Category: Jersey City News

When the Jersey City Council decided to change from a fiscal year budget cycle to a calendar year cycle, it meant they could introduce a budget early for once. The $255.7 million Transition Fiscal Year 2010 Budget was introduced by the City Council at a special meeting on Monday. The council voted at its Aug. …

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When Jersey City’s 38 public schools open for the new school year on Thursday, Sept. 9, changes will be noticed in the school district by children, parents and employees, including new schools, new programs, and new staff. Families across the city prepared themselves for the upcoming school year on Aug. 28 when a back-to-school giveaway …

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Al Parinello’s career in entertainment evolved with cable TV and eventually landed him in the world of independent films. But first, he sharpened his entrepreneurial skills as a young boy on the streets of Hoboken. In the 1950s, he found an old chest on the street, mounted it on a carriage, and filled it with …

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The battle rages on at The Liberty Humane Society’s animal shelter in Jersey City between the shelter’s management and former volunteer workers over the shelter’s euthanasia policy. And the shelter is still in danger of closing, because state inspectors on Aug. 24 found violations that must be remedied within two weeks. The shelter provides animal …

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Free High Holiday services Chabad Jewish Center of Hoboken offers free High Holiday services for Rosh Hashana (Sept. 8-10) and Yom Kippur (Sept. 17-18). All services will take place at the Boys and Girls Club, 123 Jefferson St., Hoboken (1st floor gym). Chabad services are open to all Jews, of all walks of life, and …

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Tony Lambiase’s fascination with Marilyn Monroe memorabilia began in 1990 with a gift. “It started when my sister-in-law bought me a cigarette lighter with Marilyn Monroe’s picture on it,” said downtown Jersey City resident Lambiase, former head of the city’s zoning department. Lambiase continued to acquire items over the years with the legendary blond bombshell’s …

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Jesse Turner has lost almost 60 pounds since he started a protest walk from his home in New Britain, Conn. in June that will end in Washington, D.C. The distance is approximately 300 miles, but he feels the effort is well worth it, especially when the issue is the nation’s education policy, an issue the …

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The City Council approved the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan by an 8-0 vote at their meeting on Wednesday. The plan calls for the revitalization of 211 acres, divided into nine zones. One zone includes the center of Journal Square, which is bordered by John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Sip, Summit, and Pavonia avenues. That …

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Facing residents irate about their increasing tax burden and an estimated $80 million municipal budget deficit, Jersey City officials are searching for ways to get the cost of government under control. Their boldest proposal is to shift from a fiscal year to calendar year budget cycle, which they say would allow more time to make …

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The Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery looked like it had been left for dead two years ago. Abandoned by its caretakers, weeds covered the tombstones and homeless men and women were camping out in tents. Today Eileen Markenstein heads a volunteer board of trustees who have chosen, as she says, to “Preserve this sacred place.” …

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