ...... Full story...
Robbery, Then Death    Posted on 2009-03-13
Source: The Jersey Journal
PHOTOS >> >> News videos Entertainment videos Living videos >> >> >> >> >> ROBBERY, THEN DEATH By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER UNION CITY - A man died in police custody Wednesday night after he and ...... Full story...