Category: Jersey City News

In July of 2010, Natasha McNight-Henderson of Jersey City was 38 years old and finalizing her first adoption — a child whose mother had died and later ended up in a cousin’s custody, a frequent occurrence due to courts’ preference to place children with family members. Two years later, at an adoption party for her …

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Free Shakespeare in the park The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns with the second installment of its 25th annual Shakespeare in the Parks tour. They’ll perform the play Edward III written by William Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd on Thursday, July 21 in Hamilton Park in Jersey City on 25 West Hamilton Place at 7 p.m., and …

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Residents speaking out in the public portion of the June 15 meeting of the City Council urged the city to push ahead with a state-ordered property revaluation. Joan Terrell, an African-American resident of Ward F, said the poorest sections of the city are being assessed at the highest rates. “This apparently has been going on …

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Holding candles and wearing rainbow-colored ribbons, thousands filled the Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza on June 14 in a show of solidarity with the victims of the June 12 shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Some in the crowd chanted anti-gun slogans, although the majority of the crowd cried out words of love and …

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The reporters and graphic artists for the Hudson Reporter newspapers recently accepted 13 writing, 11 photography, and six layout awards in the prestigious 2016 Memorial Journalism Awards run annually by the Garden State Journalists Association (GSJA). The company’s reporters also recently won eight writing awards in the Excellence in Journalism awards sponsored annually by the …

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Although Stefania Panepinto took some art classes in high school and college, she didn’t imagine herself becoming an artist. When the idea eventually came to her, she thought she had started too late. The co-founder of Panepinto Gallery in the Powerhouse Arts district, she is among the mainstays in the local art scene, not merely …

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If you love Ninja Warrior, you’re going to love Hudson Play – an indoor obstacle park that has a Ninja Warrior course including speed wall rock climbing feature, a warped wall, and a host of other features. “The idea is not to step onto the floor,” said Ilana Libman, co-owner of the facility located in …

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Husband and wife found dead on Summit Avenue Raymond S. Haddad, 54, and Monica L. Haddad, husband and wife, were pronounced dead at about 7:15 a.m. on June 14 in what authorities believe to be a murder-suicide. Jersey City police responded to 908 Summit Ave. at about 7 a.m. after a 911 call reported gunshots. …

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Hudson County helped Hillary Clinton handily defeat U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Donald Trump continued his victory at the Republican side of the polls. The election was not without the political shenanigans for which Hudson County has become known. Before the election last week, fake sample ballots …

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In her address to fellow graduates on June 4, Salutatorian Lia Finnegan declared that memories of the last four years at Marist High School would not fade with time. Memories for Finnegan might include intense tennis competition or the first class trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art._____________ “Moments like this give us time to …

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