Category: Jersey City News

Former Bayonne Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell was standing in the conference room of his Asbury Park office on May 3 when one of his coworkers looked out the window and saw a woman floundering in the frigid waters of Wesley Lake, a narrow but deep body of water separating the city from the village of Ocean …

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You would think that after all the times I had to go to the principal’s office as a kid, I would know how things are run. But my recent stint as principal for a day at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Public School 11 taught me differently. Being a principal is a little like riding …

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Alex Csedrik, one-time professor and sometime copy writer and editor — but a comic all the time — doesn’t believe in attack comedy or humiliating people who are out to be entertained. “I like pointing out human foibles,” said the host and producer of WOW Comedy, a comic revue. The Hoboken resident is making the …

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32-year-old Jersey City man shot to death Tyheen Williams, 32, of Jersey City, was pronounced dead at about 12:30 a.m. on May 5 after suffering a gunshot wound. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Jersey City police were dispatched to the area of Grand Street and Clinton Avenue in Jersey City at about 12:20 a.m. …

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Board of Education members are conflicted over a new nepotism policy that would restrict board members, administrators, and others from recommending the hiring of family members or participating in negotiations or discussions involving their salaries and other matters. The board considered and rejected a strict ethics policy at its April 21 meeting. Board Trustee Ellen …

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To prevent full-time workers in some of the city’s largest buildings from being downgraded to part-time, the City Council introduced an ordinance at the April 27 meeting that would establish a minimum number of hours within a workweek that workers must be allowed to work. The measure would affect building service employees that work in …

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“A split second decision can change the course of your life,” said Dr. Rameck Hunt. One such moment did change his life. As a young man, he had pulled out a switchblade and then realized that he would either have to use it or put it back in his pocket. A resident of Newark, Hunt …

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Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty and the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) Northern New Jersey Chapter recently hosted the first New Jersey Real Estate Summit at the Westin Jersey City Newport hotel. The summit attracted over 350 real estate professionals from the metropolitan area for two days of networking opportunities and presentations by …

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BelovED Community Charter School has acquired a half-acre parcel of land at 535 Grand St. in Jersey City, directly across the street from its elementary schools, for its planned 40,000 square- foot middle school. “We’re looking to break ground next winter and open by September 2018,” said former Mayor Bret Schundler, consultant to BelovED. The …

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