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BelovED Charter School Senior Offered Full Scholarship to PrincetonĀ 

Amaya Jiminez, a senior at BelovED Charter School on Grand Street, has been offered a full undergraduate scholarship to Princeton University. The first member of her family to attend college, Jiminez is also a ringing endorsement for BelovED itself, which this year is graduating its first twelth-grade class.  Jiminez credits her family for instilling in […]

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Boggiano Rails as City Council Approves Homeless Center in Ward C

Jersey City lawmakers had their hands full Wednesday night, reacting to complaints reflecting a tale of two cities. Over the strenuous objections of Ward C Councilmember Richard Boggiano, the council voted 8–1 to authorize a lease agreement between the city, Jersey City Housing Authority and Garden State Community Development Corporation to provide homeless individuals using […]

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Overtime Costs, Glitchy Payroll System and Homeless Drop-in Center Roil Council Caucus

Spiraling overtime on the one hand, and a snafu over regular pay procedures for city police on the other, were hot button topics for members of Jersey City government at Monday night’s City Council caucus. On the first issue, several council members took exception to Ward E Councilmember James Solomon’s call for submission to the […]

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Paused For One Month, Ellis Island Hospital “Hard Hat” Tours Offer Window on History

Save Ellis Island, the nonprofit tasked with stabilizing and rehabilitating the historic hospital complex on the island’s south side, has advised that its ā€œHard Hatā€ tours will be temporarily suspended between New Year’s Day and January 29, 2023, for winter cleanup and minor infrastructure work. The 90-minute tours will resume January 30, 2023, with six […]

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Faculty Layoffs Loom at NJCU as it Looks to ā€˜Rightsize’ to Survive

Financially challenged New Jersey City University has taken another step toward ā€œrightsizingā€ by sending notices of potential layoffs to 30 tenured faculty whose jobs may be eliminated as of June 28, 2023. About 200 tenured professors are currently on campus. In aĀ postĀ on its website this week, NJCU said it will also end contracts with ā€œup […]

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Council Narrowly Approves Construction Agreement for SciTech Scity High School

With only four City Council members in favor, the council on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing a project development agreement for construction of SciTech Scity, the STEM-focused high school to be built adjacent to Liberty Science Center and run by the Hudson County School of Technology.  Parties to the agreement include the city, Hudson County, the […]

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City Hall Park and Expanded Homeless Services in Ward C Dominate Council Caucus

A new park behind City Hall that could dislodge employee parking and a plan to expand services for the homeless near Dickinson High School in Ward C dominated Monday night’s City Council caucus meeting. Also discussed were tree planting, increased police overtime costs, and more fiscal responsibilities associated with redevelopment of the Loew’s Theater. In […]