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Arrest made in Jersey City Heights murder Pete Ruiz, 38, of Avenue A, Bayonne, has been charged with the July 5 murder of Orlando Flores, 34, of Jersey City, according to the Hudson County prosecutor’s office. While responding to another matter in the area, Jersey City police found Flores on Fleet Street apparently suffering from …
Chris Baker, former wide receiver for the New York Jets, has some sage advice for kids in the Jersey City neighborhood where he grew up. “Follow your dream, but back it up,” he said during an interview last month. “I’m a firm believer that you should go for the goal, but always have a backup …
Continue reading “From Greenville to the NFL and back
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For some of those who came to celebrate the grand reopening of Jersey City’s West Bergen Branch Library on June 29, the facility’s makeover was like “night and day.” The library reopened after being closed for nearly three months for renovations. Guests attending the official reopening said the library was brighter and had more room. …
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Jersey City plans to crack down on neighborhood groups that don’t follow the rules when it comes to neighborhood gardens. The city established the Adopt-a-Lot program several years ago in order to beautify city-owned lots that would otherwise be unsightly properties. In the past, the city offered two-year leases on a lot for $1. The …
Continue reading “Rules for public gardens, and wage theft
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On Saturday, for the second year, Jersey City planned to hold its Fourth of July “Freedom & Fireworks Festival,” climaxing with a fireworks display visible from Jersey City and the west side of Manhattan that will be even bigger than last year. The lineup of holiday events will run from noon to 10:30 p.m. at …
Continue reading “The city’s July 4 bash
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More than 1,000 people crowded into the William L. Dickinson High School Auditorium on June 19 to watch 458 students graduate, one of six commencement ceremonies held around the city that day. Anuroop Alberts was this year’s class valedictorian in Dickinson, and Foram Shah was the salutatorian. “It is said that the dreamer is the …
Continue reading “Back to the future
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After an investigation by the Hudson County Improvement Authority (HCIA), Jersey City Councilman Khemraj “Chico” Ramchal has been terminated from a job with the agency, a job he has held since 2008. Paul Swibinski, a spokesperson for the HCIA, said that CEO Norman Guerra informed Ramchal about the termination Tuesday, effective immediately. However, on Wednesday …
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You can go to Bayonne or Jersey City to see Fourth of July fireworks, but not North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken, or Hoboken. You can go to Secaucus as well, but their celebration is two days before the Fourth, and you must be a resident. Union City is planning its own event. A lot …
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Superior Court Judge Esther Suarez was nominated as the new Hudson County prosecutor on Wednesday by Gov. Christopher Christie. If approved by the state Senate, she will become the first Hispanic and female prosecutor in Hudson County history and will serve a five year term in office. Hudson County has been without a prosecutor since …
Continue reading “Hudson may get female prosecutor
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