Category: Jersey City News

Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise told the Board of Freeholders on March 10 in his 2016 State of the County address that he sees “promise and excitement” for the future. Coming up, residents will see a new county courthouse in Journal Square, the extension of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail to Route 440 in Jersey …

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Gateway Tunnel funded The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Amtrak announced this week that each will contribute $35 million toward conducting preliminary engineering work on the long-awaited, critically important Gateway Tunnel Project. The Gateway Tunnel Project would create a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey to midtown Manhattan, a critical infrastructure …

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Mayor Steven Fulop’s third State of the City address on March 16 highlighted changes he has made in the city since taking office in July, 2013. The 24-minute-long speech highlighted government efficiency, public safety, crime reduction, development, job creation and diversity, and projected a vision for a tolerant and inclusive metropolis. “I have always championed …

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The new organizers of the baseball program for kids at Pershing Field know they have a big job ahead of them. The group took over last summer after the baseball season ended and found things were worse than they thought. The found the program lacked equipment and suffered from dilapidated facilities and lack of funds. …

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Dr. Douglas Ratner of Jersey City Medical Center spoke at a press conference in the Booker T. Washington Houses courtyard in Jersey City on March 7 to support new legislation requiring the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to update its lead contamination regulations. “There is no safe level of lead [in the human …

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Freeholder Bill O’Dea led marchers down JFK Boulevard in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 13. Although O’Dea was the star of the event, many eyes were turned towards former councilman Bill Gaughan, who recently retired as chief of staff for the Hudson County Executive. O’Dea invited Gaughan to walk the last block to …

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At 22 weeks pregnant, Nicole Graham knows that she won’t be able to keep up the pace she achieved in other races when she runs in the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday, March 20. Led by a talent-packed roster of American and international elite athletes, more than 20,000 runners will tour New York …

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After growing up in Jersey City, Crystal Nuchurch knows how to relate to the main character in the play “When All is Lost.” The story begins when a mother’s favorite teenage son is shot to death in a gang-like inner city shooting. Nuchurch plays the mother in a situation similar to real life events going …

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Fulop calls for Gov. Christie’s resignation Joining an ever-increasing number of New Jerseyans, Mayor Steven Fulop has called for Gov. Christopher Christie to resign and has set up a petition website, www.stepdownchris.com. The death of a state trooper and Christie’s plan to campaign for Trump rather than attend the funeral has raised a ruckus among …

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Men in hard hats moved across the Jersey City site that had once housed a Pep Boys auto center last Wednesday, working with coordinated tenacity and marking the beginning of what may be the city’s most ambitious construction project in decades. “For most ground breaking, people usually have a pile of dirt and a few …

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