A pedestrian is in critical condition today following a hit-and-run crash last night on the West Side. According to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, a 39-year-old Jersey City woman was hit last night at approximately 7:45 p.m. near Communipaw Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard. The driver left the scene. Investigators have located “a vehicle of interest.” […]
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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Report: Rabid Raccoon On the Loose Around Van Vorst Park
Updated on 2.10.23 at 10:20 am Between the concrete, automobile traffic and dogs, Downtown Jersey City would seem an inhospitable environment for wildlife. Yet in a testament to nature’s resilience, sightings of skunks and possums are relatively common. Yesterday, however, reports that an apparently rabid raccoon was on the loose in the area of Van […]
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A Week Filled with Hope Turns Tragic for School as Teacher is Found Dead
Updated: 2.9.23 at 6:47 pm A week filled with hope for BelovED Community Charter School turned tragic yesterday with the news that a teacher at the school was found dead. On Tuesday afternoon, the body of kindergarten teacher, Luz Hernandez, 33, of Jersey City, was found in a shallow grave in the area of Central […]
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Study says Jersey City is Really Dirty and Residents Agree
Jersey City has many charms: a killer view of Manhattan, historic neighborhoods, Liberty State Park, and unparalleled ethnic diversity, to name just a few. Cleanliness, however, isn’t on the list, at least according to a new study ranking Chilltown as the fifth dirtiest in America. And residents would appear to agree. Using publicly available data, […]
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Activists Call on DeGise to Resign, Again
With the sunlight fading and the temperature dropping a group of activists gathered in front of City Hall last night to once again call on embattled Councilwoman Amy DeGise to resign. Demands for the councilwoman’s resignation began immediately following her July 19, 2022 collision with cyclist Andrew Black and have continued unabated. A video showed DeGise driving […]
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DeGise Suspended from Teaching Post in 2016
In 2016, Councilwoman Amy DeGise was suspended from her teaching position at Hudson County Prep. Six years after the suspension, details remain elusive. Students who may have knowledge of the incident have graduated, and others who currently work at County Prep either said they were unaware that DeGise had been suspended or were unwilling to […]
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Charter Schools in Jersey City are Having a Moment
The announcement this week that a North Arlington not-for-profit is planning to build a charter school campus near Caven Point was just one of several recent news stories indicating renewed momentum for the independently managed public schools in Jersey City. According to filings published in Jersey Digs, the four building “Canal Crossing Charter Public School […]
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Downtown Parking Gets Tougher with Closure of Popular Lot
For years, a large parking lot on the corner of Christopher Columbus Drive and Barrow Street has been a convenient option for motorists looking to access Downtown amenities or to grab a Path train at Grove Street. This week the lot closed for good to make way for a condo development, potentially exacerbating a shortage […]
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Political Newbie Jessica Ramirez Answers Eight Questions
Earlier this month, the Hudson County Democratic Organization endorsed Jessica Ramirez for one of two Assembly seats in the 32nd Legislative District, which includes parts of Jersey City as well as Hoboken. With the HCDO‘s blessing, Ramirez, who has never before run for elective office, will be placed in the coveted “line” on the ballot, […]
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Living the Dream on RPM’s New Mega-Track
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 […]