Category: Jersey City News

“What do we do now?” was Robert Redford’s famous line at the end of the 1972 movie The Candidate, a film whose themes were the pointlessness of politics, the corrupting influence of a political machine, the over-importance of “image” and the power of money. The remark may be what Jersey City politicos are wondering in …

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The state’s acting Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks announced on Monday that from the $268 million in federal funds New Jersey has received to create and/or save education jobs in school districts across the state, Jersey City will get $13.8 million, the second highest total in the state behind Newark’s $23.7 million. The funds come from …

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Joe Harkins found out one night earlier this month how riding in a taxi can be a harrowing experience. Harkins, 77, was a passenger in a cab on Sept. 8 around 11 p.m. that drove from Jersey City’s Journal Square to his residence at a senior citizen building on Kennedy Boulevard, about a mile away. …

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City Hall is 113 years old, and is showing its age. The brick building on Grove Street in downtown Jersey City has undergone many changes to its interior and exterior, especially $2 million in renovations after a September 1979 fire destroyed the top floor and damaged one of the two elevator shafts, including one that …

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Two officials from JC based union arrested on embezzlement charges U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Tuesday that the president and secretary-treasurer of Jersey City-based Local 148 of the Production Workers Union were arrested this morning on charges that they embezzled $375,000 from the union by giving themselves unauthorized salary increases, bonuses, and paid vacations. …

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Jersey City residents leading an effort to recall Mayor Jerramiah Healy and several members of the City Council officially launched the effort on Wednesday with an announcement in front of City Hall. Led by John Lynch, Martha Larkins, and Riaz Wahid, who formed the committee to recall Healy, the residents said they started collecting signatures …

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To say that this was a bad week for Mariano Vega would be an understatement. On Tuesday, the now-former Jersey City Councilman pleaded guilty to taking $30,000 in bribes in 2009 from government informant Solomon Dwek. He is scheduled to be sentenced in January. Once the City Council president, Vega submitted his official resignation letter …

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The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency announced earlier this month that the first phase of the stabilization of the 102-year-old Hudson and Manhattan Powerhouse, located on Washington Street in downtown Jersey City, is complete. The historic three-story brick structure is considered the centerpiece for the long-discussed Powerhouse Arts District. The stabilization is a multi-year project designed …

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The Newport Neighborhood Association (NNA) will host its fourth annual International Cultural Festival on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. on Town Square Place, just outside the Newport/Pavonia PATH station, in Jersey City’s downtown Newport community. Last year’s festival drew roughly 2,500 people to Newport. This year’s event will have something for …

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Starting a small business is always a roll of the dice, and Downtown Jersey City entrepreneurs are facing the challenge in a variety of ways. Figuring it’s not enough to simply open a pastry shop, one local couple has decided to start a club to help finance the venture. And a New York-based gourmet coffee …

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