Heavy Traffic in Journal Square due to Suspicious Package

Just got home (6:06PM) from work after an hour drive — 30 minutes just on Summit Avenue alone! The traffic is all the way to the heights area (somewhere between Carlton and Troy Avenue). I sensed something was going on when cars were moving VERY slowly asĀ  all intersections are jammed.

Van Reipen and Pavonia Avenues [...]



Suspicious Package at Stanley Theater

Several streets in Journal Square area of Jersey City were closed this morning due to police activity responding to a bomb scare/threat at Stanley Theater (Pavonia Avenue and JFK Boulevard).



Bomb Scare at Five Corners

Inset photo copyright Tom Shortell/ The Jersey Journal

A bomb scare incident occurred this morning at Five Corners. Police blocked off traffic from Hoboken Avenue to Central Avenue. “…Two suspicious packages were left at the Liberty Savings Federal Credit Union on Hoboken Avenue…”

On my way home around 1:15 PM, I saw no police mobiles in [...]



2008: 0 Murder in Journal Square

Jersey Journal reported that there were 36 murders in Hudson County .. 27 of those occured in Jersey City, the highest count in 10 years.

The report listed down the names of the victim and their addresses, and I checked if there were incidents in Journal Square. There were none. Nada.

However, other crimes such as robbery, [...]



Bomb Scare Again at the State Office on Summit Avenue

State Office on Summit Avenue corner Sip Avenue

There was a bomb scare again at the State Office at 438 Summit Avenue, Jersey City that led to street closures (green highlight on the map above). DMV/MVC has its office in this building.

News inside/below …