Category: Jersey City News

On perhaps the last chilly morning of early spring, public officials gathered at the foot of Park Avenue near Liberty Harbor to break ground on the first of two 44-story residential towers. For developer Brian Fisher, the April 9 groundbreaking was like a dream come true. “We’ve been looking at this property for more than …

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“Pinocchio” is the well-known children’s fable in which a puppet’s nose grows longer whenever he is stressed or tells a lie. The fable will be performed locally for area residents by Puppetworks, a local theater company that uses marionettes for its performances. This show kicks off the 2015 season for Jersey City Theater Center and …

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Jersey City Fashion Week is a program is designed to highlight fashion and local Jersey City businesses and to give back to the community. In preparation for the week of events this fall, Desha Jackson’s DLJ Give to Live Foundation will hold auditions for models, hair stylists and makeup artists starting next month. Auditions will …

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The Joshua Louis Animal Cancer Foundation has announced its annual fundraiser to help families who have pets with cancer. The all-volunteer nonprofit group’s second Walk, Run & Wag 5K and Ice Cream Social will be held at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, on Sunday, May 3, and registration is open for the event._____________ “Cancer affects …

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The nine-member forensics team from Saint Dominic Academy’s 7th and 8th grades won a third-place team trophy at the Forensics Tournament held at Hudson Catholic Regional High School in Jersey City on Saturday, March 28. It was the second time the academy entered a team into the competition. In addition to the third-place team trophy, …

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Seidler Street fire displaces about 33 people A fire that started in a wood frame house at 8 Seidler St. spread to two other structures displacing 33 people at about 1 a.m. on April 10. Firefighters from Squad 4 arrived on the scene first to find the exterior and top floor of the first building, …

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Seeking to save the mom and pop stores, Mayor Steven Fulop has proposed limiting the number of chain stores that can operate downtown. He said downtown has been tapped out and that there is a risk that the area could lose its small businesses. “People like doing business with mom and pop stores,” he said. …

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In what officials hope will be the first step in the spread of new development beyond the waterfront and Journal Square, community and government leaders gathered for the groundbreaking on April 7 of The Baker Building on Suydam Avenue. About three blocks from the Hudson Bergen Light Rail station at Liberty State Park, the new …

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In conjunction with the National Day of Service and the Mayor’s Day of Recognition, Mayor Steven Fulop launched a new AmeriCorps VISTA project that will promote economic opportunity and youth development among low-income Jersey City residents. The announcement came during an event honoring community service and volunteerism in the community on April 9. Mayor Steven …

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People renting apartments, condos, or other residential units for short periods of time will be required to pay the city’s 6 percent hotel tax as a result of an amendment to the city’s hotel ordinance adopted by the City Council on April 8. Tourists and associated brokers, who have been using a loophole to avoid …

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