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Missing Elizabeth Woman: Search Intensifies for Janaina Freire Gonçalves. A 47-year-old New Jersey woman, Janaina Freire Gonçalves, has been missing since March 10, 2025, and authorities are urgently asking the public for help as the investigation remains active. She was last seen at her home on New Point Road in...

An unspecified threat directed at Montclair High School Monday afternoon prompted the district to lock down all buildings, the superintendent said. Superintendent Ruth B. Turner said in a message to families the district locked down schools at the direction of township police. “Law enforcement responded quickly and...

There is a fast food spot in South Orange, New Jersey, that has quietly built a reputation strong enough to pull people from towns all over the state. It is not flashy, it does not have a massive sign out front, and it does not need a big marketing budget.

An inmate was found dead in a cell at Northern State Prison in Newark last week, officials said. Darrell Foye, 60, was found unresponsive at 4:40 p.m. on March 4, the state Department of Corrections said. Medical staff and emergency workers immediately treated Foye but he was pronounced dead at...

A 30-year-old innocent female bystander was shot while shopping in a crowded outdoor plaza in downtown Brooklyn in broad daylight Monday, cops and sources said. The woman took a stray bullet to the leg around 2:15 p.m. in front of the clothing store Primark in Albee Square near Fulton Street, police said. “Everyone...

The first time I drove across this bridge, my hands gripped the steering wheel a little tighter than usual. There are no shoulders, no escape routes, and the drop on either side reminds you that this bridge means serious business. Built in 1932, this 3.5-mile elevated steel giant connects Jersey...

In a letter to the editor, Jersey City resident Dan Levin expresses that Mayor James Solomon needs to “clean house” at City Hall in light of the city’s financial crisis. On January 15th, James Solomon was inaugurated as mayor of Jersey City and his administration will take over after 12 years of his predecessor...

A Jersey city official — who repeatedly yelled at cops that he was mayor’s deputy chief of staff in a profanity-filled tirade during his arrest — is scheduled to appear in municipal court this week on driving under the influence charges. Phillip Orphanidis, who was deputy chief...

Property taxes on Jersey City homes and businesses are set to rise significantly as the state’s second-largest municipality struggles to close a $254 million budget deficit left by the administration of former Mayor Steven Fulop. By sharing your email address with us, you’ll be entitled to view two Jersey...

Bayonne mayoral candidate Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski is blasting the city’s decision to discontinue having a school resource officer at All Saints Catholic Academy. “As a mother, I am outraged. Parents deserve to know why the city would suddenly remove a police officer from a school that has relied on that protection for...