Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
EDA vote could mean 1,900 new jobs in Jersey City In a vote that could bring even more jobs to Jersey City, the state the Economic Development Authority voted to approve incentives for Jersey City-based projects involving JP Morgan Chase and RBC Capital Markets. JP Morgan has significant office space in Jersey City and several …
Although the New Jersey Million Mom March came to Hudson County just in time for Mother’s Day, they weren’t delivering holiday flowers, but a dire message about the dangers of gun violence in the inner city. They brought with them a new film called “Shell Shocked,” a documentary about youth and gun violence in New …
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Ernest Hemingway once said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” The people who attended the Jersey City Writers workshop on April 30 got a similar message about publishing. “Publishing,” said Carol Deminski, “is a lot work.” At the same time, said Meg Merriet, one of …
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Mary Ryerson didn’t start right away when the city announced its recreation agreement with New Jersey City University early this year. But the retired worker from Philip’s Lightolier, who moved with the company from the original office in Jersey City to Secaucus, said the program that allows seniors to use some of the college facilities …
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Jailyne Aguilar, 17, a junior at Bayonne High School, knows what a phone book is, but she has only used it once. “It was a very long time ago,” she said. It was seven years ago, to be exact – when Aguilar was 10 years old. “I use my phone, Facebook, and stuff like that,” …
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A historic furniture warehouse in the Powerhouse Arts District of Jersey City will be preserved and redeveloped by Mill Creek Residential, a multi-family developer that specializes in luxury apartment construction. The company announced on April 29 that it has partnered with Rockwood Capital to purchase the eight-story warehouse. The building at 350 Warren St. was …
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Alleged shooter turns himself in Darius Dashawn Redmon, 21, of Jersey City, was shot in the head late on May 1 and died from his injuries on May 2, according to Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Gaetano T. Gregory. On Friday, May 2 at approximately 11:30 p.m., a vehicle pulled up to the Jersey City Police …
Perhaps the biggest challenge for McNair High School senior Dante Silver-Evan isn’t finding a way to play the role of confidence man Harold Hill in the upcoming performance of Art House’s The Music Man, but how to distinguish him from all the other confidence men he has played during his brief, full career as a …
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The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) has announced that a total of four bids have been received for the restoration and management of the historic Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre in Journal Square. But a pending lawsuit by the group that has operated the landmark theatre and opposes the city’s request for proposals from new operators …
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Many social observers believe summer jobs for young people have a huge benefit for the community as well as the teenagers. Not only do teens learn some key lessons about life in the working world before they graduate and go forth to make a living, but they learn skills such as time management, financial responsibility, …
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