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King pleads guilty to extortion in connection with July 23 arrests Jimmy King, an unsuccessful candidate for Jersey City Council in the May municipal election (Ward C), pled guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Newark to one count of conspiring to commit extortion by admitting that he accepted $10,000 in bribes from government …
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Some Jersey City schools, like Public School 16 on Washington Street, hold extra classrooms in trailers in a courtyard because there are not enough rooms in the regular school building. But P.S. 16’s courtyard is really supposed to be a park for the neighborhood, meant to complement the other three corners of Washington and Grand …
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How do you announce to the world that a major art tour is happening in your town? If you are art curator Dylan Evans and property owner Bob Lehrer, you do it by turning Lehrer’s building, The Morgan Industrial Center at 350 Warren St. in downtown Jersey City, into one gigantic canvas to mount the …
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For all the talk of corruption and dishonor revolving around the July 23 arrests of 44 political and religious leaders in New Jersey, topic A comes down to one word: M-O-N-E-Y. Whether it’s the millions of dollars allegedly being moved by money-laundering rabbis or the tens of thousands of dollars allegedly taken by glad-handing officials, …
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It may be a dark time in local politics due to the arrest of a dozen Jersey City officials on corruption charges in July, but that apparently makes it the right time for activists to push forward reform measures. Recently, the City Council passed a redevelopment pay-to-play reform ordinance, which limits campaign donations by developers …
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Jersey City man dies in gun battle Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said on Tuesday that a Jersey City man was killed on Monday night after a gun battle that was believed to be gang-related. DeFazio said Aaron Ballon, 21, of Bidwell Avenue was pronounced dead on the scene at Dwight Street near the intersection …
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Remembering 9/11 can elicit a variety of emotions, from sorrow to anger. All those emotions are on display when it comes to the subject of “Empty Sky,” the proposed statewide memorial to the 744 New Jersey residents who died on 9/11. The memorial is being built in Liberty State Park in Jersey City at the …
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“I feel like a weight has been taken off of me.” Guy Catrillo uttered those words to the Jersey City Reporter after walking out of the chambers of U.S. District Court Judge Jose Linares in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday. Catrillo, a former employee in the Jersey City Mayor’s “Action Bureau,” pleaded guilty …
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This much is known about the afternoon fire that destroyed the top floor of Jersey City’s City Hall on Sept. 12, 1979 – the cause remains a mystery. What is known from newspaper accounts of the four-alarm fire was that it started in the attic around 2 p.m. that Wednesday afternoon, and by 2:55 p.m. …
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FBI visiting Mayor Healy more often Apparently, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy was visited by FBI agents on several occasions that were only made public recently. He was visited in City Hall on July 22, the day before the July 23 arrests of 44 New Jersey officials and religious leaders, as first reported on the …
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