Weekend Closings of New Wittpenn Bridge Should End Soon
It took a decade and more than $600 million to finish building by the end of 2021 but the new Wittpenn Bridge and approaches linking Jersey City and Kearny along Rt. 7 but its overseers are still tinkering with it. Adam Ginsburg, a Kearny resident, expressed his frustrations in a…
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Opinion
Letter: Council Should Act After Washington Death, Apportion Bayfront Pilot Fairly
Dear Jersey City Municipal Council, Our city is facing immense challenges today. A resident, Andrew Jerome Washington was killed by our police…
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
An Aunt Reminisces and Plans March for a Fallen Nephew
Doris Toni Ervin likes to keep busy. It’s only then that she can stop thinking about her nephew, Drew. “Yesterday, I’m frying fish. That’s his favorite food. When I cook…he lives down the street…and I’m like, ‘Hey Drew, I cooked fish. You coming down?’” “‘Yeah, Aunt Toni, I’ll be down there,’” he’d respond. “I can’t…
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…