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Newark NJ, the U.S. Marshals Service has conducted a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative focusing on some of the most violent offenders throughout New Jersey. This enforcement initiative, called Operation “Clean Sweep,” resulted in the arrest of more than 190 fugitives, gang members, sex offenders and violent criminals in the District of New Jersey.
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Newark NJ, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and Princeton-based venture capital firm SOSV intend to form a new entity (HAX LLC) to bring SOSV’s acclaimed HAX hard tech startup development program to Newark. SOSV will also establish the U.S. headquarters of the HAX program at the Newark site. HAX provides complete support for emerging companies, including a $250,000 initial investment in each participating company, 180 days of hands-on collaboration, and a global founder community for early stage founders building hard tech startups. Newark was selected as the location for the new HAX program site and the U.S. HAX headquarters through a competitive search that compared locations across the country.
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Newark NJ, NJ TRANSIT continues to advance the $190-million renovation and revitalization of Newark Penn Station with today’s release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Master Planning, Conceptual, Preliminary, and Final Design, and Construction Assistance Services. In December, Governor Phil Murphy joined NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, community leaders and municipal, county and state officials to announce this major investment that will breathe new life into the 86-year-old station and it’s surrounding area in the downtown of the State’s largest city.
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Newark NJ, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, and the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) will commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a remembrance ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Wednesday, September 8, at 5 p.m.
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Newark NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that five defendants were indicted today on charges that they conspired to operate a Newark-based stolen auto trafficking ring that fenced stolen luxury vehicles. They were charged in an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Motor Vehicle Crimes North Unit and the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ).
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Newark NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today announced the lifting of New Jersey’s travel advisory, which outlined quarantine and testing recommendations for residents and visitors to the state following interstate travel. Effective immediately, the travel advisory is no longer in place for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.
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Glen Rock NJ, according to Glen Rock Police a car stolen from a Glen Rock driveway was found in Newark Saturday. It was the latest example of an unlocked car being “stolen” from a Bergen County driveway.
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Cliffside Park NJ, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested one of ICE’s 10 Most Wanted in New Jersey Wednesday, a previously removed, aggravated felon from Guatemala, convicted of child endangerment involving the production of child pornography, with outstanding warrants for a parole violation and failure to register as a sex offender.
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Newark NJ, on Friday an urgent rescue mission unfolded for an injured canine. New Jersey Transit Police officers responded to reports that a dog got onto the Newark Light Rail tracks at Park Ave and was struck and pinned under the light rail vehicle. Responding Patrol, K9, and ESU officers found an injured dog under the train. Together, the officers took great care to remove the cold and injured dog without further trauma. They stabilized the dog and rushed it to an appropriately suited K9 vehicle for its transport to further care. Now this pup has promising potential for a full recovery and a good reminder to keep off the tracks.
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Newark NJ, A former Newark police officer was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC) and giving kickbacks to its former executive director, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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Newark NJ, it’s starting to sound like the roaring 20’s with “speakeasies” popping up all over the place. In Newark two women who served alcohol to over 200 people at an illegal “makeshift bar” in New Jersey were arrested over the weekend. According to Newark’s Department of Public Safety , a 26-year-old Denisse Tinizaray and 28-year-old Katherine Tinizaray were unable to provide paperwork that proved they had a license to sell alcohol at a warehouse on Libella Court where people ate, drank and gambled illegally.
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A career in the maritime industry can be rewarding financially and psychologically, but the sector has a high reputation for dangers. Given the nature of the job, Regardless of role, each position comes with its dangers and potential accidents. In many cases, you can prevent injuries and accidents with proper training and carefully following safety protocol.
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Newark NJ, Saturday ,in the shadow of the 1967 riots that devastated the city , thousands of protesters filled Market Street on Saturday to protest police brutality. Signs listing the names of black men and women who died at the hands of police lined posters and T-shirts. George Floyd’s name was shouted alongside the chant “I can’t breathe.”
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