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JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND — Several people were shot early on Sunday morning in the Pavonia/Newport PATH station in downtown Jersey City, according to various reports. PATH service was suspended between Hoboken and Journal Square after the incident, which apparently took place around 5:30 a.m. According to media reports, two people bumped into each other …
This week the City Council will weigh a proposal advanced by the administration of Mayor Steven Fulop to overhaul the way in which the city approves tax abatements for development projects built in the city. The plan, the first of its kind for Jersey City, is designed to give tax incentives to developers who agree …
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A ghost bike dedicated to the memory of Natasha Caicedo has found a new home on Marin Boulevard at the corner of Grand Street. Caicedo, a co-owner of the popular Kraverie restaurant on Mercer Street, was hit and killed while riding her bike on Marin Boulevard the evening of June 20 by an alleged hit …
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Ever since her son Dareus Burgess was gunned down near the Cosmo “Gussy” DiSanto Memorial Playground in June of 2009, Miriam Melendez has become an unofficial caretaker of the park, located in the Marion/Journal Square neighborhood. Each night at 10 p.m., she locks the municipal park to keep out loiterers and would-be drug dealers, and …
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Dewayne Bryant, a Jersey City resident who works the overnight shift at a local 24-hour McDonald’s, is ready for a change. He has been on the job for nearly three years. “I’m looking for something else,” he said, while waiting for one of the cooks to make a fresh batch of fries. “I’m looking retail, …
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Pulaski Skyway closed this weekend through Sunday The Pulaski Skyway, which closed Friday morning, is scheduled to be closed through the weekend and will reopen at around 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26 so that workers can install a new floor beam that will support travel lanes over the Tonnelle Circle in Jersey City. During the …
Sticks and stones may break bones, but words have the power to hurt, educate, or inspire, according to the founders of Wordsmithing Wednesdays, held each month at Steam Café. Launched in January of this year by Steam Café owner Christine Coaker and Jersey City writer Lana Rose Diaz, Wordsmithing Wednesdays has quickly become a nexus …
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Suzanne Mack, the Jersey City School Board president and the board’s longest-serving member, said recently that it is “premature” to talk about her likely departure from this body, even though she has stated both publicly and privately that she plans to resign this fall. According to state law, the timing of Mack’s departure is crucial. …
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The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns this weekend with the third and final installment of the 22nd Annual Shakespeare summer series with a new twist on a old favorite – William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” directed by Noelle Fair. The show was slated to be presented at the Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery on Saturday, Aug. 17 …
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Every year the Hudson County Department of Health and Human Services has to make a tough choice, seeking to pick one senior citizen from the 12 nominated by each municipality to be “Hudson County’s Outstanding Senior” of the year. While Helen Hams of Weehawken got the distinction this year as the May 29 luncheon at …
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