Category: Jersey City News

It all started with a one-dollar sale to a city agency. Back in the early 1980s a billionaire shipping magnate named Daniel K. Ludwig had acquired some property on the Jersey City waterfront. The problem? The Army Corps of Engineers would not let him rebuild the rotting piers or build onto the water or adjoining …

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Buy your beer before July the first If you don’t you’ll surely die of thirst No more schnapps with your liverwurst After July the first —Old folk song commemorating July 1, 1919, the start of Prohibition in the U.S. If there’s anything that can be learned from Prohibition, and the history of speakeasies in the …

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You may have seen one in your neighborhood. – large, flat gizmos, angled skyward to catch rays from the sun. The solar panels are part of a gas-and-electric company initiative called Solar4All to install 80 megawatts of solar capacity within their service territory by 2012. “Enough to power about 12,500 average-size New Jersey homes,” said …

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Man charged with killing wife gets psych testing A Jersey City man, Narciso Gomera, 46, charged with stabbing his wife to death on March 12, has been ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation, according to NJ.com. The man was arrested at his home on Ocean Avenue near Sheffield Street. Bail was set at $300,000 in …

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It’s the taxes, stupid. At the height of the last recession, “It’s the economy” became the refrain pundits and angry Americans used to remind politicians of the bread-and-butter concerns of John and Mary Q. Public struggling to make ends meet. This week, as Mayor Jerramiah Healy prepares to deliver his State of the City Address …

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Warehouses are to Jersey City what Victorian homes are to Cape May – the architectural signature that gives them their distinctive character, beyond bricks and wood and mortar. Jersey City’s storied industrial past haunts these cavernous structures, and preservationists want them protected with landmark status. Recently, Jersey City’s Historic Preservation Commission voted to approve the …

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On Wednesday the City Council unanimously approved two resolutions that will allow continued restoration of the historic Apple Tree House/Van Wagenen House on Academy Street. The house is said to have had strategic importance during the Revolutionary War, and Gen. George Washington may have had a meeting under an apple tree there. The city is …

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Liberty State Park is a site for all seasons. In fall, marsh vegetation turns to muted reds and ambers, not as vibrant as hardwood trees farther north but subtly beautiful in their own way. In winter the park’s huge open spaces are like a tundra with wind-swept drifts of snow and icy sheets sparkling in …

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