Category: Jersey City News

Although it has been known since he opened a campaign account last July that he would run for mayor of Jersey City next year, Bill Matsikoudis made it official last week, declaring his intention to run via a video posted to his website. At the end of the week, just before press time, former Assemblyman …

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Every year, the Hudson Reporter provides information about how to get a free meal, donate supplies, or donate time around the Thanksgiving holidays. Below is our roster of places to help, and get help. Jersey City The Jersey City Corps of Salvation Army will hold its Thanksgiving Dinner on Wednesday Nov 23 at 6 p.m. …

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Camp Four is not a place people usually spend the night. It is the last place where people pause before making their last push to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But the wind storm and other conditions were so bad when Colin O’Brady got there last May, he and his team had to stop. …

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Development boom may force relocation of St. Lucy’s homeless shelter in Jersey City Officials have confirmed that St. Lucy’s Homeless Shelter on Grove Street in Jersey City will relocate and its current site sold. “There are discussions to close and sell St. Lucy’s and relocate the shelter and offices to another site,” said Jersey City …

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A new multi-colored portrait of the late British pop star David Bowie now overlooks Jersey Avenue, the latest and perhaps most dramatic in Jersey City’s Art Mural program. The 180 foot tall mural is the work of world-famous street artist Eduardo Kobra, and rush hour motorists steering down Jersey Avenue towards Hoboken can look up …

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A new multi-colored portrait of the late British pop star David Bowie now overlooks Jersey Avenue, the latest and perhaps most dramatic in Jersey City’s Art Mural program. The 180 foot tall mural is the work of world-famous street artist Eduardo Kobra, and rush hour motorists steering down Jersey Avenue towards Hoboken can look up …

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Youth Court, a program that was started in the 1990s by then-U.S. Attorney Janet Reno, got a boost in Jersey City this week when the City Council awarded a contract to a firm to help train the participants. Ironically, Reno, the first female U.S. attorney general, passed away on Nov. 6 at age 78 from …

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Youth Court, a program that was started in the 1990s by then-U.S. Attorney Janet Reno, got a boost in Jersey City this week when the City Council awarded a contract to a firm to help train the participants. Ironically, Reno, the first female U.S. attorney general, passed away on Nov. 6 at age 78 from …

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An upset win by Chris L. Gadsden over incumbent John J. Hallanan III in a Ward B special council election combined with a split decision on the school board election may spell trouble for Mayor Steven Fulop going into next year’s municipal elections. Gadsden with 2,164 votes upset Hallanan who had 1,874 votes. Lekendrick Shaw …

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