Category: Jersey City News

With almost no fanfare and no city employees present, the City Council voted 6 to 1 to dissolve the Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA), completing a campaign promise made by Mayor Steven Fulop when he ran for office in 2013. The move came near the end of a sparsely-attended Oct. 14 council meeting. The duties …

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A man named Oscar, who lives on the western edge of Jersey City, is offering a room for rent at $20 a night – just a mattress on top of a table, he warns, but there’s a New York City bus outside the door. For someone who is visiting the area or looking for a …

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Although Jersey City will be allowed to put a referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether to move municipal elections from May to November, the city cannot eliminate runoff elections. Superior Court Judge Hector R. Velazquez said last week that Jersey City’s form of government will not allow voters to do away with runoffs …

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When the Golden Door Charter School moved to its current location at 3044 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City a little over a decade ago, it had all the room it needed to handle the increasing number of students and the expanding number of programs. What it did not have was a playground. Golden …

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The minute you walk through the door to Club Transmission — the first club dedicated to music and dance in Jersey City, one that may be paving the way for a new scene in the Power House District — you sense something special about the place. Owner Howard Brunner has transformed the 5,000-square-foot interior at …

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Murder suspect shot in Hackensack A Hackensack police officer on Oct. 15 reportedly shot a Jersey City man suspected of killing his girlfriend and four-year-old son. Jose Ronald Santos-Alvarez, wanted in connection with a Oct. 7 double murder, was allegedly wielding a knife when the police officer shot him, media said. Santos-Alvarez was transported to …

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Singer-songwriter Hope Vista might not have finished college if not for her father. Because he had faith in her dream to become a musician, she feels she owes everything to him. When he was on his deathbed, he asked her to finish college before launching her musical career. How could she say no? Vista grew …

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In what local officials are calling an historic moment, the New Jersey Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to restore nearly complete control over the Jersey City school district to local authorities. “We could not be more excited about this opportunity,” said Dr. Marcia Lyles, superintendent of schools. “This is an affirmation of everything …

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Micro-business centers in Hudson County, especially in Jersey City and Hoboken, often impose a financial hardship on the emerging entrepreneur. They are places full of small offices that entrepreneurs can rent, but they also have to pay for copies, the use of meeting rooms, and other business functions above and beyond the rent of a …

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For Ashley George, a public relations specialist in Jersey City, the idea that moving companies might donate food to local food banks made sense. Many people throw out a good deal of stuff when they move. A lot of this is food that could be delivered to a family in need rather than thrown away. …

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