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Jersey City councilman Steven Fulop calls the past year since his reelection to his Ward E seat last May a “lost year” for Jersey City. “The city, under the Healy administration, could have seen changes in government to make it run better,” said Fulop in an interview last week. “With the July 23 corruption scandal, …

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A national search is being proposed to find a new person to head up one of New Jersey’s largest school systems. Board of Education member Angel Valentin announced almost two weeks ago that he planned to officially notify Jersey City school superintendent Dr. Charles Epps, whose contract expires on June 30, 2011, that there will …

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How important was it for Joel Ruffin to become a “Big Brother” to Jersey City teen Jaleel Perry? Ruffin, a vice president at Goldman Sachs and Jersey City resident, found out three months into his mentor relationship with the 15-year-old when Jaleel’s older brother, Altarik, was killed in December after leaving a party with friends. …

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The head of Jersey City’s firefighter’s union has come out swinging against Councilman Steven Fulop’s opposition to the promotions of five Jersey City Fire Department captains to battalion chiefs and the councilman’s charge that the department is top heavy with “cronyism.” Fulop issued a press release on Monday that stated in part, “The Jersey City …

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JC Fridays returns again JC Fridays, the four-times-per-year citywide celebration of free arts and culture, is back this coming Friday, June 4. Programs include art openings and exhibits, spoken word, music, dance, film/video screenings, theater and alternative performance, and they are all free to the public. The series was launched in spring 2005 by a …

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Want to know which of the downtown Jersey City families – the Shapiros, the Skinners, or the Rivos – prevailed on HGTV’s “Battle on the Block”? Wait for the season finale of the show, which will air starting this coming Saturday, May 29 at 10 p.m. (with a repeat on May 30 at 1 a.m.) …

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Even in a struggling economy, new residential complexes are rising in Jersey City. Last week, developers hosted ceremonies for the Monaco, a $210 million development featuring two 50-story rental towers on Washington Boulevard, and 225 Grand, a 15-story, 348-unit luxury rental building on Grand Street. On Tuesday, local politicians and the developers of 225 Grand …

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Right now, a Jersey City resident named Wes Moore has a successful job working at Citigroup in their global markets division. He has been a Rhodes Scholar, a captain in the U.S. Army, a White House Fellow, and has spoken at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He is also the author of a new …

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JC school board approves teachers’ contract The Jersey City Board of Education at its Thursday meeting approved a new four-year contract for teachers similar to the contract they turned down at a special meeting in March. The new contract spells out pay increases of 4.3 percent for the current school year, 3.1 percent in the …

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