Is Chicken and Veal Parm Truly Italian? A New Book Offers an Answer
“Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American,” takes you through the fascinating history of how some Italian foods became ubiquitous in the United States.
Entries by Andrea Crowley-Hughes
Board of Ed Adopts $973.8 Million Budget
The Jersey City Board of Education adopted a $973.8 million budget for the 2022-23 academic year at its special meeting Thursday.
Board of Ed Grapples with Proposal for Young Women’s Academy
Plans to use the third floor of P.S. 39 for a young women’s leadership academy this fall drew concerned parents and students to Thursday’s Jersey City Board of Education meeting.
Causes and Prevention of Youth Violence is Focus of Virtual Conference
The event earlier this month gave community members a wide-ranging look at the systems that can keep Jersey City’s young people in cycles of violence.
Local Girl Teams up With Grocery Store To Battle Pediatric Cancer
From now through April 30, customers in the tri-state area can “round up” their purchases—or donate $1, $3 or $5 at checkout—to benefit MSK Kids, the pediatric program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, when they visit Stop & Shop.
School Board Turns to Ukraine
Members of the Jersey City Board of Education came together at Thursday night’s meeting to donate nearly $28,000 for survivors of the war in Ukraine and honor those who have fled the country, among them Zoya Tomash, the grandmother of board trustee Natalia Ioffe.
Board of Education Passes $974 Million Budget: Big Tax Hike Coming
The Jersey City Board of Education narrowly approved a $973.8 million budget on Monday that will keep school staffing and operations stable in the 2022-23 academic year and raise school taxes by $134 per month on a $460,000 home. The budget vote passed 5–4 after board trustee Paula Jones-Watson, who had originally voted “no,” introduced […]
A Local Entrepreneur Wants to Make Buying Wine Easy for Regular People
Mark Censits wants you to leave his wine store, Cool Vines, confident you’ve bought just the right spirit for your needs. And he wants to make it easier.
Proposed School Budget Nears One Billion and Portends Big Tax Hike
At last night’s virtual special meeting, Jersey City Interim Superintendent Norma Fernandez and School Business Administrator Regina Robinson presented a $955.6 million budget for the 2022-23 academic year with an increase in the local tax levy from from $278 million to as much as $483 million.
City’s School Leadership Commits to Full Staffing, Implying Increase in Tax Levy
Leaders of the Jersey City Public Schools and Board of Education committed to fully staffing the schools, working to ensure safe drinking water in all of the district’s buildings, and making other improvements asked for by members of the multi-faith coalition Jersey City Together in a virtual meeting on Monday.