Category: Jersey City News

After more than a year of protests and urging from municipal government, the Jersey City Board of Education unanimously agreed on May 19 to establish a school holiday for the Muslim holy day of Eid. Students of any faith can be excused from school for a religious observance. But many Muslim parents said students who …

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John Hallanan, an attorney working for Jersey City and a longtime conservationist, is Mayor Steven Fulop’s nominee to fill the vacated seat of Khemraj “Chico” Ramchal as Ward B councilman. A former president of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, Hallanan was hired as a city attorney shortly after Fulop became mayor in 2013. He makes …

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The Hudson County Board of Freeholders voted on May 25 to approve their $540 million 2016 budget. Jersey City will see the largest increase in how much they have to contribute this year, followed by Hoboken, Weehawken, and Union City. The county budget is made up of two parts: revenues, the income taken in through …

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Although not a familiar face to much of the public, Harold “Buddy” Demellier Jr., who died on May 23 as the result of cardiac arrest, will be remembered as the man who kept Hudson County roads running. At the time of his death, he was director of Hudson County’s Roads and Public Property Department. Demellier …

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The high-ceilinged halls of Mana Contemporary echoed with the voices of hundreds of guests who came to take part in an “Art and Soul; Women In the Arts” art exhibit on May 19. The event was designed to show off work by local, regional, and international artists in one of the premier Hudson County arts …

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Jersey City swears in 29 new police officers Mayor Steven Fulop swore in 29 new Jersey City police officers on May 20, bringing the size of the department to 841 officers. According to a press release, when Mayor Fulop took office, there were 779 officers in the department and, utilizing grant and capital funds, the …

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David Porto, 43, of Jersey City, was fatally struck by a northbound Ford F-350 pickup truck on Kennedy Blvd. in Bayonne between 30th and 31st streets on Wednesday afternoon, April 27. while trying to enter his parked Nissan wagon, according to a statement from the Bayonne Police Department. Porto was pronounced dead at the scene. …

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Abbie Gardner, a well-established Dobro guitar player from the band Red Molly, came back to her hometown of Jersey City in early May to play her hometown before continuing on a solo road tour up and down the East Coast. Gardner, a founding member of an Americana trio called Red Molly, is on her own …

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Although high winds over the Hudson River cut short the America’s Cup races, residents on both sides got to watch a sight not seen here since 1920. Thousands of people crowded the banks of the river from Bayonne to North Bergen to watch the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. This was a competition of …

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