No arrests made in Newark woman's fatal shooting, authorities say and other top stories.

• No arrests made in Newark woman's fatal shooting, authorities say

  

  NEWARK -- Authorities have identified the woman fatally shot in Newark early Monday as Clintonia Walker, 48.  The Essex County Prosecutor's Office and Newark Police said Tuesday they have not arrested anyone in the killing. Walker, of Newark, was shot at about 3:08 a.m. on the 300 block of 6th Avenue, authorities said. She died at University Hospital at 3:54 a.m. At least nine people were shot in Newark over the holiday weekend. Three have died from their wounds.  Newark Police have said shooti..

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• Man found dead in Newark apartment building fire

  

  NEWARK -- A 68-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire Tuesday morning, authorities said.  Tyrone Heard was found in his first-floor apartment at the Seth Boyden Apartments when firefighters went in to extinguish the blaze, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.  He was pronounced dead at 1:33 a.m. after officials were notified of the fire at 12:55 a.m., authorities said. The cause of Heard's death is pending an autopsy. ..

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• How fast can complaint about a Route 21 pothole be answered?

  

  Drive over the same pothole everyday on the way to work and it is bound to get under a driver's skin, especially if it's on a state highway used by thousands of motorists a day. That led one reader to ask about the crater he'd been driving through day after day on Route 21-McCarter Highway in the heart of Newark's business district, which somehow was missed during the state's annual pothole filling blitz. "McCarter Highway in Newark is a disgrace. Be in right lane going North at the intersectio..

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• Union Police Capture Suspects in Armed Robbery

  

  UNION, NJ – Union police apprehended two suspects Tuesday afternoon after an armed robbery on Route 22. According to Union police, two suspects robbed at gunpoint the Exxon gas station at 1601 Route 22 West in Union Tuesday at about 2:00 p.m.  A description of the suspects and vehicle were provided to police, who saw the red Range Rover driving on Route 22 East.  The Range Rover matched a car jacked vehicle taken out of Newark on Monday.  When police activated their vehicle lights and siren, t..

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• Organizations rally to end youth incarceration at training school in ...

  

  MONROE — The message was made loud and clear at a rally outside of the New Jersey Training School for Boys: 150 years of youth incarceration is enough.The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and the Youth Justice New Jersey coalition, based in Newark, launched a campaign on June 28 outside of the training school, also known as Jamesburg, located on Grace Hill Road in Monroe, calling for its closure as well as the closure of the girls prison, the Female Secure Care and Intake Facility, also ..

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• Journal Entries

  Writer featured in Congressional Record Professor Roland Alum Jr. of West New York had his Jersey Journal op-ed inserted in the Congressional Record by N.J. Congressman Thomas MacArthur (R-Ocean, Burlington counties) on June 6. The op-ed, "Why May 20 is so important to Cuban Americans," was posted on NJ.com on May 18 and published in The Jersey Journal on May 20. According to Alum, this was about his sixth mention in the Congressional Record.The piece was about Professor Margarita Garcia's re..

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• Mays Landing native ate how many hot dogs?

  

  NEW YORK — Carmen Cincotti, a Mays Landing native, came in second in the renowned Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest in New York on Tuesday afternoon.Cincotti, 24, an Oakcrest High School graduate, came four hot dogs shy of beating the now 10-time champion, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, who defended his title at the showdown on the Coney Island boardwalk.Chestnut, of San Jose, California, downed 72 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, with Cincotti coming in second with 68 and Matt “The Meg..

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• How to get to Jersey City's Freedom and Fireworks Festival

  

  The sun is shining on Exchange Place as Jersey City's Freedom and Fireworks Festival is underway. People of all ages are coming out dressed in red, white and blue to celebrate the nation's 241st birthday. For those trying to get here, though, be aware that there are street closures and traffic throughout the area.  The best way to get here: public transportation. The Exchange Place PATH station is the closest link, but the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey notes that if the trains and ..

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• West Orange remembers its fallen sons of Vietnam with traveling ...

  

  Joseph Boland travels at least once a year to Washington, D.C to see his brother's name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall. This year the wall - a traveling replica - came to him.  It has been in West Orange, on the football field at the high school since Friday. Joseph didn't have a hard time finding his big brother, Pfc James R. Boland, this past Saturday. "Panel E5, line 70,'' he said. Joseph, a Whippany resident who grew up in West Orange, already had it memorized. MORE: Recent Barry Car..

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