Category: Jersey City News

For many of us growing up, a trip to the principal’s office could be traumatic. It could mean anything from a scheduling problem to a punishment for some misbehavior. Most people only get to see one side of what a principal does. But a program by the Jersey City public schools and the Hudson County …

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Jersey City opens warming centers as temperatures drop Mayor Steven Fulop and the Department of Health and Human Services remind residents that they can find shelter from the cold this weekend as temperatures drop into the teens and single digits by visiting one of the city’s two warming centers or two senior centers, as well …

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Mayor Steven Fulop brought half his administration’s directors out of City Hall over the last two weeks to visit community forums, talk about the city’s successes, and answer residents’ questions. Hundreds of residents crowded the hall in St. Ann’s Church in the Heights on Feb. 1 to hear and be heard at a meeting arranged …

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In order to accommodate students who might not or cannot attend college, the Jersey City school district is about to establish a vocational training program. School Board Trustee Marilyn Roman, chair of the Vocational Committee, said during the board’s Jan. 20 meeting that a large space has been set up at Dickinson High School to …

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In response to local concerns raised by news stories about lead contamination in the water supply in Flint, Mich., Jersey City will hire an independent, third party consultant to test the city’s drinking water. This comes at the request of several neighborhood associations, even though the water is already tested by Suez Jersey City (formerly …

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At 29 years old, Brittani Bunney can feel the pulse of Jersey City in ways other people may not. Employed to do community outreach for Silverman, a prominent local developer, she has seen various elements of the community embrace development, education, arts, and other aspects of city life. Although she lived for five years in …

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Concerned about the ever-increasing number of trains carrying fossil fuels near Jersey City Heights, community leaders will host a meeting that includes environmental officials and others to discuss the dangers associated with transporting of oil by rail in Jersey City. Freight transport increased along the western slope of Jersey City in the early and mid-1990s …

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Jersey City to do traffic study on Western Slope Mayor Steven Fulop announced last week that the city will commission a traffic study to look at turning many of the narrow, two-way streets in the Western Slope neighborhood of The Heights one-way to improve access for emergency vehicles, including fire trucks and plows. “One of …

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Following a legal challenge, the Jersey City Council voted for a second time on Jan. 13 to adopt an ordinance to fund the purchase of an old railroad embankment to run a new rail line there. The issue of the Sixth Street Embankment has been bouncing around in the courts for years with legal rulings …

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Throughout the weekend of Saturday’s blizzard, residents in Jersey City got robocall updates from Mayor Steven Fulop’s administration on the progress city workers were making in dealing with the heavy snowfall. Despite earlier predictions saying a foot of snow would fall, in the end, more than two feet of white stuff blanketed some parts of …

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