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Man shot in Newark after attempted robbery

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.19.2009 | Home

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A man was shot in the left foot after an attempted armed robbery in Newark's North Ward tonight, authorities said. The victim told police he was w...

Longtime N.J. fugitive captured, will be detained until drug charge sentencing

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- In 1992, Julio Mota was released on bail after pleading guilty to drug charges in a case handled by a rookie prosecutor named Charles B....

Newark grocery store clerk is shot during armed robbery

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- A store clerk was shot during an apparent armed robbery at a West Ward grocery store last night, police said. A pair of armed thieves en...

Newark grocery store clerk shot during armed robbery

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.17.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- A store clerk was shot during an apparent armed robbery at a West Ward grocery store last night, police said. A pair of armed thieves en...

Two men convicted in large mortgage scam in North Jersey

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.17.2009 | Home


NEWARK -- Two men from Bergen and Hudson counties were convicted in Newark today for their alleged role in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud sc...

N.J. food bank receives 33K donated cans of tuna confiscated from Port Newark ship

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.16.2009 | Home

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Frank H. Conlon/The Star-LedgerA January 2008 aerial photo of the Port of Newark.HILLSIDE -- More than 33,000 cans of Peruvian tuna, confiscated b...

Newark switches on red-light cameras

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.16.2009 | Home

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Sharon Adarlo/The Star-LedgerA newly installed red-light camera (seen here in as black box with a white flashlight) at a Newark intersection. The ...

Newark Police search for missing elderly man

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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NEWARK - Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing city man who was last seen nearly three weeks ago in Newark's North Ward. R...

Newark shooting leaves one man injured

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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NEWARK - City police are searching for the person responsible for a shooting in Newark's South Ward earlier tonight, authorities said. The victim,...

Cornel West joins Newark Collegiate Academy, city officials at ribbon-cutting for new facility

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- After years of borrowing classroom space and at times operating without desks and chairs, the students of Newark Collegiate Academy cut ...

Richard Vezza assumes role of publisher of The Star-Ledger

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- Richard Vezza, president of Penn Jersey Advance, will assume the additional role of publisher of The Star-Ledger, it was announced today...

An unseemly rush: Gov. Jon Corzine should back off last-minute appointments

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerGov. Jon Corzine and Gov.-elect Chris Christie chatted amiably while attending the Blue Mass for Law Enforcement at the...

Christmas carol singing in Newark

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

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Newark's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart has added an extra performance this week to its annual Christmas Carol Sing. Now in its 39th year,...

Officials release photos of man accused of murdering Jersey City woman and stabbing her baby

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home


Martey J. Williams, 41, whose last known address was in Newark, is accused of murdering a Jersey City woman and critically injuring her baby.The H...

NJ Devils alumni, Jersey City police honor fallen officer with charity hockey game

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.13.2009 | Home


A charity hockey game at the Prudential Center in Newark today pitted veterans of the New Jersey Devils against a rookie team of Jersey City polic...

Newark police car and vehicle collide in accident

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.12.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- A city police officer and another person were listed in stable condition today after their two vehicles collided in the Vailsburg sectio...

Newark shooting leaves man injured

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.12.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- A man was listed in stable condition after he was shot early this morning in Newark's Vailsburg area, authorities said. The shooting occ...

Newark police investigate fatal shooting in South Ward

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.11.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- An unidentified man was fatally shot multiple times while inside a vehicle in Newark's South Ward this morning, authorities said. The ma...

FAA head admits mishandling case of Newark airport whistle-blower

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.10.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- The head of the Federal Aviation Administration admitted to U.S. senators today that his agency mishandled the case of an air traffic co...

Lori Serrano, former Jersey City council candidate, indicted on corruption charges

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.10.2009 | Home


Jersey Journal file photoLori Serrano, 40, was indicted today on corruption charges.NEWARK - Lori Serrano, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council...

Newark man is arrested in stabbing death of Union deli manager

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.10.2009 | Home

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Daivon Brinson surrenders to homicide detectives ...

Former Newark councilwoman Dana Rone loses appeal of ouster

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- A former Newark city councilwoman barred from holding public office after her conviction a traffic-stop intervention has lost her appeal...

Bon Jovi, Newark Mayor Booker unveil $10.4M affordable housing project

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- Who says you can't go home? Thanks to Jersey-born rock star Jon Bon Jovi, HIV/AIDS patients in Newark finally can. Bon Jovi today offici...

Police identify man fatally shot in Newark

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- Authorities identified the Newark man fatally gunned down Monday night on Cedar Avenue. The victim is 42-year-old Maurice Downing, Newar...

Newark Liberty International Airport renovations help security, cut down lines

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.08.2009 | Home

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NEWARK -- It's getting a little easier to get through the airport and onto a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport as renovations inside T...