Category: Jersey City News

Little painted fairies and pumpkins will be haunting Newport on Sunday, Oct. 20 for the 15th annual Harvest Festival, hosted by Stevens Cooperative School. At least 800 residents from Jersey City and neighboring towns will swing through for the fall family-oriented celebration. The event—which will take place in the community area outside Newport Skates—will feature …

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Fulop administration reorganizes Jersey City Fire Department to cut overtime costs Mayor Steven M. Fulop and Public Safety Director James Shea announced last week that the administration is restructuring the Jersey City Fire Department into three battalions, a measure that they say will place more firefighters on-duty, provide better services for residents, and significantly reduce …

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Cab drivers in Jersey City are upset that the council has approved a Fulop administration plan to add 20 additional taxis to the city’s fleet, but are optimistic that they might see a fare increase in the near future. By a vote of 8-0-1 the City Council last week adopted a plan introduced by the …

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Rich Kiamco and David Gibson have in the past exchanged vows before their family and friends, expressing their love for and commitment to each other. In fact, they’ve done it three times. But when the couple recites their vows next week at City Hall in their adopted home state of New Jersey, Kiamco said it …

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In recent years, much has been made of the need to train more people for careers in science, technology, and engineering in this country. Fear that the U.S. is losing its competitive edge in the “hard sciences” has led to concerns that the nation will lose its dominance as an industrial world leader. While those …

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By now, online radio is probably as diverse as the traditional terrestrial stations that came before it. Some stations are slick and professional, with smooth-talking hosts, while other stations sound like they were recorded in someone’s basement. Go Pro Radio Network, which launched in Feb. 2012 and is based downtown on First Street, hit the …

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Jayson Berg: Jersey City’s own Ted Cruz? The next time perennial candidate and frequent council speaker Jayson Berg runs for office, and there will probably be a next time, he has a new moniker he can add to the ballot under his name: “horrendous.” Earlier this year when Berg ran for the Ward A City …

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Jerramiah Healy was still the mayor of Jersey City when a member of his administration, Budget Director and Assistant Business Administrator Robert Kakoleski, stood before the City Council and announced that there was a $16 million shortfall in the 2013 municipal budget. The news stunned Healy’s allies on the council, all of whom would be …

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Every football fan has had that feeling. Your favorite team is behind a couple touchdowns. The clock is running out and every little point, even a field goal, matters. Your team has good field position. The kicker goes to kick and… he misses. That’s when you think, “Oh, good Lord, how hard can it be?!!” …

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Two years ago, when the Golden Door International Film Festival made its big debut on Jersey City’s cultural landscape, the event grabbed center stage as the city’s only offering of independent work being made by contemporary filmmakers. Last year, however, the festival had to share top billing with the Artists’ Studio Tour when the two …

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