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Man killed in ‘personally motivated’ shooting A Jersey City man was killed late Wednesday night in an incident that Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio described as “personally motivated.” DeFazio said Ormont Logan, 26, of Bayview Avenue, was shot multiple times on Clendenny Avenue at West Side Avenue shortly before midnight Wednesday after arguing with another …
Twelve candidates are competing for three seats on the nine-member Jersey City Board of Education election on April 21. Members take on an advisory role to state-appointed Schools Superintendent Charles Epps. The Jersey City school system has been under state control since 1989 due to failing test scores. But legislation was approved in 2005 that …
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If Robert Harper had his way, he would have moved out of his apartment on Union Street in Jersey City years ago. Harper has spent the past year working with neighbors and doing research to find out just how much chromium is located at a property at 900 Garfield Ave. that is less than a …
During a ceremony in Washington D.C. in 2004, U.S. Congresswoman and then-House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (now Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) described a woman in the portrait that she and her House colleagues were unveiling that day to be hung in Pelosi’s office. “These were the two defining traits of Mary Norton …
One day in late 2007, John Seborowski took a walk around his Jersey City Heights neighborhood, pushing his granddaughter in her stroller, but conditions in the neighborhood soon had him concerned. What Seborowski encountered during their walk were cars: parked in driveways and sticking out into the street, parked across driveways blocking other cars from …
The Jersey City City Council at its Wednesday meeting voted 8-1 to apply to the New Jersey Local Finance Board to defer $14.8 million in payments to two state retirement systems. The deferral would help bridge a $15-million plus gap in the city’s budget, and keep a tax increase at bay in an election year. …
The downtown Jersey City waterfront is one of the most coveted areas for developers and businesses in New Jersey. But the residents want to make sure enough land is preserved for a park. Dr. Barbara Betro, a chiropractor with an office on Greene Street and a home nearby, is one of those people. She has …
What’s it like to be shot in the face and live to tell about it? 16-year-old Olivea (pronounced like “Olivia”) McCord spoke about it in an interview last week. On the way home from school on Feb. 10, Olivea became part of a trend in crimes against young people in Jersey City, although unlike some …
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Thursday was the deadline for candidates to file signed petitions in order to run for mayor or council in Jersey City’s May 12 municipal elections. Five candidates filed to run for mayor by the deadline: incumbent Mayor Jerramiah Healy, former Assemblyman Louis Manzo, current Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith, downtown activist Dan Levin, and resident Phil …
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A bill that will allow local towns to put off paying certain employee pension amounts is designed to save money in this year’s city budgets during tough economic times, but will force the towns to pay the amount starting next year. Towns that plan to take the option to reduce budget shortfalls this year include …
Continue reading “$ave now, pay laterPension bill will help towns keep taxes down…for now”