Around New Jersey

March 8, 2025

NEWARK, NJ - As we reported last night, a Newark Police officer was shot and killed and a second officer who was also shot is in University Hospital in critical condition but expected to survive.The officer who was killed has been identified as Joseph Azcona, 26 years old and had been on the police ...

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NEWARK, NJ — A Newark police officer was shot and killed on Friday, while a second officer was also shot and is in University Hospital in critical condition but expected to survive, authorities said.Shot to death was Joseph Azcona, 26, who had been on the police force for five years. Azcona was ...

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NEWARK, NJ - As we reported last night, a Newark Police officer was shot and killed and a second officer who was also shot is in University Hospital in critical condition but expected to survive.The officer who was killed has been identified as Joseph Azcona, 26 years old and had been on the police ...

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NEWARK, NJ - As we reported last night, a Newark Police officer was shot and killed and a second officer who was also shot is in University Hospital in critical condition but expected to survive.The officer who was killed has been identified as Joseph Azcona, 26 years old and had been on the police ...

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NEWARK - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s Fair ...

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NEWARK - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s Fair ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data were made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEWARK - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s Fair ...

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NEWARK - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s Fair ...

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NEWARK, NJ - arThe 11 Newark EMS Corps Program graduates are Anthony Andrews, David Yousef Arce, Tanajah Baker, JaQuel Best, Daquan Bryant, Zahura Fairley, Armando Fritz, Kamiyah Lee, Tanyia Mitchell, Za’Kieyah Singleton and Chyna Weathers.Fairley, Lee and Singleton also graduated with their ...

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NEWARK, NJ - About 8:30 pm on Friday evening, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office issued a statement that two Newark Police Officers had been shot around 6:37 in the evening. The crime happened in the area of Broadway and Carteret in Newark.At that time, it was stated that the two officers were ...

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WAYNE, NJ – A call to the police from a concerned citizen in Wayne, and then another in Pompton Lakes about the sale of drugs has led to one of the largest drug busts in Passaic County in recent memory. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Wayne Police Chief Joseph Rooney, Sheriff Thomas ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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WHARTON, NJ – Almost half  of the unstable areas below Route 80’s eastbound lanes have been solidified, but an end to the project that forced the lanes’ closure on Feb. 10 remains “difficult to determine," said the state today.In an update released this morning (March 5), the state Department of ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Gov. Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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TRENTON, NJ – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s (NJDA) Division of Animal Health have confirmed new Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) poultry cases in three New Jersey live ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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NEWARK, NJ - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s ...

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WHARTON, NJ – Almost half  of the unstable areas below Route 80’s eastbound lanes have been solidified, but an end to the project that forced the lanes’ closure on Feb. 10 remains “difficult to determine," said the state today.In an update released this morning (March 5), the state Department of ...

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NEWARK - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s Fair ...

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HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — The adult Eagles nesting at Duke Farms have completed their trifecta, with the third chick cracking its egg mid-afternoon on Friday, wasting no time clamoring for attention and a few morsels of fish from the adults.The second chick cracked open its egg at 12:41 a.m. Thursday, ...

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NEW JERSEY — The average property tax bill in New Jersey surpassed $10,000 for the first time ever in 2024.The data was made public in Governor Phil Murphy’s “Budget in Brief” summary of his $58.1 billion annual spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.New Jerseyans now on average pay ...

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WAYNE, NJ – A call to the police from a concerned citizen in Wayne, and then another in Pompton Lakes about the sale of drugs has led to one of the largest drug busts in Passaic County in recent memory. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Wayne Police Chief Joseph Rooney, Sheriff Thomas ...

Read more »

NEWARK - The New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund – a statewide coalition that supports “social, racial and economic justice” – will terminate its Fair Housing Program due to federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency.The NJCAEF’s Fair ...

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