Jersey City News

Community Blood Services has awarded $1,500 in scholarship money to James J. Ferris High School of Jersey City, one of the top blood-donating schools in Hudson County.

A Jersey City man fired by Bayonne Medical Center has been awarded more than $2.1 million after suing the hospital under New Jersey's whistleblower law.

An explosion of gun violence has rocked Jersey City over the past week or so, seeming to culminate Friday night with the killing of a 12-year-old who was bouncing a basketball with his dad.

At least one candidate in the forthcoming Jersey City council runoff elections is bowing out of the race, and others may be considering it as well.

A Jersey City man was shot dead in his Kensington Avenue apartment on May 12, 2013.

Vincent Henry Wolters first wanted to go to the Atlantic side of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. After all, he was one of the American soldiers who helped his country defeat the Nazi war machine as Adolph Hitler's Germany threatened to control Europe and ultimately the world.

Though his time in the national spotlight amounted to only about a decade, Clerow "Flip" Wilson was one of the great comic voices of the 20th century, a compact fireball whose early-1970s NBC variety series embedded characters such as the Reverend Leroy of the Church of What's Happening Now and Geraldine Jones in the national consciousness.

After more than a decade of controversy and false starts that left a gaping hole in the center of South Orange Village , officials will finally break ground on the site of the former Beifus car dealership next to the South Orange New Jersey Transit train station.

If last week's mayoral vote in Jersey City convinced The Auditor of anything, it is that endorsements from elected officials matter very little.

Hoboken High School Class of 1964 is planning its 50th reunion for September of 2014.

The Hoboken Relay for Life will take place today from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Pier A, Hoboken.

A Jersey City man police said was high on PCP robbed a jitney bus driver at knifepoint on Palisade Avenue late Tuesday night, reports said.

The state Economic Development Authority awarded $698 million in tax incentives, grants and loans to 228 projects last year, according to a year-end summary released today by the agency tasked with spurring economic growth in New Jersey.

Water has been flowing out of the manhole cover under the train trestle near Harrison Street and Observer Highway and also on Observer Highway near Bloomfield Street.

Many people going through a divorce experience a combination of emotional and monetary concerns.

Fulop, 36, defeated incumbent Mayor Jerramiah Healy on Tuesday in a closely watched, fiercely contested election.

A student running for office in the St. Peter's Prep student government was sent racist txt messages warning him to drop out of the race.

The top two winners in The Jersey Journal's Hudson County Science Fair are bringing home prizes from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which is being held this week in Phoenix.

By the time of tomorrow's drawing, the Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to be $600 million -- larger than all but one jackpot in the Powerball's history.

A Jersey City man was shot Thursday night and the mother of his children and three other people have been charged, Jersey City police said.