Category: Jersey City News

Hours after an alleged gunman fired shots inside Garden State Plaza Mall, and allegedly died later of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) companies throughout Northern New Jersey were touting their preparedness for the next 9/11, Newtown, or Boston Marathon. Among those eagerly publicizing the skills of their EMS personnel was Jersey …

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Everyone knew this day was coming, when Mayor Steven Fulop had to make a decision as the city’s chief executive that didn’t sit well with his supporters downtown. And the divisive issue that separated the shepherd from the flock was – also no surprise – over development. After members of the Van Vorst Park Association …

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After several delays and threats to its funding, a long-planned pedestrian stairway linking Jersey City and Hoboken finally made its debut on Nov. 6. Pedestrians who wish to travel from the Palisade Cliffs in the Jersey City Heights to the Second Street Light Rail stop in Hoboken can now do so using a set of …

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“Clicks,” the debut novel by Jersey City writer Amy Evans, indirectly poses an interesting question: Do female characters in fiction only become strong and heroic when the Apocalypse is nigh? In reading popular series like “The Hunger Games” the answer would appear to be yes. But Evans, a mother of two, including one daughter, wanted …

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Historic cemetery to Celebrate Veterans Day, WWII heroes The Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery will celebrate Veterans Day with an “Honor Our Heroes” tribute on Monday, Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. The event will take place at 435 Newark Ave. The free event will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and students …

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Deirdre Brooks, a Newark resident who works at a McDonald’s in Jersey City, points to three nasty-looking scars on her right forearm, marks she said she got while working a second job waiting tables in New York City. “Their dishwasher is so hot. I don’t know what temperature that water is.” She points to one …

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There were princesses and parrots, ninjas and nurses, as hundreds of local residents turned out for the Historic Paulus Hook Association’s annual Children’s Costume Parade/Pet Parade on Sunday Oct. 27. The three-hour event featured performances by the Jersey City Children’s Theater and several awards for the best costumes for children and pets, who competed in …

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Can ordinary residents help resolve flooding and other problems caused by Jersey City’s aging combined sewer system? The grassroots environmental group Sustainable Jersey City, known as Sustainable JC, believes they can and the organization has launched a crowd funding campaign to prove its case. Using the web site www.IOBY.org, a crowd funding site for environmental-oriented …

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After Hurricane Sandy dumped debris and trash on the grounds of Liberty State Park, more than 150 volunteers took on the Herculean task of helping park staff and the Friends of Liberty State Park take on a massive clean-up effort so the grounds could be reopened just weeks after the storm. By mid-November, sections of …

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In keeping with a tradition that started earlier this year, Jersey City Arts faculty has awarded the Golden Door International Film Festival Student Scholarship for Excellence in Filmmaking to one of its former students. Christian Balbutin, a 2013 graduate of the Jersey City Public School arts program, was awarded the $500 scholarship, which he will …

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