Category: Jersey City News

To avoid a possible conflict, the city has named Mark Redfield, a 30-year employee of the city, to oversee the Department of Public Works (DPW) until it is merged with the Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA) early next year. The move, officials said, comes as a result of legal advice that Oren Dabney – who …

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Repairs are underway after a landslide took down a large chunk of the western slope of Jersey City Heights along a portion of Paterson Plank Road last January. While never a threat to the roadway that connects Secaucus, Union City, North Bergen and Jersey City, the landslide did cause a major shift in the area …

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Reporter holiday ad deadlines, office closings Due to the Christmas holiday on Thursday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day the following week, advertising and editorial deadlines for the Hudson Reporter newspapers have changed. Instead of the regular Secaucus Reporter, North Bergen Reporter, Union City Reporter, West New York Reporter, Hoboken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, and …

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Earlier this year, Jersey City decided to go its own way rather than join a proposed bike-sharing program with Hoboken and Weehawken. A request for proposals for the Jersey City program was issued and city officials say responses are expected back this week. “Our priority was integrating into the New York City system,” said city …

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For public officials and residents of Jersey City, Shirley A. Tolentino wasn’t just another judge. She was a girl from the ‘hood who made it good. For this reason, people far and wide gathered on Dec. 8 to re-name the Martin Luther King Drive post office in her honor. “This is something my father first …

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Although Mya Phu is only in the eighth grade at Middle School No. 4, she already had a map of her future as she stood in the glow of sunset near the Goldman Sachs building on the Jersey City waterfront. She pointed to pictures of her family and the heroes in her life, represented in …

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Some memories stay with people forever: where they were, what they did, and sometimes, how they managed to survive. Sometimes luck played a big role in helping some survive, said veterans of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. naval base that suffered the worst assault by a foreign power on the United States until Sept. 11, 2001. …

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Newport has brunch with Santa Participating restaurants will host photograph opportunities with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus during Newport’s Brunch with Santa and Mrs. Claus event on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Families, friends and kids (young and old) will be able to take photos and spend time with the very …

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Members of the Black Freedom Society (BFS) at New Jersey City University (NJCU) lay prone on the ground for four and half minutes on Dec. 1 – one minute for each hour that the body of Michael Brown was left unattended after being shot by Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. on Aug. 8. …

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Santa Claus arrived in a flurry of snow on Dec. 2, as friends and neighbors gathered in Newport Town Square for what has become an annual tradition to light up this portion of Jersey City. This is the 13th season that business and political leaders have come together to kick off the holiday season and …

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