Category: Jersey City News

The city is poised to crack down on those popular food truck vendors that have sprouted up around Grove Street, Journal Square, and Newport over the last couple of years. On Tuesday, the Jersey City Council introduced an amendment to an existing food establishment law, adding stricter rules for mobile food vendors. The new rules …

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Lavarro, Richardson sworn in With chants of “Mabuhay (long live) the Philippines! Mabuhay Jersey City,” members of Jersey City’s Filipino community cheered as Rolando Lavarro was sworn in as the City Council’s newest at-large representative. Lavarro, the first Asian to be elected to the City Council, was sworn in Monday alongside Viola Richardson, his running …

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In a county where people sometimes believe ethics – political and otherwise – are compromised, one school is teaching students to do the right thing as part of its curriculum. Jersey City’s Ethical Community Charter School serves students in kindergarten through third grade. However, the school doesn’t use political examples or examples from history, instead …

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The city has released a list of 40 abandoned properties that have been deemed the worst in Jersey City. Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy said the list was released to shame the owners into improving their properties – or else. “We want these property owners to know that we are serious about holding them accountable. And …

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The Thanksgiving turkey hasn’t been carved, but nearly every retailer from Macy’s to JC Penney has already hung the plastic wreaths and reindeer in preparation for the Christmas buying season. And just in time for this week’s Black Friday, several retailers have also revived an old program to attract customers: layaway. If you were alive …

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On Saturday, Becky Genese planned to spend most of the day in her Jersey City kitchen cooking food to take to her sister’s house on Thanksgiving afternoon. She planned to get the cooking for her family out of the way early, she said, so that she can spend a portion of her day volunteering her …

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Holiday Hudson Reporter advertising deadlines Because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines. For The Secaucus Reporter, The North Bergen Reporter, The Union City Reporter, The West New York Reporter, and The Weehawken Reporter, the deadline for classified and display advertising is Tuesday, Nov. 22, at …

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Before the recent City Council at-large election, Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop, a political opponent of Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, refrained from making endorsements. But even without Fulop’s involvement in the race, Healy’s candidates for the two open at-large seats lost their elections on Tuesday. Healy’s candidates lost despite support from the Jersey City Democratic …

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Hudson County residents who want to turn some of their garbage into soil – but lack the space or the backyard to do it and have few drop-off locations – may be in for a change. The process is called “composting” and it’s popular among local gardeners, as well as Manhattan transplants accustomed to repurposing …

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