Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Jersey City prepares for hurricane; esteemed professor gives his prediction Although weather forecasters on Friday predicted that Hurricane Joaquin would veer away from the New York area, Mayor Steven M. Fulop and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in coordination with all city departments, still went ahead with preparations in case of a possible last …
Even though she won’t benefit, Clara (not her real name) was thrilled at the news that Jersey City will become the first municipality in New Jersey to offer trans-inclusive health benefits to city employees. “I think it’s fantastic,” said Clara. She’s a 31 year-old transgender person from Hudson County, but not an employee of the …
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Toward the end of summer, bicycle docking stations began to pop up around Jersey City, the first visible signs of the new Citi Bike program. On Sept. 23, after nearly two years of planning, Mayor Steven Fulop and representatives from the program’s sponsors cut the ribbon at the Citi Bike station in the Newark Avenue …
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The classic 1960s band The Kinks, in their song “Celluloid Heroes,” once pointed out that everybody is a star. And the reception to open the Golden Door International Film Festival, which kicked off at the Landmark Loews Theater on Sept. 24, proved the point. Local and international film makers, actors, and others made their way …
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Although famous in literary circles for his close association with Beat Generation poets such as Allan Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and others, poet Herschel Silverman was also known for years as the owner of Herschel’s Beehive Candy Store on Avenue A in Bayonne. “The Beehive” was across the street from Bayonne High School. Students frequented his …
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Sixth graders Luciano and Roquya traveled the hallways of their new school building as if they’d been here all their lives rather than less than two weeks. Lucanio’s brother had gone to school in the building’s previous incarnation as a charter school, so he had some history to call on. But for Roquya, this was …
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Years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, victims are still dying – some were emergency responders whose cancer is believed to be related to toxins in the air that day, and others are distraught because their relatives never made it out of the Twin Towers. “They didn’t all die on 9/11,” said Connie Agostini …
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The 25th Annual Jersey City Artists Studio Tour, featuring 800 artists at galleries, private studios, murals, group shows and pop up exhibition sites, will take place from noon to 6 p.m. throughout the city on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4. Presented by Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the City Council, and the Jersey City …
Standing on the roof of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Jersey City, beekeeper Joseph Lelinho placed a smoker near one of the five beehives he tends there. “When the honeybees see the smoke, they think there is a forest fire and they start to eat honey,” he said. He was explaining his craft to 16 …
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To answer community outrage over the location of a prisoner reentry center near a school in Ward F, the City Council adopted an ordinance on Sept. 9 that tightens rules for establishing such facilities. But despite the new procedures, residents and the Board of Education still insist the city administration must be more forthcoming. Residents …
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