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Teens Throw Firecrackers Into Jersey City Classroom: Report Teens Throw Firecrackers Into Jersey City Classroom: Report
Teens Throw Firecrackers Into Jersey City Classroom: Report Three Jersey City teenagers have been charged after tossing lit firecrackers into an open elementary school window, The Jersey Journal reported.  No one was hurt in the June 1 incident at School 8 on Franklin Street in the Heights because students were in the lunchroom and the classroom was empty, schools Interim Superintendent Norma Fernandez told the outlet. Two 15-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy were taken into police custody shortly after when they were blasting firecrackers at a nearby park, Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. The teenagers were char…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Jersey City Mom Who Died Hours After Infant Authorities ID Jersey City Mom Who Died Hours After Infant
Authorities ID Jersey City Mom Who Died Hours After Infant Both a newborn baby girl and her mom died after a home delivery in Jersey City over the weekend, authorities said. Sandra Provost, 41, gave birth to a baby girl who was pronounced dead at 33 Suburbia Ct. at 6:05 Saturday morning, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Provost was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where she died that afternoon, Suarez said. Authorities did not say whether or not Provost's condition was related to the birth of her new daughter. The baby's age was unknown, Suarez's office said. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regi…

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by Cecilia Levine