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Ali, Allegra, and Amani Walker are looking forward to the Super Bowl when it comes to the Meadowlands next month. This isn’t because they are cheering on any particular team, but because they will be taking part in 2014 Football Fashion Week – a pre Super Bowl XLVIII event that will help raise money for …

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The City Council has voted to continue the existing ambulance contract with Jersey City Medical Center for another month, and some local groups are asking for additional information about the original proposal to award a three-year contract to McCabe Ambulance of Bayonne. Mayor Steve Fulop, based on the recommendation of a review committee, asked the …

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Does the administration of Gov. Chris Christie retaliate against politicians who don’t endorse him? In an escalating political statewide drama, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop accused Gov. Christie on Thursday of grossly misrepresenting facts. On Thursday, Christie had held a press conference responding to the “Bridgegate” scandal, in which members of Christie’s inner circle have …

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In a move that sets the tone for the upcoming year, the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders named Jose Munoz as its chairman at the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting. Elevated from his position as vice chairman last year, Munoz has a reputation for fiscal accountability, and said in his acceptance speech that he would …

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As the buses pulled up in front of the Meadowlands Expo Center on Dec. 17 in Secaucus, volunteers in gray shirts rushed down the stairs to greet them. Most of the kids on the buses came from schools in Jersey City and Newark, and any nearby school that has a severe poverty rate. “We go …

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Teen arrested on charge of shooting 15-year-old boy Jersey City police on Tuesday arrested a 15-year-old male in connection with the alleged shooting on Jan. 6 of another 15-year-old boy on Martin Luther King Blvd. on the way to school. The suspect, a Jersey City resident, was taken into custody without incident, according to police …

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