Authorities have arrested the driver of the BMW SUV involved in a crash that killed three people early Monday morning. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, data recovered from the car indicates that the man drove in excess of 100 miles an hour in the seconds leading up to the Paterson Plank Road collision. […]
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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Five Questions for Tracy Jones Playwright Stephen Kaplan
We posed five burning questions to Stephen Kaplan, writer of the new play Tracy Jones. The production will be Art House’s inaugural effort in its new black box theater Dowtown and was developed in Art House’s INKubator program. As described by Art House, Tracy Jones is “a touching comedy of individual connection in an increasingly busy world. […]
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Council Pulls Mental Health Contract, City Spokeswoman Draws Fire
The police shooting of Andrew Washington continued to reverberate on Thursday night as the Municipal Council pulled a contract for a response team to handle mental health related 911 calls, and multiple speakers lambasted the city’s spokeswoman for comments she made about the Bergen-Lafayette man’s death. The $4 million, three-year, contract with Jersey City Medical […]
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To The Delight of Jersey City Foodies, Whole Foods to Open Nov. 9
For Jersey City foodies, the wait has been long and frustrating. First came the announcement way back in 2019 that a Whole Foods would open at Washington Street and Christopher Columbus Drive. Then came the wait. Windows were covered up, there were hints of construction inside. But with a secrecy that Robert Oppenheimer would admire, […]
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City Hired Convicted Bribe-Taker for “Temporary” Job That Paid $159k
A former Jersey City building inspector convicted of taking bribes was re-hired by the city as a temporary seasonal worker and earned $159,000 last year. According to sources, the Randolph Condi cited in a Jersey City Times article last month as one of several highly compensated temporary seasonal workers assigned to the business administrator’s office, […]
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Water Lantern Festival Lights up Liberty State Park
To an onlooker, the hundreds of people bearing small orange lanterns in Liberty State Park last night resembled nothing so much as a new-age religious pilgrimage. Quiet spa-like music could be heard in the distance as the crowd walked reverently towards a meeting point on North Cove where they would launch into the water their […]
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Five Questions for Romeo & Juliet’s Director, Sean Hagerty
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is playing at Nimbus Arts Center through October 22nd. For information on showtimes and tickets, go here AM: Why stage Romeo & Juliet now, in 2023? Is there anything about the zeitgeist that makes it relevant? Hagerty: In this production we really focus on the inter-generational divides. The young vs the […]
Posted inWestside
Cop Terminated for Cannabis Use is Cleared in Shooting Death of Suspect
A state grand jury has declined to charge a Jersey City police officer who has been embroiled in litigation over cannabis use, in the fatal shooting of a suspect last year. The decision marks the end of an investigation into Police Officer Omar Polanco concerning the May 24, 2022 death of Joseph Robertson, 59, of […]
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Following Years of City Neglect, Feds Grant $2 Million For Trees
Following years of neglect, during which the tree canopy fell to less than half that of New York City’s, Jersey City will receive a $2 million grant from the federal government for tree planting. The grant was announced last month by Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette. Today Mayor Fulop followed up with […]
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Jersey City Pays a Temporary, Seasonal Laborer $159,000
John Metro is a familiar face to those who follow city council meetings, where week after week he can be heard opining on all manner of municipal finance and operations. Unknown to many, however, is Metro’s other apparent job. According to documents obtained by the Jersey City Times pursuant to an Open Public Records request, […]