West New York News

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nokia Lumia 610 looks set to be doomed ahead of its release, as the smartphone is unable to download and run Angry Birds, a report on The Inquirer says.

PanARMENIAN.Net - John Browett, the new retail head at Apple, will receive at least $56 million worth of shares awarded over the course of the next five years, according to a report on The Sunday Times.

The mayor of a northern New Jersey city has been charged with conspiring with his son to bring down a Website calling for the mayor's recall and intimidate anyone involved with it.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Ten people - nine men and one woman - have been abducted by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbak r's Lice district, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 27, Microsoft will find out whether its appeal against a record antitrust penalty has been successful in the EU's General Court, The Register reported.

Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey mayor and his adult son hacked into websites of political foes who were seeking his recall.

May 25, 2012 -- West New York Mayor, Son Arrested for Hacking and Disabling Website Calling for the Mayor's Recall U.S. Attorney's Office May 24, 2012 *District of New Jersey 645-2888 NEWARK-The mayor of West New York, New Jersey and his son were arrested today for allegedly hacking into an e-mail account and website associated with a movement to ... (more)

Source: New York Times New Jersey Mayor Hacked Opponents' Web Site, U.S. Charges By KATE ZERNIKE Published: May 24, 2012 An insurgent political campaign in West New York, N.J., suddenly realized in February that its Web site had been disabled.

He's a mayor whose candidacy was championed by Governor Chris Christie for being clean and straightfoward, but Mayor Felix Roque of West New York, New Jersey was in federal court Thursday, charged with felony computer crimes and one computer misuse misdemeanor.

Assemblywoman Angelica M. Jimenez today urged West New York residents to focus on the positive in the wake of the arrest of the town's mayor, Felix Roque.

The mayor of a New Jersey town has been arrested by the FBI on unspecified charges, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York.

DIANA DOPICO, left, and her sister, Amanda Dopico, at their arraignments in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from the Hudson County jail in Kearny.

Eliana Reyes had just graduated college. It was 2008, and she had a job in Brooklyn that had nothing to do with any of the things she was passionate about.

An honest teen busted on pot possession charges asked cops this morning not to tell his mom since he just completed a drug rehab program, according to police reports.

The town's Board of Education added two new members to its ranks last night, expanding the board from five to seven members, The Jersey Journal reports.

A Jersey City teenager out on two bails has been charged in a new crime, the second teen in four days to be charged while out on bail.

Did you know that the Cuban-American population in the NY Metropolitan area, especially in Hudson County - is the largest outside of Florida in the USA? I am a West New York resident, and I didn't know that almost 20% of my city's population is Cuban! All I needed to do is just look around and to notice how many amazing and popular Cuban ... (more)

Michael Cawley of Bayonne was convicted of raping a woman and dumping her in the Bergen County municipality Palisades Park.

Carolina Chica, of West New York, a senior at The College of New Jersey, has received a Fulbright Fellowship to be an English Teaching Assistant in India next year.

Eleven tenants were displaced Sunday night by a two-alarm fire at a two-story building on 59th Street near Broadway, officials said.