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Jersey City Set Mark Juneteenth, Honor African Culture
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Child's Play: Fulop's Son Gives to New Playground at Audobon Park
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Bike Safety the Focus of Kids Ride Through Jersey City Streets
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Local Police Officers Carry 'Flame of Hope' Through Hudson County
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Jersey City Teen Charged with Murder in April Shooting
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Single Stall Bathrooms in Jersey City Would be Gender Neutral Under Solomon ...
By AL SULLIVAN
June 14, 2021JERSEY CITY, NJ - Paying tribute to the vast cultural contributions made by African and highlighting the emancipation of American Slaves in 1865, Jersey City will hold the African Cultural Arts Family Festival on June 19.
Billed as expressions of art and freedom, the festival will be held at Berry Lane Park, 1000 Garfield Ave. from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and include live entertainment from ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Hudson County Community College’s (HCCC) Trustees tuition freeze will remain in place for a second consecutive year, HCCC President Dr. Chris Reber has announced. The Board of Trustees voted to maintain the current level of tuition and fees with no increases continuing throughout the 2021-22 academic year including this year’s Summer II and Fall semester ...
NEW JERSEY — Indoor dining is back at full capacity in restaurants around the Garden State. But while some diners have been eager to get back inside, many have gotten out of the habit, and some still eye gathering maskless indoors with trepidation.
To woo diners back, some restaurants are turning to enhanced outdoor spaces, live entertainment and good old-fashioned fun.
Khris Raina, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - About an hour before the official ribbon cutting of the new playground at Audubon Park in Jersey City on Saturday Mayor Steven Fulop arrived with his two and half year-old son, Jaxon.
Along with a few neighborhood kids, Jaxon made his way through the assortment of slides and other features trailed by Fulop, who – even in his remarkable physical shape – barely kept ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - With a ready, set, go, Mayor Steven Fulop helped launch this year’s Jersey City Kids Bike Ride from in front of City Hall on Saturday.
Established in 2020, the now annual event was designed to not just to highlight the protective bicycle lanes that the city has been aggressively installing, but also to educate the kids at an early age in safe riding.
Working with ...
By AL SULLIVAN
June 11, 2021JERSEY CITY, NJ - James Solomon will introduce an ordinance to make all single-stall bathrooms gender-neutral at the June 16 Jersey City Council meeting, the Ward E Councilman said in a statement Friday. The effort, he added, is to make Jersey City even more inclusive and welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community.
Solomon said he hopes to build upon Mayor Steven Fulop’s Executive Order ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A proposed $620 million calendar year 2021 municipal budget will cut taxes for Jersey City residents by an average reduction of $967 a year for every household, Mayor Steven Fulop announced in a statement Friday. The City Council is expected to vote to introduce the 2021 budget at their next meeting scheduled for June 16.
Despite the crippling financial implications ...
By AL SULLIVAN
June 10, 2021JERSEY CITY, NJ - A Dickinson High School senior identified in court documents as T.W. has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Jersey City Board of Education, school officials, and the teacher.
The lawsuit alleges that on April 28 and 29, 2021, teacher Howard Zlotkin spewed ignorant, racist, profanity-laden diatribes against his students and black people in general—all ...
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By AL SULLIVAN
June 12, 2021HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - More than 3,000 law enforcement officers took to the streets of their local communities on one of 26 separate routes to help carry the "Flame of Hope" a distance of nearly 750 miles throughout the Garden State to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics New Jersey on Friday.
Delayed last year until October by COVID-19, the 40th annual Torch Run resumed in ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- A 22-year-old Jersey City man was shot and killed in the area of Stegman Street and Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City Saturday.
According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to a report of received a report shots fired just after 10:00 p.m.
Upon arrival officers located Ahmad McPherson with a gunshot ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - A brazen brawl in broad daylight has five individuals facing Riot and other charges, according to Hoboken Police.
Around 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2, Hoboken Police Officers were dispatched to the area of 3rd and Harrison Street on a report of a group of males fighting in the street. Initial reports indicated that one of the males involved was seen with a handgun.
As ...
By AL SULLIVAN
June 1, 2021JERSEY CITY, NJ - While the unseasonable weather may have caused the turn-out for the Memorial Day services in Pershing Field to be smaller than in past years, the ceremony that included a posting of colors by the color guard of Vietnam Veterans of American, the pledge of allegiance, and the reading of names that allowed visitors to place a rose on the memorial graves, was no less ...
By STEVE LENOX
June 11, 2021JERSEY CITY, NJ - A 16-year-old male has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of 21-year-old Rodney Wallace who was fatally shot on Wilkinson Avenue in Jersey City on April 13.
The teen, who has been charged as a juvenile, was arrested by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Gang Intelligence/Violent Crimes Unit inside a store at 245 ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Calling Governor Phil Murphy's announcement that Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will be closed “welcomed news for all of us who were deeply concerned about the culture of abuse and the deplorable environment the inmates have had to endure,” Assemblywoman Angela McKnight (D-Hudson) added that “the task now is to ensure these women are provided a safe ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Although State Sen. Sandra Cunningham did not appear at her first virtual court hearing last week, a plea of not guilty was submitted on her behalf by her attorney Michael Rubas. Rubas said Cunningham would want to be tried in person if the case were to go to trial.
Cunningham has been charged with driving while intoxicated and careless driving resulting in the ...
By STEVE LENOX
June 9, 2021HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Republican Organization will hold their Party reorganization on Tuesday, June 15, Chairman Jose Arango has announced. The event take place at the Boulevard (formerly Scheutzen Park), 3167 John F Kennedy Blvd in North Bergen and begin at 6:00 p.m.
A vote for party officers, including Chairman, will be held and general party business will be discussed, ...
By AL SULLIVAN
June 14, 2021JERSEY CITY, NJ - Paying tribute to the vast cultural contributions made by African and highlighting the emancipation of American Slaves in 1865, Jersey City will hold the African Cultural Arts Family Festival on June 19.
Billed as expressions of art and freedom, the festival will be held at Berry Lane Park, 1000 Garfield Ave. from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and include live entertainment from ...
EWING, NJ -- Several World War II aircraft will be flying into Trenton-Mercer Airport this week for tourists to view. The CAF AirPower History Tour featuring historic World War II aircraft will provide cockpit tours, flight demonstrations, and rides.
The event features the B-29 Superfortress FIFI, the most advanced bomber of World War II; the T-6 Texan, legendary ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Called “To India with Love,” a fundraiser is being held at the historic Loew's Theatre to help raise funds to help people deal with COVID-19 crisis in India.
Sponsored by Americans in Jersey City, the event will be held on Saturday, June 12 at 6 p.m. and feature the Bollywood Movie "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (DDLJ). The event will also feature ...
