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Wanted On Warrants: Trio Nabbed With Drugs, Dog In Hasbrouck Heights
Officers Christopher Connors and Sgt. Dom D’Amico found the Subaru sedan in a Boulevard parking lot shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, Lt. John Behr said. Officers Paul Albanese, Michael DeSimone and John Mullins joined them along with Wood-Ridge Officers John Torsiello and Devin Ochiuzzo, the lieutenant said.
Wednesday's forecast calls for high near 70 degrees
A small chance of showers are in the forecast for Wednesday morning in Northern New Jersey, according to National Weather Service. The temperatures will remain warm during the day as spring continues to bloom. The high will be 69 degrees as the the sky will get gradually more sunny as the afternoon progresses. Winds be on the strong side with gusts reaching up to 28 miles per hour.
When their school closed, these North Jersey softball players found a new home together
RUTHERFORD − They brought their Immaculate Conception letter jackets, they brought their uniforms and their softball traditions. Except the wolf on a stick, which remains missing. “I don’t know how you’re supposed to put a Gael on a stick,” laughed St. Mary junior Ryann Burke. ...
Man charged with stealing $154.47 worth of oxtail meat from Hoboken ShopRite
A man was charged with stealing $154.47 worth of oxtail meat from the Hoboken ShopRite last week, the police department wrote on their police blotter. Manuel Rodriquez, 44, of Union City, was charged with shoplifting on Tuesday, April 16th. On that date at approximately 4:35 p.m., Sgt. Dennis Figueroa and...
Work to replace Lodi's Passaic Avenue Bridge will take a year. Prepare for detours
LODI — The Passaic Avenue Bridge that crosses over the flood-prone Saddle River will be replaced beginning next month in a $3.5 million, yearlong project. Almost 10,000 cars daily travel across the 121-year-old bridge, which is classified as "functionally obsolete." The project, which calls for road closures and detours, is fully funded through several grants that date back to 2020, when the Bergen County Board of Commissioners approved $300,000.
Paterson officer suspended after prisoner he was supposed to guard escapes from hospital
PATERSON — A prisoner in police custody escaped from St. Joseph’s University Medical Center on Sunday, and the Paterson police officer who was supposed to be guarding him has been suspended for 30 days. The prisoner, 38-year-old Anthony Juliano of Dumont, was apprehended soon after his escape, law enforcement sources said. ...
N.J. empanada restaurant squeezed out by gentrification. ‘We were basically kicked out.’ | Calavia-Robertson
I had never seen anyone cry over an empanada before. But Friday evening, at O’Lala Empanadas, a small, family-owned empanada shop in Jersey City, I watched several people in tears as they took their last bites of the shop’s delicious, homestyle empanadas: It was the bustling shop’s last day in business and the Rosarios, who’d lovingly run O’Lala for “10 wonderful years,” were begrudgingly closing its doors for good.
Poor living conditions exposed in Newark shelter
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Residents of a shelter in Newark claim mice, bedbugs, and lack of hot water are some of the conditions they are living in. Most of the people that live here came from another shelter that was shut down. This shelter was only supposed to be temporary but the lack of low-income […]
Terrifying footage shows 'giant' coyote prowling New York City's iconic Central Park
Coyotes have become more common in New York City, spotted in all boroughs except Brooklyn, but that doesn't stop runners and dog walkers from feeling chills when they bump into one while out and about
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