No love: Newark won't revive popular Valentine's Day lot sale this year
NEWARK – Hopeful prospective owners will not be feeling the love from Newark this year, as the city will not revive a Valentine's Day program that put 100 vacant lots on the market for just $1,000 each. Sources in City Hall said the sale, which made national headlines in 2015, will not be held, though officials have not ruled out making similar offerings in the future. $1,000 property sales, guarantee couples will build in Newark make for 'beautiful Valentine's Day' An announcement aimed at ..>> view originalFeds charge longtime gang kingpin, Crips members in N.J.
NEWARK — As the alleged long-time leader of the local Grape Street Crips gang, Corey Hamlet ordered "brazen" daytime shootings, sold drugs, engaged in robbery and extortion and terrorized Newark neighborhoods, federal prosecutors say. On Thursday, FBI agents arrested Hamlet and three alleged Grape Street crips associates without incident. Hamlet, 39, of Belleville is facing an indictment for conspiracy linking him to four murders, three attempted and a host of other criminal acts, U.S. At..>> view originalNewark to begin towing Uber drivers at airport, train station
NEWARK — There's a war on wheels brewing outside the city's two largest transit hubs. Newark Chief Municipal Prosecutor Evans C. Anyanwu sent a letter to Uber last month, informing the company that all of its drivers operating at and around Newark Penn Station and Newark Liberty International Airport were violating the city's taxicab ordinance. "After Feb. 22, the continued violation of the city's laws will result in civil and criminal penalties for Uber and its drivers," the letter read. The ..>> view originalWith Christie out, N.J. can still have a politician on a national ticket
WASHINGTON — Gov. Chris Christie may have ended his campaign for the White House, but there still could be a New Jersey politician on a national ticket this fall: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. When Washington's list-makers consider potential Democratic vice-presidential nominees, they always pen Booker's name in. Booker was an early backer of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's quest for the Democratic presidential nomination and traveled on her behalf to Iowa before the caucuses and N..>> view original2 Newark men plead guilty in armed carjacking outside city store
DeAndre Weathers, 19, and Justin Smith, 26, both of Newark, have pleaded guilty to their roles in the July 5, 2013 carjacking of a vehicle at gunpoint outside a convenience store in the city.File photo NEWARK — Two Newark men have pleaded guilty to their roles in the carjacking of a vehicle at gunpoint in 2013 outside a convenience store in the city. DeAndre Weathers, 19, and Justin Smith, 26, entered the guilty pleas in recent weeks in connection with the July 5, 2013 incident. Charges are s..>> view originalBabyface brings the love to Newark for NJPAC show
Alex Biese, @ABieseAPP 10:09 a.m. EST February 11, 2016Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds released his latest album, “Return of the Tender Lover,” in 2015.(Photo: Courtesy of SJ Presents)If there's anyone qualified to discuss the art of the love song, it's Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.A music industry veteran, the 11-time Grammy winner has carved out a romantic reputation for himself as both a compelling performer and as a composer extraordinaire. Over the years, Edmonds has written or co-writt..>> view originalUber to pay unjust fines after Newark threatens drivers
NEWARK (AP) — Uber says it will fully compensate unjustly fined or cited drivers after Newark officials threatened to tow drivers operating at and around Penn Station and Newark Liberty International Airport. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage your account. Subscribe Thank you for reading and relying on pressofAtlanticCity.com for you..>> view originalBoys Basketball: 2016 NJSIAA Tournament Seeds
Bryan Antoine (1) of Ranney School watches a loose ball go out of bounds. At right is Mater Dei's Kenneth Jones (15). Ranney School traveled to Mater Dei Prep for boys basketball in Middletown, NJ, on Thursday, February 4, 2016. /Russ DeSantis for the Asbury Park Press / Slug:ASB 0205 boys basketball roundup(Photo: Russ DeSantis)Here are the seeds for the 2016 NJSIAA Tournament via the Star Ledger's live update from the meeting. *Note Brackets usually aren't official till Noon of the next day (F..>> view originalNewark burglary suspect found in vacant home
NEWARK — Fugitive team detectives Wednesday arrested a 57-year-old man wanted for burglary, police spokesman Det. Hubert Henderson said. John O'Boyle Detectives searching for Kevin Young received a tip that he had been seen recently on Columbia Avenue near South Orange Avenue. He was found in a vacant house on Columbia and arrested for trespassing and was also charged with the January burglary of another home on Columbia that was being renovated. Anyone with information about this or any ot..>> view originalMan who served 17 years for Hoboken killing is back behind bars
JERSEY CITY -- A former Hoboken resident who spent 17 years behind bars for killing a Jersey City man in 1999 told The Jersey Journal in 2014 that he had changed, become religious and hoped to put his life back together. More than a year later, he is back in prison. Fundador Bonet, 35, was in prison from June 17, 1999 to Aug. 29, 2014, for the aggravated manslaughter of Charles Mincey, who was 19 when Bonet fatally shot him outside a Hoboken public housing complex on Aug. 30, 1997. On Oct. 14,..>> view original
Thursday, February 11, 2016
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