Category: Jersey City News

Joseph Hottendorf, a Hoboken native and the president of Hudson County’s Liberty Board of Realtors, is already a well known critic of local governments, and a watchdog over taxes. Now he has taken his vigilance to a new level. Last week, Hottendorf unveiled a new website: http://njrealestatetaxes.com. The site is designed to give people access …

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Traditionally, it was boys who went into technical careers. But three whip-smart young women from Hudson County are blazing a trail. Last month, the girls graduated from a seven-week Girls Who Code program at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Graduating the program on Aug. 27 were Johanna Arisel Menjivar, a senior at Union City High …

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Bishop Gaetano “Thomas” Donato, a Jersey City native and the regional bishop of Hudson County, is being remembered as a gentle, soulful man, who helped all, reaching out far beyond his Roman Catholic faithful. Donato, 74, died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Toms River Memorial Hospital, a longtime friend said, succumbing to pancreatic cancer after …

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More cops sworn in Thirteen new Jersey City police officers were sworn in by Mayor Steven Fulop on Oct. 8. Over the last two years, the city has hired 132 new officers into the police department. With the new 13 new officers joining the JCPD, the department has 812 officers. “These new officers will make …

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Angela V. McKnight and Nicholas Chiaravalloti, candidates for the state Assembly in the 31st District, got a very real lesson about life on the streets while campaigning in Jersey City on Thursday near the MLK Drive station for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail and a bus stop. “A car passed us and a gun fell …

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Standing in the bright sunlight, Ironstate Development President David Barry had a lot to smile about. The topping out of URL Harborside 1 at 713 feet on Sept. 27 made the new multi-family tower on the Jersey City waterfront the tallest residential building in New Jersey. When the joint venture between Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and …

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If anyone had any doubt about whether St. Peter’s Prep was happy about the visit of Pope Francis to the U.S., a person would only have to walk into the school’s lobby, where a huge banner stood against one wall near a life-sized cutout of the pontiff. Pope Francis visited the U.S. from Sept. 22 …

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Nimbus Dance Works, the modern dance company based in Jersey City, will honor Councilwoman Candice Obsborne and Dr. Edgar Rivera Colon at its 2015 gala Oct. 17 at the Barrow Mansion. The event benefits the company’s dance scholarship fund. The evening will include performances by Nimbus Dance Works, their pre-professional company the Nimbus Youth Ensemble, …

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In some ways, the 5th Annual All About Downtown Festival on Sept. 19 surprised people. The crowds were bigger, the atmosphere more festive, and the offerings more numerous than in previous years. Organized by the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District, the festival took advantage of the recently-opened Pedestrian Plaza between Newark and Jersey avenues and …

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After a recent screening at the Golden Door Film Festival, a short docu-fiction film, “Breaking The Silence,” will be screened admission free at Port O Lounge, 286 First St. in Jersey City on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m., followed by a question and answer session with the cast. The evening will include singer Sicily …

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