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Breaking ground on the joint venture between Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and Ironstate development Company on Jan. 14, Ironstate President David Barry knew he was creating something more than just another residential development along the waterfront in Jersey City. Even the distinction of the new venture being the tallest residential building in New Jersey didn’t quite …

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Cold or not, Jersey City is expected to host two events to welcome the contenders in the upcoming Super Bowl. Both teams are staying at hotels in Jersey City and are expected to arrive on Sunday, Jan. 26. A limited number of passes to Liberty Science Center will be handed out, and there will be …

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A decade after he forced poet Amiri Baraka out as poet laureate of New Jersey, former Gov. Jim McGreevey mourned the poet’s passing. Baraka, who died on Jan. 9 at age 79, was seen as one of the last voices of the radical Black Power movement of the 1960s, and a man who retained his …

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The rebuilding of the 14th Street Viaduct that allows traffic to access Hoboken from Union City and Jersey City Heights may alter the development landscape in a way few could have predicted a decade ago. Long seen as outdated, the bridge-like structure serves as a conduit for vehicle and pedestrian traffic to and from the …

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JCMC EMS Medical Director among elite group of physicians Jersey City Medical Center’s (JCMC) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Medical Director since 2005, Dr. Bill Wang, is among the first group of physicians in the United States who obtained the brand new American Board of Emergency Medicine certification in Emergency Medical Services. Emergency Medical Services is …

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Although the project has not yet had its official groundbreaking, Journal Square Center Towers, or “J2” as some call it, has begun with the first series of demolitions near Pavonia and Summit avenues. “They started taking down the buildings this week,” said Councilman Richard Boggiano, with a note of regret at the loss of a …

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On Nov. 17, Anthony Coletta, 31, of Jersey City, was driving a horse named Straight Up Tequila in a harness race at Harrah’s race track in Philadelphia, when the horse in front of his, Rocknmy Jeans, took a misstep and fell. “When the horse in front of him went lame or broke its leg, Anthony …

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Nearly everybody who spoke at the City Council meeting on Wednesday said the loved the Silverman brothers, who want to develop a luxury rental project at 272 Grove St., but hate the idea of tax abatements. Despite their objections, the City Council approved a 10-year tax abatement for a project that was originally proposed as …

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Raphael Martinez lapsed into tears during the Jan. 9 graduation ceremony in City Hall’s council chambers, telling a gathering of a few hundred people how his life got turned around over the last year. “I’ve been on the streets since I was 15 years old,” he said. His father was a drug addict, and over …

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Jersey City pension bill passes state Senate Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Sen. Sandra Cunningham and Sen. Brian Stack, celebrating passage of the Jersey City pension bill, issued a joint statement saying: “We are proud to announce an agreement on important amendments to the Jersey City pension bill which will bring this …

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