Category: Jersey City News

Getting kids interested in reading books is sometimes akin to getting them interested in spinach: a difficult, arduous challenge that can frustrate parents from cradle to college. And many resort to old fashioned bribery to get the job done because, let’s face it, it’s a strategy that works. Thus, on Sept. 28, it wasn’t surprising …

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Studio Tour continues The 23 Annual Artists’ Studio Tour weekend, which was scheduled to get underway with a kickoff party held Friday night at the Tenmarc Building, continues on Saturday, Oct. 5 and Sunday, Oct. 6. Hosted and organized by the nonprofit organization Pro Arts and the Jersey City Division of Cultural Affairs, the annual …

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Like many Baby Boomers with college-age and young adult kids, Michael Rushman and his business partner Don Dillon had been through the parental ritual of moving their children from one cramped studio apartment to another, repeatedly buying the same Ikea furniture again and again, when an idea came to them. “The housing needs of the …

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If Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is padding his resumé to run for higher office, perhaps governor, in a few years – as has been widely speculated – he will likely want the endorsement of a few labor groups. Thus, it is not surprising that Fulop, both as Ward E city councilman and as mayor, …

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A controversial West Side senior housing development that appeared to be shelved earlier this year may move forward after all. In May, residents on the city’s West Side learned that Temple Beth-El had plans to sell a parcel of land next to the synagogue to a developer who planned to build a 37-unit senior residential …

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In war-torn nations like Syria, it’s not uncommon for artists, journalists, activists, and intellectuals to be pushed underground, forced to opposed ruling powers anonymously and in hiding. Interestingly, these days the “underground” can be found in the most public space there is: Facebook. This weekend, on Sunday, Sept. 29, the Jersey City-based Mana Contemporary arts …

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On Sept. 10, people passing by a street corner in Hoboken during evening rush hour found the body of 46-year-old Ralph Eric Santiago, a homeless man, slumped against a fence. Homicide detectives were able to view video from nearby cameras that showed two males allegedly following him from behind, and a third jumping out in …

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Strike Force leaves, but visit to schools still causing controversy Superintendent of Schools Marcia Lyles has sent a written apology to parents who were alarmed and concerned about a recent school security assessment conducted by a private firm hired by Lyles that, according to several witnesses, allowed armed security personnel on school grounds. In a …

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Over the next month Jersey City will play host to a trio of high-profile events that are, both individually and collectively, raising the city’s profile as a nexus of arts and culture, with the first one – Jersey City Fashion Week – kicking off this week. For the second year in a row, Desha Jackson’s …

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In the neighboring city of Hoboken, according to Robert Greer, chief financial officer of Manhattan Building Co., “There was a saying. You can’t build west of —–, or you can’t build west of —–. But Sandy [Weiss, his business partner], kept going west of that street.” The thinking changed, he said, when old industrial areas …

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