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Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report
Gov. Murphy Picks Menendez Replacement: Report George Helmy is expected to be named New Jersey's next senator, replacing Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, Politico reported. Gov. Phil Murphy will be appointing his former chief of staff, a Jersey City native, to serve as a temporary replacement for Menendez, who resigned after being convicted of numerous felonies in a federal corruption trial.  Helmy previously served as Murphy's chief of staff and was also a former aide to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. After leaving the governor's office in 2023, Helmy joined RWJBarnabas Health as an executive, according to his Linkedin. Menendez's resig…

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Schools
Jersey City Catholic School Shutters Citing Declining Enrollment Jersey City Catholic School Shutters Citing Declining Enrollment
Jersey City Catholic School Shutters Citing Declining Enrollment A Catholic school in Jersey City announced last month it is closing down and will not reopen in the fall. The Archdiocese of Newark is closing St. Nicholas Catholic School, which serves students from Pre-K to 8th Grade, citing declining enrollment and increasing fiscal challenges. Several solutions were considered, including merging the school with St. Joseph School, but numerous teaching vacancies led to the decision to shutter it, the Archdiocese said. From September 2021 to June 2024, school enrollment declined 30%. In late July 2024, registration for the coming school year declined an …

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Politics
Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big
Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big It has not been a good week for the Gomez family. Valentina Gomez, who had been running in the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State, finished in sixth place on Tuesday, Aug. 6, receiving just 7.4% of  the vote, after a campaign filled with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.  Her brother, Jonathan Gomez-Noriega was fired from his job as an aide to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop after donating $1,250 to Valentina's campaign. He apparently shared a recording of his phone call with the mayor with his sister, who promptly posted it on social media. Gomez-Noriega also resigned fr…

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Lifestyle
Critics Mixed On New Blake Lively Movie 'It Ends With Us' Filmed In New Jersey Critics Mixed On New Blake Lively Movie 'It Ends With Us' Filmed In New Jersey
Critics Mixed On New Blake Lively Movie 'It Ends With Us' Filmed In New Jersey The reviews are in for "It Ends With Us," the movie filmed all over North Jersey last year and critics are decidedly lukewarm. The Blake Lively movie, an adaptation of the Colleen Hoover beach read, has a 56 rating on Metacritic, a website that aggregates movie reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews.  "It Ends With Us" — directed by Justin Baldoni, who also stars in the film — is about the relationship between Lily and neurosurgeon Ryan. Things get messy when Lily's ex-boyfriend enters the picture. Critics say the film leans too heavily into cliches, but also sensitively de…

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Politics
Jersey City Mayoral Aide Fired After Supporting Sister's Anti-Gay Political Campaign Jersey City Mayoral Aide Fired After Supporting Sister's Anti-Gay Political Campaign
Jersey City Mayoral Aide Fired After Supporting Sister's Anti-Gay Political Campaign An aide to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was fired after a show of support for his sister's political campaign known for its anti-gay rhetoric. Local political leaders, including Hudson County Executive Craig Guy and Rep. Rob Menendez, D-NJ, also called for Jonathan Gomez-Noriega's resignation from the city's LGBTQ+ task force after it was revealed he made four donations to his sister, Valentina Gomez. Valentina is running for the Republican nomination for Missouri Secretary of State. Her brother's donations totaled $1,200. View this post on Instagram …

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Police & Fire
Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor
Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor A 22-year-old Jersey City man faces up to 30 years in prison after he was recently convicted of an armed carjacking and robbery that occurred in 2022, authorities said. On the morning of July 31, 2022, Jose Mercado and a juvenile co-conspirator carjacked, robbed and assaulted a victim at gunpoint on the 300 block of Lake Street in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. Later that morning, Jersey City police approached Mercado while he was inside the victim's carjacked vehicle and Mercado and his accomplice were arrested while holding the victim's money, Stephens sa…

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Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Gets Five Years For Dealing Cocaine: Sussex County Prosecutor Jersey City Man Gets Five Years For Dealing Cocaine: Sussex County Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Gets Five Years For Dealing Cocaine: Sussex County Prosecutor A 38-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to five years in state prison on Friday, July 26, after he plead guilty to distributing cocaine in Sussex County, authorities said. Terrance Davies was arrested following an investigation by multiple law enforcement units into the dealing of cocaine in Newton in April and May, Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said. The investigation was conducted by the Sussex County Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Hopatcong Borough Police Department, Murray said. In his his guilty plea, Davi…

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Police & Fire
Jersey City Porch Pirate Busted In Wayne: Police Jersey City Porch Pirate Busted In Wayne: Police
Jersey City Porch Pirate Busted In Wayne: Police A 28-year-old Jersey City resident was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 30, after he stole multiple packages from a residence in Wayne, authorities said. Officers responded to a home in the Heritage Manor neighborhood after a resident reported he observed on his home security camera a man, Cesar Moquete, taking packages from the front porch of his home soon after they were delivered, Wayne police said in a release. One of the packages contained multiple cell phones, police said. Officers observed Moquete's vehicle traveling east on Ratzer Road and conducted a traffic stop, where they…

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News
WINNER! Scratch Off Ticket Sold In Jersey City Nets Big Bucks WINNER! Scratch Off Ticket Sold In Jersey City Nets Big Bucks
Winner! Scratch Off Ticket Sold In Jersey City Nets Big Bucks It was a fabulous Friday for a New Jersey lottery player in Jersey City. A Power50x ticket sold on Friday, July 26 won $10,000. The ticket was sold at a Shell Service Station on 12th Street. A Power 50x features three game plays. Players remove the latex covering the play area to reveal 10 winning numbers and 30 your numbers, with a prize amount beside each of the your numbers play symbols.  If any of the winning numbers match any of the your numbers, players win the prize amount shown to the right of the matched number(s). If a "Bolt" symbol is revealed in any of the your numbers pla…

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Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Gets 17 Years For Strangling Girlfriend: Prosecutor Jersey City Man Gets 17 Years For Strangling Girlfriend: Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Gets 17 Years For Strangling Girlfriend: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced on Thursday, July 25 to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to strangling a 27-year-old woman in 2021, authorities said. Tyquan Baisden pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in May, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. In October 2021, Jersey City police found Diamond Davila's dead at 131 Woodlawn Ave, Suarez said.  The Northern Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined she was killed by "homicidal violence, Suarez said. Baisden was arrested by US Marshals in Asbury Park after two months on the lamb, Suarez sai…

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Police & Fire
Teen Arrested In Slaying Of Hudson County Boy One Month Shy Of 18th Birthday, Prosecutor Says Teen Arrested In Slaying Of Hudson County Boy One Month Shy Of 18th Birthday, Prosecutor Says
Teen Arrested In Slaying Of Hudson County Boy One Month Shy Of 18th Birthday, Prosecutor Says A 17-year-old Jersey City teenager was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 24, with shooting a Bayonne teenager over the weekend, authorities said. At 2:30 p.m., police responded to 124 West Third Street and found John "Johnny" Dominguez, 17, unresponsive inside an apartment after being shot in the torso, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The boy was pronounced dead soon after, Suarez said. A fundraiser has been set up to pay for funeral expenses for Dominguez, who was killed a month prior to his 18th birthday, his family says. As of Thursday, July 25, more than $12,600 has b…

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Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Learns His Fate For Stabbing Woman Dead In Her Home 5 Years Ago Jersey City Man Learns His Fate For Stabbing Woman Dead In Her Home 5 Years Ago
Jersey City Man Learns His Fate For Stabbing Woman Dead In Her Home 5 Years Ago A 48-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday, July 23, to 45 years in state prison for fatally stabbing a woman in Jersey City in 2018, authorities said. Ishmeal Coleman was sentenced after he was found guilty of murder and multiple weapons charges in February, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  In August 2018, Jersey City Police responded to a residence at 391 Forrest St. and found Takeela Wilson with a stab wound to her torso, Suarez said. She was pronounced dead soon after, authorities said. As previously reported by Daily Voice, the stabbing occurred in Wilson's home.&nbs…

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