Police seek help identifying shooting suspect in Newark
NEWARK, NJ — Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who shot a man in the leg on March 13, 2026. Officers responded to University Hospital at approximately 10 p.m. after receiving reports that a shooting victim had arrived for treatment. Police determined the...
Upper West Side UPS Store Closing After 35 Years; Owner Leaves Letter Explaining Why
A UPS store is closing after operating for decades in the neighborhood, and a letter posted at the front of the store tells the whole story. The outpost at 119 West 72nd Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues) — open at this location “for about 35 years,” according to the letter — will have its final day of...
I-95 Horror In Robeson County: Middletown-Bound Family Of Three Killed In Head-On Crash
A Florida mother, her young daughter and the girl’s father were killed last Saturday in a head-on collision on I-95 in Robeson County, North Carolina, while driving north to visit relatives in the Middletown area. Loved ones identified the victims as Anastasia “Tasia” Zervakis, her 8-year-old daughter Gisele Beniquez...
LETTER: Jersey City’s growth isn’t the problem, ignoring the facts is
In a letter to the editor, Jersey City resident Vernon Richardson refutes a recent letter from Yvonne Balcer related to the city’s recent financial woes. Yvonne Balcer’s letter completely misdiagnoses Jersey City’s fiscal challenges by focusing almost exclusively on spending while ignoring the structural realities of...
City of Jersey City launching audit of health insurance claims paid by Horizon
The City of Jersey City is launching an audit of health insurance claims paid by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, the city’s prior third-party health insurance administrator. “The previous administration underbudgeted and delayed $52 million in healthcare bills and never once asked where all that money was going,”...
Op-Ed: Pols Shouldn’t Have Looked to Sherrill to Save the Hospital
Heights University Hospital, also known as Christ Hospital, closed on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. It’s worth noting that Heights University Hospital wasn’t really a hospital. It was just an emergency room. Except not really an emergency room. If you were to walk in with a gunshot wound, they would put you in an ambulance...
Hudson County Officials Halt HCST Plan To Charge District Tuition Fees
Hudson County leaders say the proposal by the Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST) to charge municipal tuition to school districts throughout the county will not proceed for the 2026–2027 school year. Two county commissioners familiar with the discussions described the proposal as “dead in the water.”. The...
Hoboken City Council reviews $183k HRH owes city for parking during caucus
The Hoboken City Council reviewed a payment plan with Hudson Regional Health, who operate the Hoboken University Hospital, to collect on the $183,005.50 they owe the city for parking at the Midtown Garage at yesterday’s caucus. The resolution, sponsored by 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher, seeking to put HRH...
The Pane is Over: Hoboken Teen Helps Local Restaurant Stop Bird Strikes
On Wednesday, March 11th, the Jersey City Council unanimously passed a bird-friendly buildings ordinance, which will help make new structures safer for the millions of birds that migrate through, or live within, Jersey City each year. The measure requires new construction to incorporate bird-safe design features to...
‘Fafo’: Belleville Mayor Celebrates Charge Filed Against Man Who Shared His Address Online
Belleville Mayor Michael Melham appears to have filed a harassment complaint earlier this month, the NJ Courts site shows. The man posted a photograph of the mayor's house and published his home address, and then digitally altered his property to resemble an ICE detention facility, as previously reported by Daily...
