Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Jersey City campers killed in Virginia A Jersey City family from Danforth Avenue was caught in the path of a tornado when on a camping trip along the Eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay at about 9 a.m. on Thursday. Lord Balatbat, and his wife, Lolibeth Ortega, both 38, were killed when a tree fell on …
Born in Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City, baptized in St. Patrick’s Church, former Gov. Jim McGreevey looked back this week, with some sense of disbelief, at his resignation as governor 10 years ago. A “gay American” whose coming out made international news in August of 2004, McGreevey marveled at how much the world has …
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“In the midst of darkness, there is hope,” said a sign in front of a church on Ocean Avenue in Jersey City. But one week after the ambush and murder of rookie Police Officer Melvin Santiago, hope is not a word many people are using. The police and the residents of the neighborhood where Santiago …
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“Keep your knees soft, hold my hands, don’t look down,” Guinevere DiPiazza said. “Just try to keep your eyes up. Eventually, you get a feel for it. Eventually, kids get going on this on their own.” She was instructing the reporter on how to operate an odd looking four-wheeled device used to prepare kids for …
Continue reading “The circus comes to town – sort of
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Downtown pedestrian mall approved With modifications to the original concept, the City Council voted last week to approve the closing of a portion of Newark Avenue near Grove Street in order to create a pedestrian mall. The block-long section of Newark Avenue would be closed to traffic from 3 to 10 p.m., a move that …
Walking into the main branch of the 113-year-old Jersey City Library is like walking back in time. Unfortunately, part of that past is one in which fluorescent lights and 1960s-era fixtures were commonplace. Another part of that past includes the lack of central air conditioning, leaky windows, an elevator slightly larger than an old fashioned …
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Paul Fireman, who heads Fireman Capital Partners in Boston, has raised some eyebrows with a proposed $4.6 billion project that would bring a gambling casino to Jersey City. The project would include a 107,000-seat motor sports stadium, the world’s largest Ferris wheel, and a 95-story hotel, convention center and casino and be located near Liberty …
Continue reading “Winning bet for Jersey City?
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Despite brief downpours through the daytime hours during this year’s Fourth of July celebration, Jersey City’s Freedom and Fireworks Festival was a resounding success. An estimated 60,000 people came into the park, setting up tents and other coverings as they started the city’s largest group cookout, although there were plenty of food vendors on site. …
Continue reading “Happy birthday, America
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Although delayed by Super Storm Sandy, wetlands mitigation, and other problems, the county’s $13 million nine-hole public-use golf course in Lincoln Park in Jersey City is finally on track to be completed by spring 2015 with golf play the following year, said representatives from the Hudson County Improvement Authority at the July 8 Board of …
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For Belinda Diaz-Perez, publishing a children’s book is a dream come true. As the author of the recent “Bully the Bullfrog,” she has written a story that resonates with the anti-bullying theme the state Department of Education has been encouraging. A teacher since 1996, and a teacher at Jersey City school No. 3 since 2001, …
Continue reading “A life lesson kids can use
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