Hudson County News

In Hudson County NJ, lawyers for a 12 year old boy helped his family recover $1.5 million in damages after the young boy was struck by a large truck while riding his bicycle on Routes 1 and 9 in Jersey City.

The spotlight has been on Jersey City Councilwoman Nidia Lopez who is the center of a filed lawsuit by her Ward C rival Jimmy King who is trying to vacate the results of the May city election results in Journal Square.

A Camden County woman has become the tenth New Jersey resident to die from swine flu as the state's tally of the sickened rose to 833 Wednesday.

Narcotics agents have arrested 17 members of an Upper Manhattan drug gang that used underaged teens to sell cocaine.

From left: Dr. Howard Parish, Chairperson of the United Way of Hudson County, Commissioner of the NJ Department of Community Affairs Joe Doria; Philip Mangano and TD Bank North Market President Gregg Gerken hold their Live United awards.

A sidewalk memorial for Kevin Miller, 28, near the Jersey City street corner where he was shot dead.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> CHARGED IN KILLING Cops: Victim took a beating from at least 2 An ex-con is back in jail after being charged with killing a Jersey City man he shot in the head at point-blank range early Sunday, officials said.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> More schools meeting fed rules many in Hudson still lagging By JEANETTE RUNDQUIST Journal staff writer THE STAR-LEDGER More New Jersey school districts are meeting the requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" law, according to data released yesterday by the state Department of Education.

Last year, people needed umbrellas at the July Fourth festivities in Liberty State Park.

Fireworks will light up the Hudson again tomorrow night as they did for the opening of the W Hotel in Hoboken in April.

Devon Carter, above, was the first person charged in the beating and shooting death of Kevin Miller of Jersey City, but officials say more arrests are coming.

Former council candidate Jimmy King's complaint against Nidia Lopez has grown some legs in Jersey City and Orlando.

The courtyard of the Hudson County Plaza, the new headquarters for social services in the county.

A Jersey City Heights man was arrested after police say he ran a high-price call girl ring where he charged clients up to $3,500 an hour for services rendered by one of 40 models pictured on his website.

Today's Hudson County Voices take West New York Mayor Silverio "Sal" Vega to task over town taxes.

HighPoint towing made headlines in December when its owner and others were charged with launching stolen trucks from a cliff to get recovery fees, but a guilty plea yesterday on unrelated charges yesterday ended HighPoint's 85-year history, officials said.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Fire probe asking: Did Ave. A fire start in illegal apt.

Emergency responders from the Jersey City Medical Center, the Jersey City Fired Department and the Port Authority police carry a woman who was rescued from the Hackensack River Emergency responders rescued a Belleville woman who fell 35 feet from the Wittpenn Bridge into the Hackensack River in the early morning hours yesterday, officials said.

The state Health and Senior Services Department says the latest victim is a woman in her 40s from Bergen County who had underlying health conditions.

New Jersey divorce Judge Deborah Ustas has died. Before her June 2005 appointment to the bench in Hackensack, Judge Ustas was a founding partner of a five-female attorney law firm in Hackensack, New Jersey, specializing in matrimonial and family law matters.