The Journal extensively covered the 1878 “slaughtered in his sleep” murder of a Jersey City police officer, Richard H. Smith, who was found bloodied in his bed, through its multiple trials of his wife ...

Can’t fight City Hall, you say? Ha! The Jersey Journal did exactly that throughout its 157-year existence, leaving behind a rich legacy of advocacy for the people of Hudson County.

Perhaps the fires that devastated Los Angeles in early January will take such platitudes out of circulation, at least for a ...