Category: Jersey City News

Jersey City residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to vote on a number of key races, include the election of a president, and contests for the House of Representatives, county sheriff, county register, school board members and the council member representing Ward B. The Board of Education election is the most …

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Hanging just above the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken is a single purple banner draped over someone’s balcony: Donald Trump for president. Probably the most visible political sign in Hudson County this year, it’s also a rare sight. That’s not because Trump is running for president as a Republican in a largely Democratic …

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Hanging just above the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken is a single purple banner draped over someone’s balcony: Donald Trump for president. Probably the most visible political sign in Hudson County this year, it’s also a rare sight. That’s not because Trump is running for president as a Republican in a largely Democratic …

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Most long time residents of Jersey City never really got used to the name Cusack Center when St. Joseph’s School for the Blind was renamed a few years ago. So the announcement last week that Cusack Center will join in a cooperative arrangement with St. Ann’s Home for Aged under a new name, Peace Care …

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Most long time residents of Jersey City never really got used to the name Cusack Center when St. Joseph’s School for the Blind was renamed a few years ago. So the announcement last week that Cusack Center will join in a cooperative arrangement with St. Ann’s Home for Aged under a new name, Peace Care …

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Leave it to the Silverman brothers to make use of accessories from the old St. Francis Hospital in a unique way. Art work made from the hospital clocks decorates the second floor hallways of the new work space they made available for businesses on Nov. 1 in the Charles & Company building overlooking Grove and …

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Leave it to the Silverman brothers to make use of accessories from the old St. Francis Hospital in a unique way. Art work made from the hospital clocks decorates the second floor hallways of the new work space they made available for businesses on Nov. 1 in the Charles & Company building overlooking Grove and …

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Turn back the clock and check batteries The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ Division of Fire Safety (NJDFS) is reminding residents that Daylight Saving Time, Sunday, Nov. 6 is the best time to check the manufacture dates of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and to change the batteries. Units over 10 years …

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Turn back the clock and check batteries The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ Division of Fire Safety (NJDFS) is reminding residents that Daylight Saving Time, Sunday, Nov. 6 is the best time to check the manufacture dates of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and to change the batteries. Units over 10 years …

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An ordinance that would allow zoning changes to enable construction on a two-acre site behind the Historic Landmark Loews was adopted by the City Council at its Oct. 26 meeting, although questions about the potential project still remain. The ordinance partially clears the way for the construction of a residential and artist space on Journal …

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