Category: Jersey City News

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy continually touts his desire for cleaner streets, a need for more police, and his hopes of making Jersey City a “world-class” city that will surpass Newark in terms of population. But it is possible Healy, 58, will outline other initiatives in the speech he is expected to give at his …

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Suspect in Newport hit-and-run arrested Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and police officials announced Monday night the arrest of the hit-and-run driver who allegedly plowed over a pedestrian near Newport Centre Mall with a pickup truck and left him in a coma more than a week ago. Anthony J. Pane, 19, of 25th Street in …

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The Powerhouse doesn’t only refer to the old railroad power station in downtown Jersey City that has sat abandoned and deteriorating for 80 years. It also refers to a proposed “arts district” of the same name. Approved in November 2004, the original plan for the district has slowly fallen by the wayside due to encroaching …

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Despite vocal public opposition, Jersey City’s City Council has voted 6-3 to amend the tax abatement for the downtown Jersey City condo tower called Crystal Point because the developer is facing slow sales in a tough economy. Before the vote at the Wednesday meeting, about 20 people spoke out against the revised abatement, saying it …

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Jaime Vazquez sat in his office last week looking at the medals received by his late father, a 24-year U.S. Army veteran who served in both World War II and in the Korean War. “He was three inches shorter than me, about five feet tall, and was this tan-colored Puerto Rican who spoke English with …

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A new segment of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway opened Monday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Jersey City. The half-mile section connects the Port Liberte residential community to Liberty National Golf Course and Liberty State Park. The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway is a state-mandated project created in 1984 to connect municipalities via a path running …

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Prosecutor’s Office looking for suspect in JC murder The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is looking for the suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Shawn Huff. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said Shawn Huff of Montgomery Street was shot six times in front of 90 Hudson St. on May 23 at 2 a.m. after a fight. …

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Nurses and health care workers voted on Monday and Wednesday to authorize strikes at four hospitals represented by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE/AFT/AFL-CIO) in Hudson County. Members of HPAE, including registered nurses, health professionals, and dietary, housekeeping, and maintenance staff, voted at all-day meetings on Monday at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Meadowlands …

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