TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO JERSEY CITY STAFF
April 7, 2025
JERSEY CITY, NJ - An effort by the Jersey City Board of Education to foster strong relationships with parents, caregivers, and the community will launch on Tuesday with the first of what has been announced as bi-monthly hybrid (virtual and in-person) Student-Focused Community Outreach Meetings on ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Jersey City officials are considering an expansion of the CitiBike system which could see the addition of 23 additional terminal locations within a 15-minute bike ride of Port Liberte Ferry Terminal.A community engagement effort to determine where best to install these additional ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Nearly $5 million in grants to improve and expand open space, recreation, and historic preservation throughout Jersey City is up for grabs, according to an announcement released Thursday.The City of Jersey City and its government agencies and affiliates, as well as local nonprofit ...
New Brunswick, N.J. – Compared to other types of cancer, testicular cancer is relatively rare. According to the National Cancer Institute, it accounts for less than 1 percent of all male cancers in the U.S. However, it’s the most common cancer among young men, primarily affecting those between the ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ -From the team behind The Zombie Opera, newly formed Jersey City-based nonprofit, Undead Arts, will throw their inaugural Halfway-to-Halloween Gala, An Undead Odyssey, on April 11th at Grace Church Van Vorst on Erie Street from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased ...
TRENTON, NJ – Earlier this week the New Jersey Department of Education(NJDOE) released annual School Performance Reports, which include assessment, student growth, and accountability data for all public school districts in New Jersey. When evaluating student growth in mathematics, six of the top 10 ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - The closure of Jersey Avenue for construction of the Rebuild by Design – Hudson River (RBDH) project has been postponed to allow for the Jersey City Marathon and associated road closures on Sunday, April 13. Jersey City announced marathon-related road closures near the southern border ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Compared to other types of cancer, testicular cancer is relatively rare. According to the National Cancer Institute, it accounts for less than 1 percent of all male cancers in the U.S. However, it’s the most common cancer among young men, primarily affecting those between the ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - School buses decorating a large vacant lot on Caven Point Road just off Garfield Avenue were accompanied by a gathering of local, county and state officials for the groundbreaking of a new charter high school late last month.Located in a part of the city that is still undergoing ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Currently in a soft opening mode, the Medicine Woman dispensary in Jersey City co-owned by rapper Ice T and “cannabis trail blazer” Charis Burrett will hold its official grand opening in a weekend-long event on April 19 and 20.Burrett, along with her husband Luke Burrett, founded ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A 54-year-old Staten Island man was arrested earlier this week by members of the Jersey City Police Department’s Burglary Unit.Jersey City Spokesperson Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione confirmed to TAPinto that John Hyland is charged with more than 30 burglaries, including seven in ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy led a flag-raising ceremony on Wednesday to mark the beginning of Autism Acceptance Month.“Here in Hudson County, we celebrate our differences as a community – sharing those special parts of us that bring us all closer to one another,” Guy said.
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A cohort of Jersey City’s population have been wedging, slipping, coiling, bisquing, firing and glazing nightly in your neighborhood…Confused? Don't be!Betty’s Ceramics Club, located at 224 9th Street Jersey City, was co-founded by Sam Spratt and McKendree Key and opened its doors ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law legislation (A3540/S2544) on Wednesday establishing civil and criminal penalties for the production and dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, aka “deepfakes.”Under the provisions of the new law, individuals making or distributing ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Lisa Varga, Executive Director of the Virginia Library Association, has earned the nickname “The Hammer.” She was also named as the 2024 Library of the Year by Library Journal.These are just two of the accolades that Varga will discuss in a conversation with Terry B. Hill, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Two Newark women who both were reportedly untruthful about their role in a crash that left a Jersey City man dead have been charged with a number of crimes.As previously reported, the Thursday, October 31, 2024 crash took place in the area of Sip Avenue and Routes 1&9 and ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Mayor Steve Fulop has announced yet another expansion of the city’s composting program. According to a statement, the program, which has collected and diverted more than 2.4 million pounds of waste from landfills and turned it into nutrient-rich organic material to help fertilize ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Representative Rob Menendez (NJ-D-08) has reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency of caffeine in food and beverages. The bill is named in memory of Sarah Katz, a Jersey City native who died in 2022 after consuming an energy drink.“At its core, this bill is ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - As the demand for sourdough has skyrocketed in recent years, so too has the demand for convenience. Sourdough Society, a Jersey City virtual bakery, has married the two. Established in December 2024, Sophie and Giota Kolaitis saw a significant gap in the market for “organic ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The decision by the city council to vote down a proposed new dispensary to be located on Newark Avenue prompted additional questions regarding the functionality of Jersey City’s Cannabis Control Board earlier this week.With the resignations of two members of the five-member board, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Education is the foundation of opportunity, yet too many children struggle without the support they need to succeed. Determined to bridge this gap, Arushi Desai and Bachir Khoukhi, seniors at McNair Academic High School, launched the Jersey City Free Public Library Official ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Fans of local baseball history and commuters who have seen the 14-foot statue of Jackie Robinson at PATH Plaza in Journal Square probably all know that the baseball legend made his professional debut at Jersey City’s Roosevelt Stadium. That was in April 1946, one year before ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials joined with members of the Muslim community recently for a fanous lighting ceremony and iftar courtesy of Dr. Ara Karakashian and the Hudson County Community College Culinary Team.State Senator Raj Mukherji, Diversity & Inclusion Director of the FBI ...
HOBOKEN/JERSEY CITY, NJ - The closure of Jersey Avenue for construction of the Rebuild by Design – Hudson River (RBDH) project’s Resist structure’s floodgate has been postponed. Originally scheduled to close in both directions between Harrison Street in Hoboken and 18th Street in Jersey City on ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Jolie Ariel Miralles wanted her Eagle Scout project to be something that would truly benefit the local community.Born and raised in Jersey City, Miralles went to Learning Community Charter School and County Prep High School, and currently attends Fairleigh Dickinson University in ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Jersey City’s LGBTQ+ Taskforce and Jersey City Pride will host a screening of “I’m Your Venus” on Monday, March 31st. The event is being held in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, and will take place at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center in Jersey City beginning at 6:00 ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - “Spirits” were high on Saturday, March 22 as attendees gathered for the Jersey City Craft Beer Fest at the Harborside Atrium. While there were dozens of brews to sample, wine and spirits were well represented as well. Check out our photo gallery above to see some of the ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - After years of litigation to acquire ownership of the long-closed Harsimus Branch of what was the Pennsylvania Railroad’s (PRR) freight way into New York Harbor, Jersey City is poised to begin implementing plans to reshape it as a park.“The city continues to support community-led ...
BAYONNE/JERSEY CITY, NJ - A number of autism events are scheduled in the coming days to commemorate Autism Acceptance Month.These events, organizers have said, are open to all families and are designed to highlight inclusion, visibility, and celebration.On Tuesday, April 1, The Whole Spectrum ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Clerk’s Office, in coordination with the Office of Congressman Rob Menendez, processed a record 71 passport applications on Wednesday, March 19, officials from both offices shared. Hosting a Passport Day is just one of the many services that the Hudson County ...