Category: Jersey City News

Former state Assemblyman Louis Manzo, at a press conference in Jersey City on Monday, blasted the federal government’s July 2009 corruption probe that resulted in the arrests of many local politicians. He claimed it was tainted by misconduct from prosecutors involved in his case and charged that the probe was an effort to get former …

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Imagine if, amidst a recession and budget deficit, the nine Jersey City council members voted to change their elected council positions from part-time to full time, awarding themselves a $90,000-per-year salary to match. Such an ordinance was proposed by Councilwoman Viola Richardson recently, but it was withdrawn at Wednesday’s council meeting when the city attorney …

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Former City Councilman Steve Lipski, who founded the CREATE Charter School in 2000, said last week he and other staff members will try to meet with state officials in hopes of keeping the school open. The school, which consists of a high school on Lembeck Avenue in Jersey City’s Greenville section with 279 students and …

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The Beacon, a complex that was originally built in the 1930s as the Jersey City Medical Center, is now a luxury mixed-use development that has won accolades for its historic restoration. And next week it will be part of a history tour. The Hudson County Chamber of Commerce kicks off their new Hudson County History …

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JC board fails to approve teachers’ contract; teachers upset The Jersey City Board of Education decided, during a raucous and contentious meeting on Thursday, by a 4-4-1 vote not to approve a contract that would give teachers 4 percent raises each year starting this school year. Hundreds of teachers packed the auditorium at Public School …

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When Guy Catrillo reports to Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in southern New Jersey on Monday at noon, he will begin spending the next 18 months as inmate 30121-050. The 55-year-old Catrillo, a former Jersey City planning aide and City Hall employee who ran for City Council last year, has been saying his farewells to …

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Residents living near downtown Jersey City got the opportunity on Tuesday to learn more about a natural gas pipeline a Texas company wants to run through the city – as well as through Bayonne and near southern Hoboken. The few who attended the hearing came away saying they were unimpressed. Spectra Energy Corp., based in …

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Model trains may be child’s play, but don’t tell that to Bernie Callen, his brother-in-law Marty Horning, or Callen’s nephew and Horning’s son, Mat Horning. The three are responsible for the largest model train layout in New Jersey and probably the largest in the United States. The layout, 185.5 feet in length and an average …

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Is it a good thing or bad thing for Jersey City to lay off hundreds of employees to potentially save money? In February, 279 Jersey City provisional and seasonal employees were laid off by the city in order to lessen tackle an estimated $40-plus million shortfall in the $507M budget the City Council must approve …

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