JERSEY CITY, NJ - TAPinto Publisher Steve Lenox recently welcomed Jersey City Councilwoman Ward B Councilwoman Myra Prinz-Arey to the show. During their time on set Steve and Councilwoman Prinz-Arey spoke about her transition from community activist to local elected official, efforts to stimulate the small business community in her section of Jersey City, improvements and additions ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - In a statement released on Friday Mayor Steven Fulop registered his disgust at the alleged racist rant by a Jersey City high school teacher.

“These comments by a Jersey City teacher are disgusting and they don’t reflect our schools, teachers, or city,” Fulop said. “I’m thankful the superintendent has taken action and this sort of individual ...

Mission Viejo, CA – Kamuran Soydam, an educator with Hudson Arts and Science Charter School of iLearn Schools, was honored by the Association of American Educators (AAE) as part of of National Charter Schools Week May 9 - 15, 2021.

AAE, a national, nonunion, professional association serving educators in all fifty states, invited charter school educators nationwide to nominate a ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - A group of local activists held a rally outside the offices of the Jersey City Board of Education Monday demanding the removal, whether by firing or resignation, of Howard Zlotkin, the Dickinson High School teacher recorded going into a tirade at four African American students during a Zoom discussion on racial tensions.

Zlotkin, who was suspended with pay pending an ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - For the second time in a month, the City Council met with the Jersey City Board of Education in an attempt to resolve the financial woes of the school district.

With Board of Education President Mussab Ali describing that the district will see $250 million in funding cut over the next three years, and that the currently proposed school budget would collect $86 million in ...

NEW JERSEY — A nationwide safety recall of certain Kidde smoke detectors that have reportedly failed to sound off during smoke conditions or a fire has been announced.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on May 6 announced the recall of 225,000 Kidde smoke and combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms — Model Series 2040, 2050, 2060 and 2070, which have a TruSense ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - A 37-year-old East Orange man is dead after being shot in the torso in the area of the City Crossings Apartments parking lot located at Merseles Court and Bright Street in Jersey City.

According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, members of the Jersey City Police Department were called to the area on a report of shots fired at approximately 1:50 a.m. Once on ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Jersey City Police Officer Marc DiNardo made his first trip to the annual Police Week ceremony in Washington DC in May 2009. The veteran officer was so moved by it, his daughter Gwen said Tuesday, that he immediately decided to take part in the Unity Tour the following year. 

The bicycle he purchased, but never got to ride to DC, still hangs on the wall of the ...

BAYONNE and JERSEY CITY, NJ - Members of the KW City Life Realty teams in both Bayonne and Jersey City spread out across their communities Thursday as part of a nationwide community service effort.

According to Lidia Gabinelli, Broker Manager for the Bayonne office, May 13 marked Red Day, the realty firm’s national day of service.Since 2009, Gabinelli told TAPinto, KW team members have ...

SUMMIT, NJ -  A group of high school students in Summit has collected more than 500 pounds of groceries for a local food pantry this year and continues to collect more, with the assistance of generous local families, Jersey City residents, and the NJ-based real estate company The KRE Group.

The collection effort began in February when Summit High School junior Joe Gingeleskie founded ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - When people talk about local unsung heroes, Shirley Rogers-Fields name comes up.

The Jersey City Municipal Council recently honored Rogers-Fields, a mother of two, grandmother of six, and great-grandmother of five, as Jersey City’s senior of the year. She serves as senior coordinator for the building in which she lives, although officials said her influence goes ...

NEWARK, NJ – A 37-year-old Jersey City man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for participating in a scheme that involved defrauding financial institution customers of almost half a million dollars, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Friday. Ramon Herrera previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to a charge of Wire ...

NEWARK, NJ – A Jersey City man appeared before a federal judge via videoconerence Tuesday to answer to charges related to his arrest for illegally possessing two loaded firearms, another handgun, and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

Davone Adams, aka “Dikim Adams,” 42, appeared by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer and ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Terrance Nelson, the 29-year-old Jersey City man wanted for the death of his 60-year-old mother, was arrested without incident at his mother’s home at 18 Virginia Avenue in Jersey City by Homicide Unit detectives and Jersey City Police Officers just after 8 a.m. Sunday, May 9, 2021.

Nelson was charged with Murder on Thursday. 

As previously reported, ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Even though Nysquazah Hawkins struggled to get the Qua’s Creative Art Center up in running in Jersey City, she recognized just how valuable a resource it was.

Hawkins, who started the center in Jersey City in early 2020 in an effort to provide a space where kids and teens could have fun, be creative and have access to self-expression, was joined by local Bayonne officials ...

HOBOKEN, NJ – A celebrated member of the New York Metro music scene, James Mastro has released his debut solo single “My God”, via Velvet Elk Records/OneRPM.

With credits including songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger and producer, Mastro currently plays with the great Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople)... when he's not running ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Art House Productions will be hosting the Jersey Art Exchange (JAX) Media & Music Makers Camp for students entering grades 7-12 in Fall 2021. 

The camps will take place Monday through Friday during the weeks of July 5 and July 12, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.at 150 Bay Street in Jersey City.

Each track is led by a digital art, and/or music professional. Masks and ...