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A good three years
Fulop disagrees with critics who knock his record as mayor

With a host of potential rivals planning to run for mayor next year if Mayor Steven Fulop runs for governor, Fulop – who may end up seeking reelection – last week talked about his first three years in office. In the run up to the 2017 municipal election cycle, Fulop’s political opponents have questioned his …

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A whole new Gold Coast?
NJCU breaks ground on west campus residences

The cool wind blowing off the Hackensack River on Sept. 12 knocked down placards and stirred up dust over the largely barren landscape along Jersey City’s West Side Avenue. Devoid of buildings for the moment, the property is destined to become the western campus of New Jersey City University (NJCU) as well as a new …

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Telling tales
Library’s eighth book event features local writers

The Jersey City Free Public Library will feature a variety of writing talent at the Tales of Our Cities book festival in Van Vorst Park on Sunday, Sept. 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (rain or shine) adjacent to the main library, along Jersey Avenue and Montgomery Street. With the motto, “Celebrating Writers: Promoting …

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Clothing for every taste
Jersey City Fashion Week kicks off on Sept. 21

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but fashion often is not, coming instead out of the creative spirit of designers who read public sentiment and then set trends. Over the last five years, Jersey City Fashion Week (JCFW) has served as the host for impressive works by celebrated designers, and the upcoming …

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JERSEY CITY BRIEFS

Saint Anthony High School announces it may close The Saint Anthony High School Board of Trustees have announced that the school may close in June 2017 unless $10 to $20 million can be raised within the next several months to establish an endowment. The school has experienced a confluence of circumstances over the past several …

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Hold on there
JC residents form committee to oppose election date change

With implications that could affect next year’s Jersey City mayoral election, a group of residents has formed a committee, “Keep Jersey City Elections Local,” opposing the upcoming November referendum asking voters if they want to move the 2017 municipal elections from the spring to the fall. _____________“There is a startling amount of misleading information about …

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Matsikoudis takes first steps
Former city attorney establishes mayoral campaign account

Bill Matsikoudis, corporation counsel for Jersey City under former Mayor Jerramiah Healy, is actively raising money to run for mayor, according to Jake Hudnut, treasurer/campaign counsel for the Matsikoudis mayoral campaign committee. _____________“Right now Bill is the only mayoral candidate filed besides Mayor Fulop.” – Jake Hudnut____________ “Right now, Bill is the only mayoral candidate …

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The Longest Day
The article we published in September, 2001 about the terror attacks

Editor’s Note: For the 15th anniversary of 9/11/01, we are reprinting our coverage of that day. This article originally appeared in a slightly longer version in a special countywide edition of the Reporter on Sept. 16, 2001 called “A County Copes,” with cover designed by Jennifer Martiak featuring a photo by Tom Jennemann.   As …

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