Category: Jersey City News

From near the top of the first Journal Squared residential tower, you almost have to hold your breath. At 563 feet, you feel as if you are on the top of a mountain. Because of its location atop the highest point in Jersey City, the new structure overlooks even the tallest buildings along the Jersey …

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With Hudson County undergoing the greatest residential development expansion in its history, especially near transportation connections to New York City, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has finally agreed to advance plans to construct a new passenger rail tunnel under the Hudson River. The PA Board of Commissioners on Dec. 9 agreed …

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Assemblyman-elect Nicholas Chiaravalloti of Bayonne once bemoaned the fact that young people seem to have abandoned politics. He mentioned this in passing back in 2008 when he first ran for the state Assembly. Although politics is the process through which the public gets to choose its leaders, a whole generation of kids appeared to be …

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Born in Bayonne but raised in Jersey City, Randall Payton recently took the next step in a promising career in media when he graduated from the Ailes Apprentice Program (AAP) founded by Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. It promotes diversity within broadcast and cable journalism. Each year, a group of individuals is chosen …

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McGreevey announces that Mayor Steven Fulop has proposed to his girlfriend Former governor Jim McGreevey, who now works for Jersey City helping ex-cons get back into the workforce, announced over the weekend that Mayor Steven Fulop is engaged. According to NJ.com, McGreevey apparently made the announcement at a Christmas concert at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey …

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Responding to gun violence in certain areas of Jersey City, Public Safety Director James Shea has asked the City Council to implement several changes to current ordinances and says he plans to shift some police to the most troubled areas. During the Dec. 14 City Council caucus, Shea spoke about some of the strategies the …

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Critics who oppose changing Jersey City’s municipal elections from May to November appear to be satisfied now that the City Council voted on Dec. 16 to put the question back on the ballot next November to see if they should be moved. If the referendum is approved, the elections will move beginning in 2017. Voters …

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