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JERSEY CITY NJ - Large white egrets launch from the water side, while geese, ducks and many other birds cruise the shoreline. This is, indeed, Jersey City.

Perhaps the most iconic public spaces in Jersey City – Reservoir #3 –is now reopened for self-guided recreation on Sundays, from noon until 4:00 p.m.

The Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance said visitors can access ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Residents along the west side of Jersey City got an early, and somewhat scary, start Friday after a portion of the Hudson Generating Station was demolished at about 5:40 a.m.

The property is currently owned by Hilco Redevelopment Partners of Chicago which took position of the site in January 2019. 

City officials have said they were unaware of the proposed demolition ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - A successful citywide program that has led to the redirection of 33,000 pounds of disposable waste from landfills to community and home gardens, as well parks, had another positive impact on Jersey City this past weekend. Through Jersey City’s composting program household waste that can be used as nutrient rich organic material can now be picked up curbside and dropped off ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Jersey City council passed a resolution Wednesday in support of the Liberty State Park Protection Act. The Act, which has been on the New Jersey Legislature’s agenda for over a year, is intended to keep the park safe from private development.

The move by local lawmakers comes at a time when there is mounting pressure from the community to live up to past ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Jersey City Council stepped into the middle of a debate over a proposed gas power plant located in Kearny that would serve as a backup generation facility for New Jersey Transit in case of emergencies. In a resolution passed Wednesday the body called on Governor Phil Murphy to direct the state transit agency to replace the polluting proposal with a clean energy ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Liberty National Golf Course owner Paul Fireman withdrew his proposal to purchase 22 acres in the Caven Point section of Liberty State Park, saying opponents of the deal need to deal with the social injustice issues.

The offer to purchase the property sparked a conflict between community activists and traditional park supporters.

Sam Pesin, President of Friends of ...

JERSEY CITY - Jersey City has become the first municipality on the East Coast to purchase five fully electric garbage trucks through a $2 million NJDEP grant that the city was awarded out of 150 proposals. The city also purchased four fully electric police vehicles to pilot an anticipated shift to the more energy efficient vehicles for the Jersey City Police Department.

The infrastructure ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Pressure is mounting to give greater say in the future of Liberty State Park to those that call the area closest to it home.

Activists in Jersey City are looking to make a deal with the owner of the Liberty Golf Course to sell 22 acres of land and reinvest the money into improvements that would provide services to the local community.

Although environmentalists and ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Bergen Arches Preservation Commission (BAPC), a group seeking to re-imagine a now-defunct rail line running through Jersey City as public green space, has been named as a member of The High Line Network.

"Our group is very excited to be a part of The High Line Network and to be the first member representing Jersey City, NJ," reads a statement from BAPC. "We ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - While severe weather kept them from getting together in person, local residents and political leaders joined environmentalists and climate activists for a virtual rally Monday to voice their opposition to a fracked gas power plant that NJ Transit has proposed in Kearny. 

NJ Transit is seeking to use Superstorm Sandy recovery funds to build the new fracked gas power ...