Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Hoboken officials and JC police officer busted in drug sting The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office released details on the recent arrests of 17 people in connection with a Jersey City cocaine ring. The one-and-a-half year sting netted a suspended Jersey City police officer, a Hoboken police officer, a Hoboken fire battalion chief, and a Hoboken …
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Jersey City has served as the background location for films such as “The Godfather” (Liberty State Park area) and “Quiz Show” (the old Jersey City Medical Center), as well as TV shows including “Cops” (various locations). But the new NBC series “Mercy” has put Jersey City front and center. The show is about the personal …
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Ben Wilson has collected about five years worth of pictures of graffiti at various sites in Jersey City. “When I am driving to work, or driving home, I always have my camera,” Wilson said. But Wilson isn’t just some fan of drawing. He is a Jersey City Police Detective who has developed expertise in analyzing …
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If voters decide that the lead candidates in the New Jersey governor’s race – Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican challenger Christopher Christie – aren’t viable choices on Nov. 3, who will they look at as an alternative? Downtown Jersey City resident Phillip Rivo had the same question. He is already showing how far …
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City Hall in Jersey City has what looks like two elevators in operation. But in reality, one of them is not working – and it has been that way since 1979. It is the result of the afternoon fire that destroyed the top floor of City Hall in September of 1979, the cause of which …
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JC Artists Studio Tour returns Jersey City’s Artists Studio Tour returns this weekend (Oct. 3 and 4), turning the city on the west bank of the Hudson into a cultural destination par excellence. Now in its 19th year, the tour will feature an estimated 600 artists displaying their works of all shapes and sizes in …
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Downtown Jersey City residents spoke out at a community meeting on Tuesday with Jersey City police and City Councilman Steven Fulop, asking for more police patrols and other security measures after a shooting near a playground on Wayne Street. The shooting took place at around 3 p.m. on Sept. 15. According to the police report, …
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Jersey City officials are disputing a recent report from a statewide think tank that says tax abatements for developments along the city’s waterfront are disadvantageous and possibly unnecessary. For many years, Jersey City has offered developers special formulas for their property taxes, as an incentive for them to build here. This spares the developers from …
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A little over two years ago, Hudson Catholic Regional High School in Jersey City was an educational institution on the precipice of closing – but students, parents, teachers, and other supporters of the school pitched in to keep it open. Now, as part of the survival plan, the school entered a new chapter this fall. …
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Many men are thought to not show their emotions or pay compliments or words of encouragement to their children for deeds well done. Jersey City resident Richard Walsh is different. Starting in 1993, he wrote letters to his then 7-year old son John as a means of encouragement when the young boy was preparing for …
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