Category: Jersey City News

If “location, location, location” is the adage by which realtors and developers live across the globe and throughout the U.S., perhaps there is a second one that applies equally west of the Hudson River: As goes New York City, so too goes Hudson County. Developers have slowed the NASCAR-paced residential real estate construction of the …

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Jimmy King pleads guilty; Manzo pleads not guilty Jimmy King, a former Jersey City Council candidate in May 2009, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to accepting $15,000 in cash bribes. He admitted in court that he took the money in exchange for expediting zoning and other required city approvals for a development project. …

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This Saturday, July 23, the city will co-host the second of a two-day gun buy-back program to get illegal weapons off the streets. The first day of the buyback was held on July 16, after press time. Mayor Jerramiah Healy quickly announced the buyback program, the second in Jersey City history, two days after the …

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Few would use the words “lush green oasis” in the same breath with Jersey City Heights. Yet this hardscrabble neighborhood is indeed home to one of the city’s most beautiful outdoor gifts: the Jersey City Reservoir. A 14-acre site situated between Summit, Central, and Jefferson avenues, the reservoir sits opposite from the popular Pershing Field. …

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Levin throws hat in Jersey City Council-At-large seat; field widens Community activist and former mayoral candidate Dan Levin announced a week ago that he will run for one of two Jersey City Council At-large seats in the November special election. Voters will go to the polls on Nov. 8 to fill two seats vacated by …

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Wherever you find yourself on any given day this summer, there’s sure to be a farmers market nearby – there is at least one held in the area every day of the week through fall. Hudson County is home to at least 11 farmers markets. While most can be found in Jersey City and Hoboken, …

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Jersey City will ask the U.S. Census Bureau to change its official population count, raising questions about whether some apartment complexes or neighborhoods were missed. The city’s population is 240,000, according to census data released earlier this year. That’s at least 20,000 people less than the city’s own projections based on new housing development and …

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As Democrats in Trenton scramble for ways to restore millions of dollars in cuts recently made to the state budget by Gov. Christopher Christie, municipalities – including Jersey City – are still trying to decipher what the approved budget will mean for them. Since most of the budget line items that were vetoed by the …

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