Center for Hope & Safety has several community events scheduled in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Calls to the Bergen County nonprofit's 24/7 hotline have increased almost 50 percent since the beginning of the pandemic and continue to "hold...

Executive Director Julye Myner appeared on News 12 to discuss domestic violence during the pandemic. See the first part of her interview ... VIEW HERE...

Domestic Violence Cases Ramp Up Around New Year's: Here's Why NEW JERSEY — The recent high-profile domestic violence killing of Gabby Petito of Long Island — who had publicly chronicled her "van life" with boyfriend (and suspect) Brian Laundrie — spurred difficult...

NJ Man Lost a Daughter to Domestic Abuse, Now Educating Others to Save Lives Pete Miragliotta knows he missed some warnings signs before his daughter's life was cut short. But he also knows that most people would miss the same signs. That's why he's devoting much of...

How Common Are Cases Like Gabby Petito's? 3 NJ Cases Tell Story NORTH JERSEY — The recent killing of Gabrielle Petito of Long Island spurred difficult conversations about the intimate partner murders that haven't received the same level of attention — but just how...

Recent Bergen County Murders Highlight 'Shadow Pandemic' BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Two recent Bergen County murders are highlighting a problem that public health experts and domestic violence advocates have spoken about since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: domestic...

Interview with Julye Myner, PhD. Concerning Domestic Violence  

Killings amid spike in domestic violence, COVID grip Bergen County remains in the eye of 'hurricane' When COVID-19 first struck New Jersey in the spring of 2020, domestic violence experts worried that quarantines, lockdowns and social distancing measures would send...

Dozens join walk against domestic violence after deadly pair of attacks in Bergen County PARAMUS — Pete and Jackie Miragliotta, clad in purple, talked about the day, five years ago, when their daughter was killed by her husband on the front lawn of the couple's...

Four recent grisly homicides bear out experts’ predictions A man knifed and left for dead in Little Ferry.A woman beaten to death with a hammer in Northvale.A grandfather allegedly killed by his ax-wielding grandson in Elmwood Park.A woman who authorities say was...