Category: Jersey City News

An important $72 million extension of Jersey Avenue into Liberty State Park, which would link downtown Jersey City with the southern end of town, was scheduled to start by the end of this month but has been delayed because the city was rejected for a federal grant. The project has been discussed by city officials …

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When Jersey City’s McNair Academic High School is mentioned in any conversation, the talk is usually about its ranking as one of the top high schools in New Jersey, if not in the country. It often does well in polls in New Jersey Monthly and other magazines. What doesn’t get mentioned much are the shortage …

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The smells of Italian, Indian, Japanese, Irish, and American food commingled in the air and commuters from the nearby PATH station headed straight for booming music a week ago Tuesday. The eighth Annual Newport Beach Party officially began at 5 p.m., sponsored by the University of Phoenix and by the nearby Newport residential development on …

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Edward Cooper yelled at the TV in the White Star Bar at Monmouth Street and Pavonia Avenue Sunday night while ESPN’s Game of the Week played out. The bar has 10 TV screens, most of which were tuned to the matchup between the Yankees and Red Sox. Along with fellow patron Jay Henao, Cooper watched …

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The developer of the Liberty National Golf Course near Liberty State Park in Jersey City hopes to build a marina as part of the exclusive membership-only course. But park advocates say the marina will crowd the public boat launch in the park and interfere with crabbing at the river’s edge. The plan for the marina …

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Couple found dead after apparent murder-suicide Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio confirmed Tuesday that a Jersey City couple was found dead in their home earlier that morning in what is believed to have been a murder-suicide. DeFazio said Jason Felder, 35, and his long-time girlfriend, Sarah Spencer, 29, were discovered in their Storms Avenue home …

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The controversy over Jersey City Schools Superintendent Dr. Charles Epps’ contract may be resolved at a special Board of Education public hearing this coming Wednesday. The public is divided not only over whether to keep Epps as superintendent, but on the meaning of a resolution the school board passed on June 22 regarding his contract. …

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Downtown Jersey City residents driving on Routes 1&9 on the city’s west side are seeing the early stages of construction of a new nine-hole public golf course, the first in Hudson County history. Located in Lincoln Park West, part of the county’s Lincoln Park, the course will be built on approximately 60 acres of underutilized …

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Downtown Jersey City teen Jade Bowles hopes a two-week trip to South Africa, which was set to begin last week, will broaden her grasp of life in that country and help her prepare for her future education. Bowles, 14, left from Kennedy Airport in Queens on Wednesday for a 23-hour flight to the country where …

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National Night Out is a crime prevention event that since 1984 has taken place across America each year on the first Tuesday of August. Usually, it means people coming out to local parks to get safety tips from law enforcement and take part in family activities. At Jersey City’s National Night Out on Tuesday, at …

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