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City Council Backs off Study of Jersey City 911 System, St. Paul’s Ave. Plan Moves Ahead

Heeding the calls of angry Jersey City 911 emergency dispatchers, the City Council has backed off—at least for now—from a city administration proposal to rehire Princeton-based IXP Corp. to complete “initial workshops, technology assessment and gap analysis” at a cost of $213,085. At Thursday night’s meeting, the council voted to…

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BUSINESS

For-Profit Donation Center Comes to Newport Plaza Downtown

Earlier this month a new option for donating clothing and household objects came to Jersey City. GreenDrop®, a for-profit company, is now accepting donations of household objects and clothing on behalf of their local nonprofit partners, in this case the American Red Cross, at its first Jersey City at Newport Plaza Downtown. Community members may…

While Schools Plead for Help, Many Businesses Escape Payroll Tax

Last week, following Governor Murphy’s proposal to cut $51 million in aid to Jersey City Schools, Board of Education President Natalia Ioffe complained that a payroll tax enacted to support the schools was coming up short. “There seem to be no mechanisms in place to ensure proper collection,” she charged.  Ioffe is at least partially…

Council Revisits Cannabis Rules, Portside Tenants Plead for Help

With Jersey City’s Cannabis Control Board having already endorsed 41 applicants looking to set up shop as retailers, city lawmakers are now considering revising the procedures it set two years ago and then modified last year. That prospect emerged as the City Council voted Wednesday to support two applications for the operation of cannabis businesses…

Friends of Loew’s Guardedly Optimistic on Negotiations with City and Operator

In its year-end message, the Friends of the Loew’s has struck a guardedly optimistic note on its ongoing negotiations with Jersey City and the theatre’s designated operator, Devils Arena Entertainment. At the same time, the not-for-profit group that saved the landmark baroque/rococo theater from the wrecking ball is raising concerns about some aspects of the…


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FOLSP Rips Governor Murphy for Cancellation of Liberty State Park Event

The group Friends of Liberty State Park is blaming Governor Murphy for the sudden cancellation of an event scheduled for tomorrow at which a long-awaited revitalization plan for the park was to be unveiled. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced the event during a press conference last Thursday. This morning, a spokesperson for the…

Downtown

Driver Flees After Hitting Man on Scooter Downtown

A 33-year-old Jersey City man is in the hospital after being hit while riding an electric scooter Downtown. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, on Thursday the man was struck by a light-colored car as it made a right turn from Brunswick Street onto Christopher Columbus Drive. The driver did not stop. Police found…

Greenville

Democratic Organization Endorses McKnight, Stamato and Sampson

The Hudson County Democratic Organization announced its endorsements today for the State Senate and Assembly seats in the 31st Legislative District. The HCDO said it would support Assemblywoman Angela McKnight for the Senate seat currently occupied by the retiring Sandra Cunningham. Cunningham, the widow of former Jersey City mayor Glenn Cunningham, was first elected to…

Westside

Journal Square

Residents Await Explanation for JFK Wall Collapse

A week after a partial collapse of a wall of a bridge supporting JFK Boulevard where it crosses state highway Rt. 139 in Jersey City, traffic patterns are nearly back to normal. But a full explanation for the mishap—which, luckily, caused no injuries or deaths—and the prospects for completion of a high-rise residential development at…

Heights

Jersey City Awarded $8.1 Million for Traffic Safety Improvements at 33 Intersections along Summit Avenue

Jersey City will receive over $8.1 million in federal funds for safety improvements along Summit Avenue. The improvements will involve 33 intersections from Route 139 to Secaucus Road.  The project, funded by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), will include upgraded traffic signals at 19 intersections, pedestrian signal upgrades, high-visibility crosswalks, curb extensions, and…



Columns

Cheryl Gross Comes Out Swinging at Lemmerman Gallery

There aren’t too many cowgirls in Jersey City. But it’s probable that everybody in Jersey City has an idea about what a cowgirl acts like. A cowgirl is strong, resilient, direct, and maybe righteously impertinent, too. She’s is nobody you’d want to mess with, lest you get tangled up in a lasso or threatened with…

JC Fridays: Our Picks

2022 was not kind to Jersey City artists. It was defined by hesitancy, half-measures, and a doozy of a pandemic hangover. 2023, by contrast, is off to a roaring start. Our early-blooming shows have been glorious. If the first JC Fridays event of the year is often a survey of the scene and an indication…

Two New Jersey Albums: Kena Anae and American Watercolor Movement

Kena Anae Hold On! Electric Songs of Protest Vol. 1 Study Group Records What sort of revolution is Kena Anae after?  Certainly not a bloody one: this is a soul man with a disposition so sugary that he’s inclined to take political advice from a fortune cookie. Though Hold On! Electric Songs of Protest Vol. 1 lays on…

Obituaries

Caesar Paul Del Trecco Dies at 71

Caesar Paul Del Trecco, age 71, passed away on Monday, December 12th. Born and raised in Boston’s West End and Medford, MA, he was the son of the late Carmine and Mafalda (Genovese) Del Trecco. Predeceased by his wife Dorothy (Smalldone). Dear brother of Mario Del Trecco and his wife Caroline, Paul Del Trecco, and…

Jonathan E. Pitre, Dies at 30

Jonathan E. Pitre, age 30 of Jersey City, formerly of Bellmawr, NJ, passed away suddenly on December 5, 2022. He is the beloved son of Edwin Pitre and Norma Morales; dear brother of Belinda Pitre, Yaritza Pitre and Davanee Bryant; loving uncle of Jose Nieves. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation and Funeral…

Elvira Margarita Cortes Dies at 92

Elvira Margarita Cortes, also known as “Margie,” 92, of Jersey City, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Visiting will be at Plaza Funeral Home at 445 Monmouth Street on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00  to 9:00 p.m.  A funeral service will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at…