Category: Jersey City News

Seeking to promote education and job opportunities, Provident Bank Foundation (PBF) gave grants last month to two Jersey City and one Bayonne not-for-profit organizations. PBF awarded $25,000 for certain projects and programs as part of its 2016 major grants initiative. These included the Bayonne Educational Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Jersey City, and …

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For more than five years, the Hudson County Board of Freeholders has struggled to get the right combination of architect, contractor, and grant money in place to allow the Lincoln Park Fountain to be restored. Each year, the cost of the project rose, partly because of unexpected problems and delays. But in June, a fountain …

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More than a century-old tradition Holy Rosary Church will once again host La Festa Italiana from Aug. 10 to 14 near Brunswick and Sixth streets in Jersey City. On these five summer nights, the neighborhood surrounding Holy Rosary Church will come alive with rocking dance music, games of chance, kids’ activities, and a wide-array of …

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In a ceremony scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 23, in New Hope, Pa., Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop planned to marry Jaclyn Thompson, a local business owner. In some ways, theirs will be a storybook marriage, symbolic of the new, young and up-and-coming nature of Jersey City. Fulop, 38, proposed earlier this year, …

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With a warm breeze blowing over Martin Luther King Drive on July 19, city and other officials gathered to mark what they called a historic occasion, the groundbreaking for a new City Hall Annex. The annex location is seven stops on the light rail from Exchange Place. Dignitaries in suits and ties and other garb …

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Kevin Suarez hadn’t intended to become a hero on July 12 when he heard people screaming from the waters off Ellis Island, but he leaped in to help rescue two young girls, one of whom would likely have drowned. “It was just a reaction,” he said. A worker for Statue Cruises at Liberty State Park, …

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Although it’s not scheduled to kick off until Sept. 21, organizers of Fashion Week will begin casting calls for a wide array of participants beginning July 29. This year will be something special. The fashion show seeks to return to places and themes that were part of its foundation. “We’re going back to the Terminal …

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Man shot in head near West Side Avenue in Jersey City A man was shot to death near Clinton Avenue between West Side Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard early on Thursday morning, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed. The victim apparently suffered a gunshot to his head in an incident around 2 a.m. on July 21. …

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Katherine Jeblick doesn’t call Maximum Motion a “gym” even though it has all the weights and exercise machines of a typical gym. For Jeblick, it is a fitness center, and not merely for the body. With exercise, the right diet, and discipline, she believes people can achieve a kind of spiritual healing as well. The …

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