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Jersey City Council endorses a $15 an hour minimum wage for NJ On a national day of action in the fight for a $15 an hour minimum wage, the Jersey City Council passed a resolution by a vote of 8-0 at its Nov. 10 meeting. They called on the state legislature and Gov. Christopher Christie …
Fresh from a successful referendum campaign that rescheduled the municipal elections from next May to November, Mayor Steven Fulop says he will ask the City Council to approve another referendum in 2016 that would eliminate runoff elections, similar to what the city of Hoboken did in 2013. Under the current system, a candidate for council …
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Residents may notice that the Department of Public Works is out in force filling potholes throughout the city. But this isn’t merely in preparation for winter. The city’s plan to repave hundreds of streets has been put on hold because the private contractor has fallen behind on a smaller repaving project. And at the Oct. …
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Friends of Liberty State Park along with public officials rallied on Nov. 1 in and around the park’s historic Central Railroad train terminal to oppose plans they fear would change the nature of the park and allow commercial development. Gov. Christopher Christie has proposed a “sustainable parks” initiative that promotes commercialization to make parks pay …
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“This isn’t my victory; it’s everybody’s,” said Nicholas Chiaravalloti after he and Angela McKnight won seats to the state Assembly from the 31st district on Nov. 3. He said to him the victory means an end to conflict and greater cooperation among the members of the 31st district delegation to Trenton. “We had a lot …
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From the moment The Iron Monkey opened its doors in the late 1990s, it became something special, an icon that even a casual observer could not miss. On the corner of Greene and York streets, The Iron Monkey is an easy stroll from the local business district, the Hudson Bergen Light Rail station at Exchange …
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Jersey City to host its first Veterans Day Parade On Nov. 8, Jersey City will hold a parade in honor of Veterans Day, the first in the city’s history. The parade will kick off at City Hall at 10 a.m. and will proceed to the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery where a program featuring …
Samsung Electronics closed the doors to its offices in the U.S. and Canada on Oct. 16 to take part in the company’s Day of Service. Employees in Hudson County took part in two events, one called “Only Make Believe” at the A. Harry Moore school for children with special needs in Jersey City, and at …
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After nearly six months of elevated rhetoric among some candidates in the 31st Assembly District, voters will finally get to choose which two of six they want to serve for the next two years. Nicholas Chiaravalloti, of Bayonne, is running with Angela McKnight, of Jersey City, on the Democratic ticket. Matthew Kopko is running with …
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Aries, a 7-month old German shepherd, is home again. The dog, lost after an alleged botched theft attempt in mid-October, was found by a Good Samaritan in the Country Village section of Jersey City just after 8 p.m. on Oct. 25. Jersey City police were able to reunite the pet with her owners after the …
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