Category: Jersey City News

The City Council and police union appear to have reached an impasse – at least temporarily – over the hours police officers will get paid for when providing traffic safety near construction and other sites. The council debated at its Nov. 25 caucus making changes that would fundamentally change the oversight process requiring security for …

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Elizabeth Migliore, owner of Jersey City Veggie Burgers, finished third in Rising Tide Capital’s sixth annual Global Entrepreneurship Week Celebration in November. Migliore won the $5,000 third prize at the Grand Finale of the Start Something Challenge Business Pitch Competition in Jersey City. Her store creates wholesome, locally-sourced, hand-crafted veggie burgers, and she is a …

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Sires comments on death of Mandela Rep. Albio Sires issued a statement on the death of Nelson Mandela, who passed away at age 95 on Dec. 5. Mandela is considered one of the most important leaders of the antiapartheid movement in South Africa since the 1950s. “Today, I mourn along with those around the globe …

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A development first proposed as a for-sale condominium project for 272 Grove St. in 2007 is back on the Jersey City Council agenda as a rental development with other changes. The council introduced an ordinance at its Nov. 26 meeting that would grant 272 Grove St. Urban Renewal LLC approval to switch from a first …

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Steven Falzarano huddled in the front of St. Lucy’s Shelter in Jersey City on a cold day a week before Thanksgiving, grateful for the heat. A truck driver by trade, he’s come to rely on meals in a number of local churches these days, partly because he doesn’t make enough on unemployment to pay even …

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Hudson County medical care just got a booster shot. The Riverside Medical Group, a longstanding purveyor of local health care, opened a new pediatric and adult health care office last week in the Paulus Hook section of Jersey City. Located at 46 Essex St., adjacent to the light rail station, this is the twentieth location …

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Several officials said that with the Super Bowl coming to the Meadowlands, it’s not only legal businesses that will thrive. Prostitution will likely increase with thousands of visitors in the area. As a result, New Jersey is ramping up its response to human trafficking, in part through a public outreach campaign to raise awareness of …

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CarePoint and McCabe Ambulance Service want to give Jersey City residents another option for which service arrives in an emergency. Right now, Jersey City Medical Center’s EMS service arrives when Jersey City residents call 911, but that contract will expire this Dec. 31. CarePoint, a health network that runs three local hospitals, and McCabe have …

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Tree lighting The Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Memorial Park kicks off the Jersey City Fridays series Holiday spirit with their fourth annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Caroling on Friday, Dec. 6 starting at 7:30 p.m., 435 Newark Ave., Jersey City. It will be an ‘Old Fashioned Christmas” as The “Yuletide Carolers” & some special …

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When the small public address speaker beneath the crucifix rasped with the voice of Sister Margaret on Nov. 22, 1963, we looked up with alarm. It was not just because the announcement came later than our usual morning list of activities at Catholic school, but also because of the odd tone in the usually matter-of-fact …

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