Hudson County News

What started out as a normal day visiting relatives last year ended with a dramatic life change for an off-duty Hudson County, New Jersey police detective in Maryland, as he drew a gun and shot a man dead.

The New Jersey detective who was cleared of first-degree murder charges Wednesday says he had no choice but to use deadly force on a driver who had run him off the road.

Frank Romano Jr. was selected from a pool of over 400 applicants in the Library of Congress' Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute.

Three men from Hudson County, New Jersey, today admitted conspiring with a criminal enterprise that engaged in illegal online sports betting in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

People from Hudson County and all around the world will be participating in Deepak Chopra's attempt to set a Guinness World Record for largest group meditation next week.

Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, D-Secaucus, is choosing not to bring an open space resolution to the floor for a vote, although concurrent Senate legislation has been overwhelmingly approved.

A Hoboken teacher has been named the Hudson County Teacher of the Year for the first time in the award's 16-year history.

Hudson County players on the New Jersey Select squad pose at the Regional All-Star Tournament in Pittsburgh last month.

New Jersey is home to many great downtowns, including places in Hudson County, where locals know they can go for shopping, dining, cultural events and more.

As the Hudson Shakespeare Company's 23rd touring season comes to a close, the group has chosen to perform the adventure odyssey, "Pericles," at its upcoming outdoor matinees throughout Hudson County.

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office detective charged with murdering a man in a Maryland road rage incident was found not guilty on all counts just before noon today, an official confirmed.

One of the hottest luxury rental buildings in Jersey City, 18 Park, officially opened yesterday evening at a ceremony hosted by developers Ironstate and KRE on the building's landscaped roof deck.

In a letter to The Jersey Journal Fulop announced that his administration has "identified the most persistent shooting locations and are going to assign fixed police posts to those exact locations."

A jury in the murder trial of a New Jersey detective charged with murder in the slaying of a driver during an alleged road-rage incident is set to resume deliberations.

The man arrested in Waynesboro, Georgia last week on charges he killed a retired Jersey City police officer found in his home with a power cord around his neck in 2012 is fighting extradition to New Jersey, officials said today.

Behind a gated fence on Academy Street sits Jersey City's historic Apple Tree House - the famed property believed to be a meeting place for George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette during the Revolutionary War.

The union representing about 450 workers at four New Jersey nursing homes held a press conference on July 24, in Journal Square to announce they are ready to strike if a deal cannot be reached with Alaris Health corporation.

Mark your calendar for RealShare NEW JERSEY on September 11 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.

Thousands of hungry locals came out Saturday for the Jersey City Project's latest event, Project: Eats, a food festival celebrating the best of Hudson County.

CarePoint Health has announced that hematology and oncology specialist, Dr. Hitendra Upadhyaya, and physician Dr. Edward Boylan have joined the network, CarePoint Health Medical Group.