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JC man killed after being hit by at least three shots In the 14th homicide in Jersey City this year, a 21-year-old city man was killed last Sunday morning in the Greenville section. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said Bryle Brooks of Dales Avenue was found dead around 1:30 a.m. in front of 30 Martin …
Jersey City residents who formed a committee this year to try to recall several city officials have become aware of legal restrictions on how many officeholders they can target. Thus, they said last week that they have decided to focus for now on unseating Mayor Jerramiah Healy, who is up for re-election in 2013. But …
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Where factories, warehouses, and a junkyard once stood on a 10-acre site on Monmouth Street, 500 new homes may rise in an entire new section of downtown Jersey City. Once considered one of the state’s most notorious contaminated properties, the site’s cleanup was recently completed, according to the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency. The city has …
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Jersey City residents concerned about a natural gas pipeline proposed by a Texas energy company will have a chance to tell the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) how they feel about the plan at a public hearing this coming Wednesday. The public session is scheduled for Aug. 4 at the Ferris High School Auditorium, 35 …
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The courtyard of Public School 11 in Journal Square has been empty since February, when a 97-year-old statue of Peter Stuyvesant – the Dutch colonist who oversaw the settlement of New Amsterdam (now Manhattan) and founded the Village of Bergen in Jersey City in 1660 – was removed from its base. Hudson County Community College …
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The minute Jose Santiago walked through the doors of the Dunkin Donuts near the city line in Bayonne, people took notice. He was wearing the blue uniform of a NASA astronaut that he had received as part of a recent trip to Honeywell Educators at Space Academy at the United States Space and Rocket Center …
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Committee people from the 31st Legislative District voted on July 26 to appoint Jason O’Donnell to fill the state Assembly seat vacated by the resignation of Anthony Chiappone earlier this month. Chiappone resigned on July 16 after pleading guilty for misdirecting aide funds to his campaign account in 2005. This left committee people from Jersey …
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Schundler pushes school board to search nationally for superintendent Jersey City school board members at a special meeting on Wednesday reacted strongly to recent phone calls from the state’s education commissioner, Bret Schundler, asking them to conduct a nationwide search for a new schools superintendent. The matter is controversial because the board has made it …
The wounding of a 5-year-old girl, caught in a shootout at a Downtown Jersey City housing complex, has newer residents wondering about whether it could happen in their part of town. Despite a recent drop in several categories of crime in Jersey City, 13 murders have been reported so far this year, with several shootings …
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When lifelong Jersey City resident Daoud David Williams addressed the City Council at their July 14 meeting, he argued passionately for funding to be restored to the Community Awareness Series (CAS), a monthly program at the Jersey City Free Public Library in which musicians, activists, and others give performances and discussions. But as with many …
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