Category: Jersey City News

A local homeless shelter can use free turkeys, volunteers to cook, and jackets and gloves. Another could use plates and cups. Each year, the Reporter offers an overview of places where people throughout Hudson County can go to get a Thanksgiving meal if they can’t afford one, and where to volunteer or donate. But we’ve …

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The Musical Theater Department of High Tech High School – one of the countywide public Schools of Technology – has been selected by the Paper Mill Playhouse’s “Adopt-a School Project” for the next four years. The Millburn-based professional theater will be “adopting” students at High Tech, seeking out Hudson County eighth graders to attend classes …

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It was a sunny day in late July when a jitney bus driver knocked over a pole on Boulevard East in West New York, sending it onto and killing an infant, Angelie Paredes of North Bergen, who was in her stroller. The vehicle’s operator was allegedly texting at the time of the incident. A week …

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Special holiday deadlines Due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 28, advertising and editorial deadlines for the Hudson Reporter newspapers have changed. For the Dec. 1 editions of the North Bergen Reporter, Weehawken Reporter, Union City Reporter, and West New York Reporter, the deadline for classified and display advertising and editorial content is Monday, …

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Beyond the imposing stone walls that separate Reservoir No. 3 from the bustling streets of the Jersey City Heights lies a rugged oasis that too few residents have experienced first-hand. Those who have yet to venture into the Reservoir, and others who perhaps don’t want to visit during the brutal cold months ahead, may want …

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During a heated debate regarding a controversial 30-year tax deal for a three-tower residential development planned for Journal Square, resident after resident told the City Council they supported the project and were eager to see new construction go up in the long-overlooked neighborhood once known as the heart of Jersey City. The residents were less …

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The Jersey City Public School District’s revamped school breakfast program will continue, despite concerns from some parents who say it is a poor substitute for the program it replaced. Under changes implemented this school year, students now receive a morning meal at their desks during homeroom, which begins at 8:30 a.m. The students receive such …

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The e-mail was very brief, just one sentence in length, and was sent to taxpayer advocate Yvonne Balcer in December 2012 from then-City Councilman Steven Fulop: “Yvonne, can you come and speak against the $9.5 million bond [for] retirements?” Fulop was at the time trying to build pressure from Jersey City residents to quash a …

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RE/MAX Gold Coast Realty donates $10K to family of girl fighting cancer Agents and staff at RE/Max Gold Coast Realty this fall held a fundraiser to benefit 4-year-old Ari-Anna Jiménez, who has been diagnosed with cancer. While the realty firm had set a target of $5,000, the company was ultimately able to raise a total …

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