New Jersey Health Warning This Month: Radon Gas Threat Inside Newark Homes
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Newark, NJ – As winter cold settles across New Jersey and homes remain tightly sealed to keep heating costs down, health officials are warning residents—especially those in Newark and nearby...
Stolen Handgun, Knife: 2 Men Arrested In Kearny, Police Say
On Wednesday, Jan. 14, officers were made aware of a BMW entering Kearny that had been flagged for its possible involvement in a shooting in Irvington, Kearny police said. The vehicle was found parked near Passaic Avenue and officers began surveillance, police said. Officers then stopped three people near the...
Newark police seek woman for questioning in Hawthorne Avenue shooting
NEWARK, N.J. – Newark authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 35-year-old woman wanted for questioning in connection with a shooting that occurred Friday morning on Hawthorne Avenue. Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, Sr. said police are searching for Shakinah Bloomfield of Newark, who...
Newark Man Broke Into Hoboken Apartment, Threatened Resident: Police
On Tuesday, Jan. 13, officers responded to a home invasion on Court Street after a resident said an unknown man, later identified as Abdush-Shahudddin Sharif, entered his apartment without permission and a verbal altercation ensued, Hoboken police said. The resident said Sharif made threatening statements and...
$1M Powerball ticket sold in N.J. for weekend drawing
There was also a $250,000 ticket bought in the statre.
N.J. man, 67, dies in fire at multi-family home
Authorities have identified the man who died in a two-alarm fire at a multi-family dwelling in Bergen County as a 67-year-old resident and say the fire does not appear suspicious. Joseph A. Poling was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire, which occurred Friday afternoon in the 400 block...
The 8 toughest restaurant reservations to get in North Jersey
Maybe you've been in this situation before: You're looking to dine at a new restaurant on the weekend, so you do some research, pull up a few NorthJersey.com food articles or visit @NorthJerseyEats on Instagram to see what's good. You finally settle on a spot that matches your appetite only to see a hundred other...
New York braces for 1,000-mile snow wall expected to pummel East Coast this week
From Sunday through Sunday night, drivers and travelers on airplanes in the Northeast's storm-affected areas can anticipate significant delays. A heavy snowstorm spanning 1,000 miles is expected to pummel northeastern cities like Washington, D.C., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Albany and Manhattan, New York, which...
Civil rights investigation into ICE officer who shot Renee Good was briefly open, then...
Antonio Romanucci, attorney for the family of Renee Good, speaks to Erin Burnett following reporting that a briefly opened civil rights investigation into the officer who shot Good shifted and federal investigators are now focusing her and her widow.
Still Don’t Have a REAL ID? Skip the DMV Lines: Trust Triple A!
When I was 18, my father became my driving instructor. After almost killing him and me, I took the road test and got an unrestricted driver’s license. That was the last time I drove a car and the start of using the license as identification. Decades later, along comes...
