Authorities are searching for the suspect or suspects in the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the event occurred on Saturday, February 12, at about 8:20 pm, when the authorities responded to the area of 112 Myrtle Avenue after receiving … Read more
The city of Hoboken in New Jersey will end the mandate for the use of masks inside public places, effective Wednesday, February 9, Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla announced. The end of the mask requirement comes as Hudson County’s positivity rate fell below 5% as of Monday, February 7, providing the basis for the order’s repeal. … Read more
New Jersey issued a travel restriction for commercial vehicles on several highways for Sunday at 2:00 am due to the freezing rain forecast, New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutiérrez-Scaccetti announced. Freezing rain is expected to start early Sunday morning, which could make driving conditions dangerous. Travel restrictions are being coordinated with neighboring states. … Read more
What you should know A New Jersey Walmart closed Tuesday night and will be closed to the public Wednesday after dozens of employees tested positive for COVID-19, a store worker said. A spokesperson declined to confirm how many cases had been confirmed at the store, but an employee said more than 90 workers contracted COVID. … Read more
Amid New Jersey’s highest COVID-19 cases, Hoboken became the state’s latest city Monday to establish an inland mask mandate. The city’s Office of Emergency Management established a requirement for the use of masks in all indoor public spaces for anyone 2 years of age or older, with the exception of when they are actively eating … Read more
For the fifth day in a row, New Jersey reported more than 6,000 positive COVID-19 cases in one day, keeping the number of positive cases to a maximum of 11 months and the state poised to break its record for most cases. in one day. In an effort to help residents amid the new wave … Read more
New Jersey, like New York, is reporting an increase in daily COVID-19 cases nearing an 11-month high. The Jardín State reported 6,533 new cases on Sunday, this being the second highest day of positive infections and the fourth day above 6,200. The most recent single-day report is an increase of more than 85% from last … Read more
Frank Sinatra’s New Jersey hometown of Hoboken honored the music icon with a statue to celebrate what would be his 106th birthday. The six-foot-tall bronze statue of Sinatra was unveiled at the Sinatra Park Amphitheater in Hoboken on Saturday afternoon. Comedian Joe Piscipo, who often posed as the singer in “Saturday Night Live“, was the … Read more
A shooting in Newark left a teenager dead and three others injured after several suspects opened fire on the victims’ car, Essex County prosecutors said. Investigators noted that the fatality, 17-year-old Djiba Kaba, died in a nearby hospital after the shooting. The other three adolescents, a man and two women, were injured and are expected … Read more
What you should know The City of Jersey City, New Jersey, announced a $ 1.5 million grant to help small businesses with five or fewer employees that have been affected by the pandemic, announced Mayor Steven Fulop. The funding program, funded by the city, will provide up to $ 50,000 to offset costs suffered by … Read more