JERSEY CITY BRIEFS

Officials ID body of burned JC man Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said on Wednesday that homicide detectives have identified the burned, dead body of a Jersey City man found Tuesday afternoon under the East Linden Avenue Bridge in the city’s Greenville section. They said the man is William Smith Jr., 42, of Lembeck Avenue …

19 years old and accused of five murders
Some ask: What drove Shiquan Bellamy?

How did a 19-year-old Jersey City man go from being arrested twice for dealing narcotics near schools to allegedly killing five people in the last two months, including a recently engaged couple? Shiquan Bellamy faces several consecutive life sentences if convicted of the five murders he allegedly committed in Jersey City this year. Bellamy grew …

Some ask: What drove Shiquan Bellamy?

Fulopโ€™s school slate a big winner
Waterman, Valentin, and Lester top three vote-getters; McCann ousted

The results of the Jersey City school board election on Tuesday are still being seen as shocking to some. Sterling Waterman, incumbent Angel Valentin, and Carol Lester finished first, second, and third respectively. All three were endorsed by Downtown City Councilman Steven Fulop. But two incumbents failed to grasp reelection. Gerry McCann, who is a …

Waterman, Valentin, and Lester top three vote-getters; McCann ousted

Jersey City passes $509M budget
Taxes may drop slightly after 24 percent increase last quarter

At a special meeting Wednesday night, the Jersey City council approved the $509.8 million 2010 budget โ€“ two months before the June 30 end of the fiscal year โ€“ by a 5-3 vote. The amount to be raised by taxes is $185 million, slightly less than the $190 million that the council expected, which should …

Taxes may drop slightly after 24 percent increase last quarter

West Point comes to Jersey City
Cadets visit with ethnic groups as part of course

When serving as military officers all over the world, West Point graduates are going to be exposed to different cultures. So where do they come to soak up some diversity? Jersey City. Fourteen cadets visited from April 15-17, supervised by Maj. Angelica Martinez and Lt. Tanya Chacho. They came as part of the โ€œWinning the …

Cadets visit with ethnic groups as part of course

Itโ€™s triplets!
Jersey City preemies head home

The Hickman triplets, Oliver Marshall, Henry Robert, and Alexander Jack, finally got to go home last week after being born at Jersey City Medical Center eight weeks prematurely. All totaled, they weighed a combined 9.5 pounds at birth. Parents Kevin and Laura Hickman, Jersey City residents, got an extra bonus (as if three bonuses werenโ€™t …

Jersey City preemies head home

Help the children!
โ€˜Kentucky Derby Dayโ€™ event to benefit NJ kids in foster care

New Jersey has many kids in foster care, including several hundred in Hudson County. Parent Fahima Andersen of Jersey City is the mom to one of them โ€“ a 3-year-old boy. โ€œThere is little support for foster families [from the government],โ€ Andersen said last week. โ€œThatโ€™s why I joined the board of FAFSF [Foster and …

โ€˜Kentucky Derby Dayโ€™ event to benefit NJ kids in foster care

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School board election results tonight: Check back

HUDSON COUNTY โ€“ Want to know the results of the Board of Education elections in your town? Click on www.hudsonreporter.com tonight to see the updates! Highly contested races are being run in Hoboken, Secaucus, and Jersey City, and there are also elections in North Bergen, Weehawken, and Guttenberg. Besides candidates for seats on the board, …