Cursing Man Flees After His Dog Bites Woman in Hamilton Park
If there’s one thing Jersey City has a lot of, it’s dogs. Every morning, they and their bleary-eyed owners take to the sidewalks and dog runs, usually without incident. But every now and then there’s a problem. Often it starts in a dog run. Such was the case yesterday for…
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Opinion
Letter: City Should Let More Cops Become Lieutenants
The Jersey City administration is suppressing the advancement of many police officers who have committed themselves to protecting our communities…
BUSINESS
Jersey City is 12th “Tallest” City in America According to Study
It would seem hard to believe, but in a few short years of breakneck development, Jersey City has become the 12th “tallest” city in America. According to a new study from the heretofore obscure website RoofGnome, the Hudson County seat has more tall buildings than all but 11 American cities. To mark “Skyscraper Day” (who…
Local Not-for-Profit for Disabled People Receives Grant from Bank
A local not-for-profit that provides training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities has announced the receipt of a large grant from a bank’s foundation. Yesterday, Hudson Community Enterprises announced that it was awarded $100,000 from The Provident Bank Foundation to support their new Center for Employment and Inclusion for the Deaf and Hard of…
Local Writers Picket Jersey City Film Productions
Armed with horns, bells, placards, and the power of their voices, a group from the Writers Guild of America gathered this afternoon in front of Angel Ramos Park on Wayne Street downtown. Their target: the filming of a new Billy Crystal series in St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church across the street. Over the noise of the…
Study: Jersey City is a Tough Place to Start a Business
You’d never know it from the new buildings and restaurants that seem to sprout up seemingly overnight, but Jersey City is a tough place to start a business. At least that’s what a new study from the financial website WalletHub concludes. Of the 100 cities in its ranking of 2023’s best large cities to start…
BergEn Lafayette
Washington Family Calls for Release of Missing Video
The family of Andrew Washington is calling upon the Attorney General to release missing portions of police body cam video that they say will paint a more accurate picture of the moments leading up to Washington’s death. Washington was shot by members of the Jersey City Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit on August 27 in…
Downtown
Bayonne Man Arrested for 2022 Hit-and-Run of Jersey City Cyclist
A 33-year-old man from Bayonne has been arrested in connection with a 2022 hit-and-run crash that sent a Jersey City man to the hospital with serious injuries. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Joseph Emmons was arrested yesterday by members of the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and charged with Endangering an Injured…
Greenville
Fed up With Crime and Official Indifference, a Landlord Gives Up
A Greenville landlord is calling it quits, fed up by crime, official indifference, and pandemic policies that forced her to evict tenants who had fallen years behind on rent. Rhea Stathatos, a managing partner at York Funding, which owns rental properties in New York and New Jersey, isn’t your stereotypical landlord. In June 2021, as…
Westside
Project to Repair Collapsing Sip Avenue Finally Nears Completion
Residents and businesses in Jersey City’s Marion section are wondering whether they’ll ever see the reopening of a closed-off section of Sip Avenue below West Side Avenue that has compelled detouring of vehicular traffic to complete a prolonged sewer project. The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority acknowledges there have been unforeseen complications but insists there’s…
Journal Square
Affordable Housing in Journal Square and Beyond Dominates Council Caucus
Affordable housing took up the lion’s share of time during yesterday’s municipal council caucus. Following through on a pledge to narrow the socio-economic shelter gap confronting many residents, Ward C Councilman Richard Boggiano is pushing for a more equitable share of affordable housing in the Journal Square area. To facilitate that goal, Boggiano is seeking…
Heights
Union City Man Arrested in January Heights Shooting Death
Authorities have announced an arrest in the January fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Jersey City man in the Heights. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Sylis Lopez of Union City was arrested today and charged in the death of Rafael Gomez. Gomez was gunned down in the area of Summit Avenue and Poplar Street…
Obituaries
Ronald R. Barkley, NJCU Alumnus, Dies at 68
Provided by Charlton and Groome Funeral Home, Fishersville, Virginia Ronald R. Barkley, 68, of Staunton, VA, formerly of Jersey City, NJ, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at Augusta…
Eugene McKnight, Troubled Jersey City Political Operative Dead at 74
A former longtime mid-level Jersey City administrator with a troubled past passed away July 26 at the Guilford Health Care & Rehabilitation Center in Greensboro, N.C. Funeral arrangements for Eugene McKnight, 74, were being…
Natasha Arbelo, 1987-2023
Natasha Arbelo, 36, of Jersey City passed away from cancer on July 6. Natasha was born January 17, 1987, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Hoboken. She spent her childhood between Puerto Rico and Union…