Residents unite to take on mega-landlord

Jersey City Together held a landlord protest against River Edge / Trendy Management on Sunday, March 26, 2017. The protest met at St Paul’s Episcopal Church and protesters walked over to 205 Monticllo Ave. in Jersey City. Pictured: Rev. Jessica Lambert of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. (Michael Dempsey | The Jersey Journal) Michael Dempsey | […]

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Three Alarm Fire Rages on Elmora Avenue

By FRAN SULLIVAN March 26, 2017 at 3:12 PM Three-alarm fire on Elmora AvenueCredits: Kathy Lloyd ELIZABETH, NJ – A fire in a six-story multiple dwelling on the 300 block of Elmora Avenue quickly progressed from a two-alarm to a three-alarm fire with one firefighter injured. At one point, fire was visible and found in […]

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Residents rescued

Residents rescued from 2-alarm fire at housing complex Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal PrintEmail By Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal  on March 22, 2017 at 7:54 AM, updated March 22, 2017 at 7:55 AM A two alarm fire ripped through an apartment building at the Marion Gardens Housing Complex on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (Caitlin […]

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2 jump from second-floor window to escape blaze

2 jump from second-floor window to escape blaze in Highland Park 1 / 36 Firefighters battle a blaze at a house in Highland Park. July 26, 2016 (Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com PrintEmail By Spencer Kent | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  Email the author | Follow on Twitter […]

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Fire renders Montclair building uninhabitable

Fire renders Montclair building uninhabitable FEBRUARY 1, 2016    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016, 6:38 PM BY NICHOLAS KATZBAN STAFF WRITER | THE MONTCLAIR TIMES A three-alarm fire caused extensive damage to a mixed-use building in Montclair’s Central Business District this past Saturday, closing businesses, displacing residents and sending two people to the hospital. STAFF PHOTO […]

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Questions arise about evacuation plan

Questions arise about evacuation plan for new Paterson school location AUGUST 10, 2015, 7:18 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015, 7:29 PM BY JOE MALINCONICO PATERSON PRESS CHRIS MONROE/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Exterior of the new HARP Academy on Colt Street in Paterson. PATERSON – Some local officials are questioning whether the downtown office […]

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fire escape snapped

Jersey City apartment complex where fire escape snapped cited for safety violations Residents say rusted fire escape steps gave way beneath their feet as they fled a 2-alarm fire in a 4-story apartment building at 500 Garfield Ave. in Jersey City on Monday, June 15, 2015. Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal Reena Rose […]

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FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY

NEWS FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSES AS RESIDENTS ESCAPE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY   Jim Dolan has the story in Jersey City.       By Jim Dolan Tuesday, June 16, 2015 09:23AM JERSEY CITY (WABC) — Residents at an apartment house in New Jersey are lucky to be alive. The fire escape that was supposed to be […]

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Jersey City man who fell to his death (from Fire Escape)

  Authorities release name of Jersey City man who fell to his death   A 74-year-old Jersey City man who was cleaning a fire escape died after the counterweight from the fire escape’s ladder broke loose, struck him on the head and sent him falling to the ground this morning, officials said.   At 11:30 […]

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