Category: Jersey City News

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday that it has started an investigation into the bizarre train crash in the Hoboken train terminal on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 29 that took the life of young Hoboken mother Fabiola Bittar de Kroon, 34. In the 8:45 a.m. accident, a commuter train coming from suburban …

Continue reading “Feds probing deadly train crash

“

In their introductory album as a new band in the early 1970s, The Jefferson Starship sang a song asking “Are the stars out tonight?” That song could have been the theme of the 2016 edition of The Golden Door International Film Festival held from Sept. 22 to 25 in venues throughout Jersey City. Filmmakers from …

Continue reading “The stars were out

“

St. Dominic Academy presents ‘Annie’ Nov. 18-19 Saint Dominic Academy, Jersey City will present the musical “Annie” on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19, both evenings at 7 p.m., in the Academy’s auditorium, through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). The show will feature the talents of many SDA students. Sophomore Amity Ajero …

Continue reading “JERSEY CITY BRIEFS”

Bright sunlight greeted public officials as they arrived at the front door of St. Joseph’s School for the Blind on Sept. 12. Mayor Steven Fulop, Freeholder Anthony Romano and other dignitaries came to cut the ribbon on a new walkway. But the breakfast gathering was really a celebration of the schools 125th anniversary, and gave …

Continue reading “A helping hand

“

A handful of people gathered out in front of the Greenville Public Library on Sept. 20 to attend the first of a series of public events outlining the platform of the Jersey City United candidates in the school board election on Nov. 8. They are among 10 candidates in the November school board election, and …

Continue reading “Jersey City United candidates meet public

“

Hold on to your hats! A scary political wind will shortly start to blow through Jersey City, now that the City Council has voted to approve a contract for a firm to undertake a new reevaluation of property. A divided council adopted an ordinance on Sept. 14 that begins – or actually, restarts – the …

Continue reading “The reval, revived

“

Better luck next time Organizers of the “OUR Turn NJ” campaign, who were seeking to get voters to approve a referendum that would allow casino gambling in North Jersey, will suspend their efforts, citing dismal polling numbers that suggests voters will reject the move. A joint statement by the operator of the Meadowlands Racetrack, Jeff …

Continue reading “JERSEY CITY BRIEFS”

Maire Kent always knew the rare type of cancer she had in her heart would kill her. While her doctors sought to buy her time through an extensive sequence of chemotherapy, this often left her dazed and confused. But not about one thing – her last wish. Before and after her death in 2013, Maire …

Continue reading “Seeking the sea

“

“It’s raining, but there ain’t a cloud in the sky,” sang Bruce Springsteen in a song on an album about the horrors of the attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Although debris, blood, and human remains filled the sky after the were Twin Towers struck by two jet airliners in a terrorist attack that day, the …

Continue reading “A gathering to remember

“