Category: Jersey City News

When Jersey City resident Elijah Wells got the call from his family in West Africa, he was still debating what to do about honoring his mother. Originally from Sierra Leone in West Africa, she died about two years ago. Each year, he tried to do something in her name. “I still have family members over …

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Your Move Dance Festival is New Jersey’s longest-running annual modern dance event, designed to support choreographers from New Jersey, New York and beyond. Now in its fifth season, Your Move announced recently a new partnership with DeBaun Performing Arts Center in Hoboken, while keeping its previous partnership with Jersey City-based Art House Productions. This year …

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Fulop backs off Greenville trash deal Mayor Steven Fulop will not pursue a deal that would allow New York City to ship its trash through Greenville Yards. Fulop emailed a statement on Thursday to members of the South Greenville Neighborhood Association, a group that publically opposed the project saying the transfer station would have a …

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After years of struggling to convert the old reservoir in Jersey City Heights into a park, Mayor Steven Fulop says a $10 million deal to help transfer New York City’s trash will provide nearly all the money needed for the project. But residents of the Greenville section of Jersey City who spoke at the Oct. …

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Three-year-old Maceo Morris didn’t have to wait for Dr. Seuss’s birthday to come around again. He got to hear several books by the famous children’s author read aloud at the Main Branch of the Jersey City Library on Oct. 6, thanks to Councilwoman Diane Coleman. Normally, the public reading of Dr. Seuss takes place around …

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When Sister Teresa Demjanovich taught English and Latin at Saint Aloysius School in Jersey City in the mid 1920s, she had just decided to give up her life in service to God. A Bayonne native, Sister Teresa struggled to decide whether or not to enter the Sisters of Charity, an order of nunnery devoted to …

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The cost for security cameras above and below the 14th Street Viaduct may be covered by a federal grant, according to the Hudson County Board of Freeholders. They voted at their Oct. 7 caucus to appropriate an additional $135,518, most of which will go to installing the cameras above and below the roadway connecting the …

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Jersey City Arts & Studio Tour is Oct. 17 – 19 The Jersey City Art & Studio Tour, the largest cultural event in Jersey City, will take place on Oct. 18 and 19 from noon to 6 p.m., with a kickoff reception Friday night Oct. 17. This showcase of Jersey City’s diverse artistic talent includes …

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When Hudson County Community College (HCCC) first looked at the property on Sip Avenue back in 2000 as a possible new library site, few could foresee how significant a role it would play in revitalizing the historic business center of Jersey City. Journal Square had deteriorated and few companies were yet willing to invest in …

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