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The Jersey City Council will ask the planning board to consider utilizing eminent domain of Heights University Hospital land at Wednesday’s meeting. “The Heights community deserves access to quality healthcare, and it’s our responsibility to explore every legal tool available to make that happen. This is the...

Officials in Newark are warning residents about a nationwide texting scam that falsely claims recipients owe money for traffic, parking, or toll violations. In a public alert, City of Newark officials said scammers are sending messages designed to look like legitimate court notices, often including QR codes that...

Hundreds of Muslim delivery drivers who congregate outside an East Village mosque have transformed the area into a noisy, violent, trash-strewn junkyard while driving businesses and residents out, fed-up locals said. At least three businesses near the Islamic Council of America Madina Mosque on First Avenue and East...

Police spotted the man, later identified as 40-year-old Husam Fooda acting suspiciously near 4th Street and East Palisades Boulevard on March 9 in Palisades Park, Police Chief George Beck said. Officers found the man matching the description, who later identified himself with a false name and date of birth, Beck...

For pizza lovers, there’s a hidden gem that has become a destination worth traveling for. What seems like an unassuming joint on a quiet street serves up some of the finest pizza around, consistently drawing crowds from near and far. With near-perfect ratings and thousands of glowing reviews, this...

The Rockland County postal worker arrested for violently shoving a 4-year-old Jewish boy was slapped with fresh charges Saturday — as police finally revealed his name following public outrage. Gabriel Stan, 39, was charged with felony second-degree attempted assault a day after he was hit with misdemeanor endangering...

Not everyone is comfortable hearing religious sounds in public spaces, especially when they are loud. A recent example of this occurred in New York, where a video of a call to Muslim prayer in Jackson Heights sparked discussion online. In the video, a resident recorded the sound as people gathered...

Jersey City is planning to utilize artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology to modernize systems across the city in an “ethical” way, likely starting in the local police department, Mayor James Solomon and Acting Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose have confirmed. “We are considering that,” Ambrose told HCV...

A single-family home in Hoboken that sold for $2.99 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Hudson County over the week of March 9-15. The county saw a total of 188 residential real estate sales during the week of March 9-15, averaging $713,919. The average price per square foot...

Authorities arrested a man accused of running an illegal sports merchandise company out of his mother’s garage. Christopher Patire, 39, of Jersey City, was arrested following a search warrant at his mother’s house and charged with second-degree counterfeiting offenses, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said in a...