Hudson County News

Last year, people needed umbrellas at the July Fourth festivities in Liberty State Park.

Fireworks will light up the Hudson again tomorrow night as they did for the opening of the W Hotel in Hoboken in April.

Devon Carter, above, was the first person charged in the beating and shooting death of Kevin Miller of Jersey City, but officials say more arrests are coming.

Former council candidate Jimmy King's complaint against Nidia Lopez has grown some legs in Jersey City and Orlando.

The courtyard of the Hudson County Plaza, the new headquarters for social services in the county.

A Jersey City Heights man was arrested after police say he ran a high-price call girl ring where he charged clients up to $3,500 an hour for services rendered by one of 40 models pictured on his website.

Today's Hudson County Voices take West New York Mayor Silverio "Sal" Vega to task over town taxes.

HighPoint towing made headlines in December when its owner and others were charged with launching stolen trucks from a cliff to get recovery fees, but a guilty plea yesterday on unrelated charges yesterday ended HighPoint's 85-year history, officials said.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Fire probe asking: Did Ave. A fire start in illegal apt.

Emergency responders from the Jersey City Medical Center, the Jersey City Fired Department and the Port Authority police carry a woman who was rescued from the Hackensack River Emergency responders rescued a Belleville woman who fell 35 feet from the Wittpenn Bridge into the Hackensack River in the early morning hours yesterday, officials said.

The state Health and Senior Services Department says the latest victim is a woman in her 40s from Bergen County who had underlying health conditions.

New Jersey divorce Judge Deborah Ustas has died. Before her June 2005 appointment to the bench in Hackensack, Judge Ustas was a founding partner of a five-female attorney law firm in Hackensack, New Jersey, specializing in matrimonial and family law matters.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Cop accused of taking bribes from livery drivers Jersey City police confirmed yesterday that a 21-year veteran of the Police Department who was arrested Thursday is accused of shaking down livery drivers and looking the other way when they operated illegally.

Todd Aiken, 44, of Jersey City was struck and killed by a Conrail train in a tunnel not far from here in Downtown Jersey City.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Return man to Jersey City to face murder charges in 2007 slaying A Jersey City man charged in a murder at a city housing complex in 2007 was transported back to Hudson County yesterday from North Carolina, where he had been held since his arrest on unrelated charges a few months after the killing, authorities said.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> WNY health educator is Hudson's Teacher of Year By KONSTANTIN SATCHEK WEST NEW YORK - This teacher gets a gold star.

Eleven of Hudson County's 12 municipalities in Hudson County tonight may make their final cases as to why they should get a piece of Hudson County's $6.6 million open space pie.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents say they arrested 46 reputed gang members and associates as part of a statewide sweep in New Jersey.

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services recently announced a fifth death of a New Jersey resident with novel H1N1 influenza.

In Harrison , the rebirth of the town's waterfront is on the fast track now , according to officials who spoke about the project yesterday morning at the site of the new parking deck adjacent to the PATH station.