When I was a boy, before I picked up a guitar and set my sights on rock and roll stardom, I dreamed of becoming a race car driver. It was the age of muscle cars: Plymouth Road Runners, Pontiac GTOs, and fire-breathing Ford Mustangs like the one Steve McQueen used to tear up the streets […]
Aaron Morrill
Aaron is a writer, musician and lawyer. Aaron attended Berklee College of Music and the State University of New York at Purchase. Aaron served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador. He received a J.D. from Fordham Law School. As a lawyer, Aaron worked as an assistant district attorney in Kings County and a commercial and criminal litigator. He is the founder of Jersey City Times and is currently working on a musical, Food Fighters.
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Cousin Starts GoFundMe Page for Daughter of Slain Educator
The cousin of a teacher gunned down this week has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the daughter of the slain educator. According to radio reports and the Hudson County prosecutor, on Tuesday morning Lucas Cooper, 39, shot Temara King following an argument overheard by their daughter, 14-year-old Alaysia King. Her mother was […]
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Years After a Forester’s Explosive Memo, City Continues to Underfund Trees, Say Workers
It was 2017, and Jersey City Forester Ryan Metz had had enough. After only nine months on the job he tendered his resignation, frustrated by the city’s underfunded and dysfunctional forestry program. In an explosive four page resignation memo obtained by the Jersey City Times, Metz catalogued myriad problems and detailed his ideas for addressing […]
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Hudson County Dems Announce Picks for Senate and Assembly
In a county that Joe Biden won by 46 points, getting the endorsement of the Hudson County Democratic Organization is a near guaranty of electoral success. Today the HCDO made made known its endorsements in two legislative districts. For Legislative District 32, which includes parts of Jersey City as well as Hoboken, the organization gave […]
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Solomon Offers Plan for Jersey City’s Budget Woes
Just months after attacking Jersey City’s budget process in a widely publicized Op-ed piece, Ward E Councilman James Solomon will offer a four-point plan to “combat tax increases and wasteful spending.” “Jersey City’s 2022 budget was unacceptable. Jersey City residents faced harsh new tax increases, and it may get worse” said Solomon in a press […]
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Fulop Again Makes False Claims on Homicides
The mayor’s announcement yesterday that he will not run again for the city’s highest office grabbed headlines throughout the region. At a news conference late last month, the mayor also made headlines. Called to trumpet his administration’s success driving down crime, the mayor made a bold claim. “We’re on target for the lowest number of […]
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Fulop Rules Out Another Run for Mayor
Saying that “it’s been the privilege of a lifetime” to have served as mayor, Steven Fulop ruled out another run for Jersey City’s highest office today. “In the last ten years, we’ve changed Jersey City for the better and we’ve set a standard for what cities across the country can be” he said in a […]
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Alain Mentha, Immigrant Rights Activist, dies at 57
Immigrant rights activist Alain Mentha died at the age of 57 on Sunday morning following a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer. “Alain was a tireless community leader” wrote Rabbi Leana Moritt of Temple Beth-El in announcing his passing. “He was the founder and champion of Welcome Home Jersey City, a community-based organization that provides educational, […]
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Man Arrested in Fatal Christmas Shooting in Bergen-Lafayette
A 43-year-old Jersey City man has been arrested and charged in a fatal shooting in Bergen-Lafayette. According to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, members of the office’s homicide unit arrested Eddie Webb in connection with the death of 46-year-old Khaliq Lockett on Christmas day. The shooting took place in the area of Communipaw Avenue and […]
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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 […]