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Best Public High Schools In Bergen County Revealed In New Rankings
Bergen County is rife with top-rated schools.US News & World Report released its list of best high schools in the nation this week — and many of them are in Bergen County.ALSO SEE: Best High Schools: New Jersey Well-Represented In New National RankingsThe rankings were determined by perfor…
NYC mom charged with murder in shocking beating death of 6-year-old who begged for her life: cops
A Bronx mom was charged with murder in the brutal beating death of her 6-year-old daughter – who neighbors say had begged for her life before her shocking end, cops said. Lynija Eason-Kumar, 23, was arrested Thursday in connection to the early-morning May 26, 2023 slaying of little Jalayah Eason inside the family’s squalid apartment at NYCHA’s Forest Houses, according to authorities. The mother had initially told cops she found the girl cold and not breathing inside a closet in their 12th-floor unit on East 165th Street, sources said at the time. Eason-Kumar claimed she tried to administer CPR, but Jalayah would not...
Boy, 15, Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Ridgewood Stop & Shop
The boy told police he brought $300 worth of clothing to the parking lot of the Franklin Avenue supermarket after cutting an online deal shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, Sgt. John A. Ward said. Instead, the teen said, he was accosted by four men who appeared to be...
It's official: Chick-fil-A announces opening date for Paramus store at old Fireplace site
An official opening date was announced for the new Paramus Chick-fil-A, which replaced the beloved Fireplace restaurant on Route 17. The fast-food outlet will start serving customers in Paramus on May 2, the same day the new Chick-fil-A in Parsippany is also scheduled to open. The chain has over 3,000 locations across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, including 61 in New Jersey.
Olinville: Man 26 Hospitalized after Shooting on White Plains Road
A 26-year-old man has been hospitalized following a daylight shooting on Thursday in the Olinville section of The Bronx by Global Evangelical Church. A police spokesperson said the incident occurred at East 217th street and White Plains Road at about 3.51 p.m., adding, “The victim was shot a couple of times, once in the left leg, once in the left thigh, and once on the right foot.”
RETRIAL: Man convicted of murder again for fatally beating NJ woman, setting her on fire
A man was convicted of murdering a New Jersey woman by fatally beating her and setting her on fire for the second time on Wednesday after his 2017 conviction was appealed and he was retried.
Man killed while confronting robber in the Bronx, police say
FORDHAM, the Bronx (PIX11) — A man was shot and killed while confronting a robber in the Bronx Tuesday night, police said. The shooting happened at the intersection of East Fordham Road and Morris Avenue in Fordham just before 9:50 p.m., according to police. It unfolded as two brothers confronted a man who robbed one […]
NYPD cop cleared of assault charge after caught-on-camera clash with unruly Apple Store customer
An NYPD officer accused of punching an unruly man inside an Upper West Side Apple Store three years ago has been cleared of the charges, police union reps announced Thursday. Manhattan prosecutors had charged Officer Salvatore Provenzano with third-degree assault for hitting the man while Provenzano was trying to remove him from the store at 1981 Broadway in a caught-on-camera clash in October 2021. In a statement, PBA President Patrick Hendry said Provenzano was “simply doing his job” by protecting the public from a repeat offender — as the labor boss took a jab at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg...
110-Year-Old New Jersey Man Attributes His Longevity To His Second Family: “The Fire Department… I Met So Many Friends”
A man who has lived through three centuries. New Jersey 110-year-old man Vincent Dransfield still lives independently in the town of Little Falls, which he has called home since 1945. Everyone who has lived for an extended period of time has their little tips and tricks, like 116-year-old Edie Ceccarelli saying "a little red wine" keeps her alive. But given that Dransfield still operates entirely independently and still drives, the world wants to know his secrets to become a supercentenarian. Dransfield has never had any major health issues like cancer or heart disease and does not suffer from minor illnesses like headaches...
Elite NJ private school closes after ‘threatening’ racist graffiti found in bathroom
An elite private school in northern New Jersey was closed Wednesday after a threatening message targeting the black and Hispanic communities was found scrawled on a bathroom wall Monday evening, according to school administrators. The hateful messages were discovered at the posh Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood around 6 p.m., according to an email sent to parents that night by school head Jeremy Gregersen and obtained by The Post. The school would not detail what exactly the graffiti said. Gregersen wrote that it was scrubbed away and reported to law enforcement. Meanwhile, the school would remain shuttered Wednesday while cops and...
Ex-boyfriend charged after NYC woman’s remains found ditched in apartment bathtub: cops
A Manhattan man allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death then ditched her bloody remains in her bathtub in a grisly scene, police and law enforcement sources told The Post. Melanie Woods, 33, of Second Avenue, was found with multiple stab wounds and a slash across her neck when cops and firefighters busted into her apartment for a welfare check at about 6 p.m. Tuesday night, police and sources told The Post. EMS workers declared her dead at the scene, and the city medical examiner said it was a homicide. Woods was supposed to go to California but she never made her plane,...
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