Category: Jersey City News

Former Jersey City resident Lorne Jaffe experienced moments of terror as a stay-at-home dad after his daughter Sienna was born two years ago. Having grown up battling anxiety and depression, he had days marked by joy and other days marked by fear during his time with his baby. He worked through many of his harrowing …

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As they opened their meeting at St. Anne’s Church on June 4, many of the Girl Scout Brownies from Troop 12826 glanced at Edward Sanchez and Kate Santella, two EMTs from Jersey City Medical Center, and the array of equipment they had brought with them. Arranged by Sean Connors and Dave Calton of the Jersey …

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Local woman Brittani Bunney was looking for a way to help her community, and found it this past April when she was one of 40 residents to volunteer to become “principal for a day” at her neighborhood public school. Suddenly, she felt plugged into the goings-on in the Jersey City district. But helping out for …

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Dr. Cristina Guarneri was so impressed with Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s life story that she recently rewrote her thriller novel to include him. She had already released the work of fiction “Flames of Truth: Beyond the Darkness of Wall Street West” earlier this year, but decided to revise it to include a main plotline …

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Prosecutor, JCPD investigating double homicide Two men shot and killed Monday night on Van Nostrand Avenue in Jersey City were the ninth and 10th homicides this year in Jersey City and Hudson County. Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Gaetano T. Gregory announced that around 11:45 p.m. Monday night Jersey City police officers responded to a report …

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Earlier this year, NJ Transit reduced the time that Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) tickets are valid from 90 to 60 minutes – but public officials and riders say they weren’t made aware of this change, and that other features of ridership are unclear. The change was made, according to NJ Transit, to stop people from …

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“Michael was a nice guy who would give you the shirt off his back if you needed help. Like all of us, he had his demons, but he worked hard and overcame them,” said former Assemblyman Louis Manzo last week, recalling Michael Galdieri, a state senator’s son whose mysterious May 22 death is being investigated …

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The June 3 primary battle in Hudson County ended as a victory for the long-time Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO), which managed to fend off all but one challenger in five contested races for seats on the Board of Freeholders. Slightly more than 31,000 Democratic voters turned out for the election out of 161,000 registered …

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