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Andrea Crowley-Hughes

About Andrea Crowley-Hughes

Andrea Crowley-Hughes is a writer and media maker motivated by chronicling and sustaining communities. Her reporting on education, sustainability and the restaurant industry has recently been featured in TAPinto Westfield, NJFlavor, njfuture.org and other outlets. She holds a master's degree in media studies from The New School in New York City.

Entries by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

Is Chicken and Veal Parm Truly Italian? A New Book Offers an Answer

May 10, 2022 in Food And Drink, Food and Fun, header, Narrate, News /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

“Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American,” takes you through the fascinating history of how some Italian foods became ubiquitous in the United States.

Board of Ed Adopts $973.8 Million Budget

May 6, 2022 in Education, header, Latest News, Narrate, News, Trending Now /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

April 30, 2022 in Education, header, Latest News, News, Trending Now /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

April 25, 2022 in Bergen Lafayette, Greenville, header, Latest News, Narrate, News, Trending Now /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

April 16, 2022 in Business, header, Latest News, Narrate, News, Trending Now /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

March 26, 2022 in Education, header, Latest News, Narrate, News /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

March 22, 2022 in Education, header, Latest News, Narrate, News /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

March 19, 2022 in Business, Downtown, Food And Drink, header, Narrate /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

March 16, 2022 in Education, header, Latest News, Narrate, News /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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

March 9, 2022 in Education, header, Latest News, Narrate, News /by Andrea Crowley-Hughes

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.

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The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has received a $900,000 grant from the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism Destination Marketing Organization to provide financial assistance for Tourism and Marketing to promote Hudson County and New Jersey State as a premier travel destination.

Sustainable Jersey City is seeking volunteers for its 2022 Trees and Trash Action Campaign to help Jersey City’s mature trees thrive and is seeking volunteers. Each “environmental steward” who participates will add materials to the soil surrounding street trees while also removing trash and other debris harmful to the trees. In partnership with Clean Green Jersey, SJC will conduct the campaign at three different locations over the course of three Saturday mornings in May. Training and supplies will be provided

 

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