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State of the City to be held on Feb. 24 Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop will present his annual State of the City address on Feb. 24 at 6 p.m., in the City Hall Council Chambers, 280 Grove St., Jersey City. All residents are invited. Two public hearings scheduled for Newark Avenue pedestrian mall City …
Friends of Liberty State Park President Sam Pesin says legislation introduced by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto that modifies a new law merging the state Meadowlands Commission and the Sports and Exposition Authority still does not protect the park from potential commercial development. “The new bill’s language is unconscionable and outrageous, and the language is just …
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Informed sources said last week that Superior Court Judge Esther Suarez will be named as the new Hudson County prosecutor as part of a compromise agreement, provided Gov. Christopher Christie signs off on the deal. Suarez, a native of Bayonne, served as counsel for the city of Hoboken before moving on to become a superior …
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The City Council has awarded a $271,000 one-year contract for grant writing and other services to Millennium Strategies over the objections of members Michael Yun and Richard Boggiano. The firm, which already does business with Jersey City and a number of municipalities including Bayonne, was founded by former aides to Rep. Bill Pascrell, and was …
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To quote Bruce Springsteen: “The poets down here don’t write nothin’ at all they just stand back and let it all be.” But this isn’t true of the poets who have been featured at Art House Productions’ monthly Open Mic series over the last few months. They have not only have refused to stand back, …
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Hudson County is doing better, according to the review of the State of the County over the last year given by County Executive Tom DeGise to the Hudson County Board of Freeholders on Feb. 12. Before last year, DeGise’s reports were tinged by the economic woes of The Great Recession. In his 2014 address, DeGise …
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Saint Dominic Academy Students recognized for achievement Four students from St. Dominic Academy earned distinctions recently in arts and academics. Grace Patrick, a freshman from Jersey City, was nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, DC on Nov. 14-16, 2014. The nomination was based on Patrick’s academic achievement, leadership potential and …
In an effort to get companies that dig up city streets for water, sewer, or utility service to coordinate their work with municipal repaving, the City Council adopted an ordinance on Jan. 28 that requires those companies to repave a street curb-to-curb if it is dug up within 10 years after the city has resurfaced …
Continue reading “Bye bye, bumpy roads
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Over the objections of environmentalists and defenders of Liberty State Park, Gov. Christopher Christie signed legislation on Feb. 5 that merges the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, a move advocates fear will open Liberty State Park to commercial development. The bill, sponsored Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D – …
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In a fight that will affect the future development of a 20-acre chromium-contaminated site along Garfield Avenue, city officials said they intended to close down cleanup operations there on Monday, Feb. 9 to put pressure on PPG Industries to do more than just remove the contamination. But a last minute appeal to U.S. Superior Court …
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