Category: Jersey City News

A day after the National Action Network held an anti-violence rally in Jersey City, members appeared before the Jersey City Council to protest the reopening of a store known among them as a battleground between rival street gangs. Davonte Carswell, a 23-year-old Jersey City resident, was shot and pronounced dead at the Los Yoleros Mini-Mart …

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Despite the dense population of residents who already call Hudson County home – 660,282 in a 62-square-mile span according to the 2013 United States Census count – local officials have been snipping ribbons throughout the region for lavish new residential developments. The newer condo and apartment buildings boast environment friendly features and amenities like dog-runs …

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The high hopes associated with the start of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “ObamaCare” have yet to fully pan out the way many local health care operators had expected. Over the last year, Hudson County’s three major health organizations, which run the hospitals, have been expanding services in order to appeal to a …

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Condos aren’t the only things mushrooming across Hudson County; commercial development has taken off in a big way in Secaucus, Hoboken, Jersey City, North Bergen, and Bayonne. Incentives from the state’s Grow NJ program have helped in part, by encouraging companies to move to New Jersey._____________Tax incentives from the state’s Grow NJ program have encouraged …

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More residents moving to Hudson County means more customers for small shops and services, but can these businesses keep going in the face of changing tastes and big box stores? Shop owners throughout the county said last week that they were optimistic due to increased sales opportunities and revitalizations of the business districts. For instance, …

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Court won’t intervene in superintendent conflict – yet Judge Richard McGill last week declined to step into a Jersey City Board of Education conflict over the reappointment of Schools Superintendent Dr. Marcia Lyles. But he did not rule out a future intervention. Four members of the Board of Education are seeking to force the board …

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The $550 million Jersey City municipal budget for the 2016 calendar year was introduced at the Feb. 23 meeting of the City Council. It indicates a spending increase of nearly $15 million over 2015, but property owners will experience no tax increase largely due to $95 million in new tax ratables, or new properties contributing …

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To extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail one quarter mile further could make a new “gold coast” out of the west side of Jersey City, according to County Executive Tom DeGise, who spoke at the Feb. 23 meeting of the Hudson County Alliance for Action. But Trenton politics has caused a roadblock preventing NJ Transit, which …

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Two Bayonne High School students were allegedly caught cheating on their Advanced Placement test last month, a circumstance that has raised concern from a Jersey City Board of Education member. The cheating was investigated two weeks ago and resulted in the suspension of two students for allegedly failing to comply with the school district’s policy …

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