Category: Jersey City News

An array of local and national leaders came to The Hub on Sept. 15 to cut the ribbon on what they hope will become a model prisoner reentry program for the nation. The Hub is the core shopping center in the heart of Ward F in Jersey City, around which Jersey City officials have been …

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Sunlight barely breaking through the gray clouds over the New York skyline greeted those who gathered at the foot of Grand Street on the Jersey City waterfront for this year’s 9/11 Memorial Service, “Reflections,” on Sept. 11. Most of the public officials and organizers at the monument at the end of Grand Street vowed to …

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“Is he here yet?” asked the people crowding into the Loews Jersey Theater for the Golden Door International Film Festival kick off on Sept. 16. “Is he here?” “He” was fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, sponsor of the opening gala, by far a better known celebrity than any of the film stars that attended. The opening …

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Jersey City will get to meet and listen to works by some of its local writers at the annual book festival called “Tales of Our Cities.” The festival this year brings 32 authors into the public eye. But instead of Van Vorst Park as in past years, the festival will be held at the Grove …

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Spurts of rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the more than 150 CarePoint employees who gathered in front of the Bayonne Medical Center on Sept. 9 to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Dressed in orange shirts with white letters signifying the official colors of the healthcare network, they had gathered to raise …

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Bill would increase charges for use of stolen weapon against police A bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats Charles Mainor, Raj Mukherji and others that would make it a crime to use a stolen weapon to injure a police officer passed the Assembly last week. Named after the Jersey City Police officer Jersey City Police Detective …

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Tracey Hummer stood near the end of the Empty Sky Memorial in Liberty State Park on Sept. 7, just prior to ceremonies commemorating those who had perished in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Many of the hundreds who came to pay tribute took the memorial walk down the granite path between two walls …

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The City Council has introduced an ordinance that authorizes the use of the Sixth Street Embankment for a rail line and other possible uses as a park, and developer Steve Hyman, who owns the property, isn’t happy about it. Hyman bought the property from Conrail in 2005 for $3 million with the aim of constructing …

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For the third year in a row, Desha Jackson’s DLJ Give to Live Foundation will present four days’ worth of fashion events to raise money for Jersey City-based community organizations. Fashion Week gets underway on Sept. 24 with a VIP reception. An event that rivals its counterpart in New York, JC Fashion Week will present …

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Supporters and friends of Art House Productions made the streets of Jersey City come alive with the music of a Dixieland style jazz band on Sept. 6 as they paraded from Hamilton Park to their new headquarters on Journal Square. One of the mainstays of visual and performing arts in Jersey City, Art House became …

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