Category: Jersey City News

In honor of India’s 69th Independence Day, local kids danced and sang in front of Jersey City City Hall on Aug. 15. The event was organized by NewportMommy.com and Surati for Performing Arts with support from the mayor’s office. Young children dressed in traditional colored garments put on a show for family, friends, and public …

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In the past, kids used to dream of running away to perform in the circus, carnival life always seeming free-spirited. But kids may not get a chance to even see the circus if animal rights groups have their way and get Jersey City to ban local circuses. The ban would be based on the fact …

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When well-meaning members of the B’nai Jacob Congregation on West Side Avenue wanted to put a rainbow flag outside the temple, Rabbi Aaron Katz declined. While Katz is openly gay, he did not want to send the message to the community that B’nai Jacob was. “I want B’nai Jacob to be inclusive, not exclusive,” he …

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Vincent Favale, vice president of CBS Late Night Programming, hadn’t planned to film his musical video “Hereafter” at the Historic Landmark Loew’s Theater in Jersey City. He had researched two other historic locations, one in Middletown and another in Staten Island, but neither had the historic elements he needed for his film, or else they …

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Many people who routinely watch the New Jersey Cuban Parade when it makes its way through Hudson County each June know Nicole Falcon‘s face. She is the pretty woman who waves from the top of one of the floats. Falcon likes to think she has performing in her blood. Her father Esteban Falcon was a …

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Holy Rosary celebrated its 113th Italian Festival downtown last week near Sixth and Brunswick streets despite the threat of thunder showers. Crowds sampled fine food and listened to good music while at the same time paying homage to the Feast of the Assumption, one of the more important holidays in the Roman Catholic calendar. The …

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Two projects approved for Journal Square Genova Burns attorney Eugene T. Paolino, representing developer Kushner Companies and the KABR Group, has hailed the Jersey City Planning Board for approving two major mixed-use development projects, named One Journal Square and 30 Journal Square.  “This continues the inevitable movement of Jersey City redevelopment from the waterfront to the …

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Because a “creepy” man reportedly entered the playground area of Lincoln Park in Jersey City and took pictures of children there recently, the Hudson County Board of Freeholders has moved to ban adults unaccompanied by children from playgrounds in any of the county parks. These include fenced-in playground areas like those within Columbus Park in …

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A 17-year old youth was fatally shot and two teens were wounded Monday at a Jersey City community center on Comunipaw Avenue, in what law enforcement officials suggest was a targeted shooting. The event on Aug. 8, billed as a birthday party, was held at the Lincoln Center, a hall owned by the Holy Ghost …

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Assemblyman Nicholas Chiaravalotti of Hudson County recently sponsored a bill that has been interpreted in some media outlets as banning drinking coffee, polishing your nails, or reading a newspaper while driving. The actual language is more vague: the proposed bill, sponsored with John Wisniewski of Middlesex County, prohibits “any activity unrelated to the actual operation …

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