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Sex, spies, and videotape
Local students reflect on cyberbullying and online etiquette after the death of Tyler Clementi

For every five stories on the promise of the Internet fulfilled, there’s a least one on someone like Tyler Clementi. The 18 year-old Rutgers University student jumped from the George Washington Bridge on Sept. 22 after his roommate, Dharun Ravi, 18, and Molly Wei, also 18, secretly shot footage of him having sex then streamed …

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Six compete in Ward B election
Candidates campaign to fill vacant council seat representing city’s west side

Ward B, located on Jersey City’s west side, starts on Culver Avenue and ends on Van Keuren Avenue. It is also the focus of a Nov. 2 special election to fill the remaining term of the ward council seat. Currently, David Donnelly is the Ward B Councilman, appointed to the position last October after former …

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Charting a path to the green
Downtown resident creates map of places in the city with sustainable resources

How does a Jersey City resident know if green, sustainable resources exist in town? Downtown resident Richard Williams is making it easier for his fellow citizens to find out with the new JC Green Map that he has created. The internet map displays icons representing numerous locations across the city where there’s a green-friendly presence, …

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JERSEY CITY BRIEFS

Artist’s Studio Tour brought out thousands Artists and attendees celebrated the end of the Jersey City Artists’ Studio Tour at a closing party at Parlay Studios in Jersey City on Sunday. The two-day tour, sponsored by the City of Jersey City and the Hudson Reporter, brought out thousands of people last weekend to check out …

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350 years of history
Fair commemorates founding of Jersey City, will honor the oldest families in Hudson County

Before there was a Jersey City or a Hudson County, the village of Bergen – the first European settlement in New Jersey, founded in 1660 by Dutch settler Peter Stuyvesant – had its origins in what is now the Journal Square area of Jersey City near Academy Street. Now, 350 years later, the village will …

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The future of open space
$6.5 million expected to fund 17 projects this year

Reconstruction of a collapsed Hoboken walkway, the purchase of land for a North Bergen waterfront park, and funds to acquire Jersey City land along the Hackensack River are just a few of the 17 projects that may receive a portion of the $6.3 million in the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund this year. However, …

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Public money for private enterprise
Report on abatements says Jersey City is losing millions in tax revenues

At a time when Jersey City residents are struggling with tax hikes and facing a revaluation of their property that could raise taxes even more, the last thing they want to hear about is tax breaks for those who can more than afford to pay their fair share. But a recent report about abatement policy …

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Report on abatements says Jersey City is losing millions in tax revenues

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Pass the budget, save the libraries
Council approves $255M spending plan; will allocate $$$ to prevent branches from closing

It started out as a discussion at Wednesday’s City Council meeting about the city’s transition-year budget, but turned into a rallying cry to save libraries from closing. The council approved by a 7-1 vote the $255.7 million budget for the final six months of this year. That’s because the city is changing from a fiscal …

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Council approves Velazquez to fill Vega’s seat
Healy’s choice is the first openly gay councilman; plans to run in special election next year

After all the speculation and drama in recent weeks, the City Council at their Wednesday meeting approved Mayor Jerramiah Healy’s choice of former Hudson County Freeholder Radames “Ray” Velazquez to fill the Council-at Large seat vacated by former councilman Mariano Vega last month. Velazquez, 46, who stepped down from his job as a Jersey City …

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JERSEY CITY BRIEFS

Federal judge rules against city and Embankment Coalition According to news reports, a federal judge issued a ruling last month that the city and groups fighting to preserve the Sixth Street Embankment in downtown Jersey City had no legal standing in seeking to reverse the 2005 sale of the Embankment to New York real estate …

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