Category: Jersey City News

Many of the thousands of people who plan to participate in the 2nd annual Alzheimer’s Association Liberty State Park Regional Memory Walk in Jersey City this coming Saturday, Oct. 30 (starting at 10 a.m.) will do so to remember a loved one or an acquaintance stricken by the debilitating Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is an incurable …

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Next month, Rep. Steven Rothman, the Democrat running for reelection in the 9th Congressional District, will ask voters to send him to back to Washington for his seventh term. Challenging him are Republican Michael Agosta and Green Party candidate Patricia Alessandrini. While Rothman holds a commanding lead over his lesser-known challengers, particularly in heavily Democratic …

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Albio Sires, the incumbent congressman and former mayor of West New York, will face off on Nov. 2 against Republican newcomer Henrietta Dwyer as well as Anthony Zanowic, an Independent candidate, and Maximo Gomez Nacer, a representative from the Gravity Buoyancy Solution, for the seat representing the 13th Congressional District in Washington. The 13th district …

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Healy: city can’t afford ‘luxury’ of an arson squad Jersey City Fire Chief Darren Rivers publicly disagreed on Thursday with the city’s decision to have the Police Department take over the duties of investigating suspicious fires after arson investigators have determined cause and origin. “That doesn’t make any sense,” Rivers said. “This would be like …

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Bicycle riders will have the opportunity to push for safer modes of bicycle travel in Jersey City, and also celebrate their love of riding, at an upcoming fundraiser and bar party. The bicycle advocacy group, Bike JC (www.bikejc.org), will hold their “Bar Party/Fundraiser/Bike Show/Ride” Saturday, Oct. 23, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. First, a …

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Just the mere mention of the word “bedbugs” makes the skin crawl. When the critters are found in one’s home, workplace, or school, the physical and psychological impact is enormous, from the amount of money that must be spent on extermination to the amount of time spent worrying about being bitten. Parents of schoolchildren at …

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You do the math: $100 million in public investment, to attract 1,600 jobs to Jersey City. That works out to a grand total of $62,500… per job. The think tank New Jersey Policy Perspective has issued a report titled “The Good, the Bad and the ERGly” showing how the state and municipalities take advantage of …

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Saint Peter’s Prep, the private high school in downtown Jersey City that since 1872 has provided young men with a thorough, Jesuit-based education, is embarking on a 12-to-15 year expansion project to make it as relevant to today’s students as it has been to those who entered through its doors in past years. In September, …

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Cyberbullying poll results are in In a Hudson Reporter poll featured last week in connection with the story “Sex, spies, and videotape,” we asked readers if they believed specific laws should be created to address online harassment and cyberbullying. The response was very strong. To find out the results, go to www.hudsonreporter.com. Hague stories presented …

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Imagine that your overall property taxes are 50 percent higher than they were five years ago, and that the municipal portion of your tax bill alone has gone up over 84 percent during that time as well. If you are a Jersey City taxpayer, you don’t have to imagine it. You are paying those taxes …

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