Category: Jersey City News

Growing up as a boy in Jersey City, writer Thomas Belton remembers playing baseball with his brother Jack near Garfield Avenue. He also remembers the ore-colored fluid that would puddle and pool in low-lying areas of their community, including near the ball fields where they spent their free time. It was only years later that …

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Community meeting on Christ Hospital sale On Monday, Dec 12 at 7:30 p.m. the Hilltop Neighborhood Association in Jersey City will hold its regular meeting. Among the agenda items to be discussed will be the impending sale of Christ Hospital to a private for-profit company. The Hilltop Association has invited members of the nurses’ union, …

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The day before 2,500 supporters of a controversial school voucher bill held a rally in Trenton, opponents of the measure made Jersey City ground zero for their fight. At an anti-voucher rally held at Jersey City’s Franklin L. Williams Middle School (Middle School 7) on Wednesday, parents came out against what state Sen. Ronald Rice …

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Many people enjoy the spirit of the holiday season but are wary of the consumerism that often accompanies this time of year. This can be especially challenging for parents who want to teach their children that, in civil society, one should not step over a dying man on the floor at Target, or pepper spray …

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At the behest of County Prep High School student Jeremy Garriga, the city has agreed to install bins in three municipal buildings to collect socks for the homeless. After making a presentation before the Jersey City Council, Garriga, 15, was able to persuade the city to put up temporary collection bins in City Hall (280 …

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An old ink factory that has for years been an environmental nuisance and eyesore for one West Side community is finally being torn down, to the relief of residents near the factory. For nearly 40 years, residents living near the Dye Specialties Inc. plant at 407 Ege Ave. had to contend with strange odors, purple-colored …

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Former council candidate, JCHA Chair Lori Serrano indicted again Former Jersey City Council candidate Lori Serrano, one of 46 public officials who was arrested in an FBI sting operation in 2009, has been hit with a second superseding indictment that charges her with mail fraud, on top of other charges she is already facing. According …

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Four Jersey City-based charter schools filed a petition Tuesday requesting that Acting Commissioner of Education Chris Cerf issue a ruling declaring, among other things, that the city’s charter schools are not being properly funded, as required by the New Jersey Constitution and state statutes. Charter schools are supposed to receive 90 percent of the per-student …

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In death, just like when he dominated local government, former Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague remains larger than life. A mayor who served for three decades from 1917 to 1947, Hague arguably did more to shape Jersey City than almost any other political figure in the city’s history. During his tenure in office, Hague expanded …

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Many aspiring parents in Hudson County have arrived at adoption after heartbreaking run-ins with in vitro fertilization, unforeseen health impediments, or other roadblocks to biological parenting. For others, adoption is the first stop on the baby chase. Either way, it can be an arduous road paved with delays, obstacles, and red tape. But the destination …

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