At a news conference today Mayor Fulop called upon the New Jersey Attorney General to quickly release body-cam video of yesterday’s fatal confrontation between Jersey City police and an emotionally disturbed Bergen-Lafayette man. According to Fulop and Public Safety Director James Shea, 52-year-old Andrew Jerome Washington was shot with a firearm and taser by members […]
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Attorney General Investigating Fatal Police-Involved Shooting
The New Jersey Attorney General is investigating Sunday’s fatal police-involved shooting in Bergen-Lafayette. According to the Attorney General, the shooting, first reported by the Jersey City Times, took place at approximately 2:28 p.m. on Sunday when police officers from the Jersey City Police Department responded to a home on Randolph Avenue. Emergency medical services personnel […]
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Mentally ill Man Shot by Police Officer in Bergen-Lafayette
This article has been updated here. A mentally-ill Bergen-Lafayette man was shot this afternoon in a confrontation with a Jersey City police officer. The man was taken to Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition. According to one report that could not be confirmed, he succumbed to his injuries a short time later. The shooting […]
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Shooting Reported in Bergen-Lafayette
A person was shot tonight in Bergen-Lafayette. According to radio reports, at approximately 10:40 p.m. tonight an individual was shot in the right shoulder in the area of Jewett Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive. The police department’s “cease-fire” unit was on the scene to investigate. The mayor’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to a […]
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Kindle Charter School to Open on Communipaw Avenue This Fall
Kindle Education Public Charter School, originally slated to open in Journal Square, will open this fall instead in Lafayette at 373 Communipaw Ave., the site of the nonprofit organization Team Walker. The school recently received final approval from the New Jersey Department of Education for the fall opening. This makes Kindle Education the first independent charter school to open […]
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The Vegetarian Option: Pinwheel Garden
Pinwheel Garden (318 Communipaw) has a slight proximity problem. The dumpling and noodle restaurant is right next to Mordi’s Sandwich Shop. Mordi’s is not really a place to sit down for a long dinner or even a short one, but the sandwiches there are so good that alternative experiences need to be superb to justify […]
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Bergen-Lafayette Twins Create Award-Winning Fashion Brand
Working from their home office in Jersey City’s Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood, twin sisters Yvette and Eva Estime have created an award-winning brand of women’s fashion accessories called “Dirty Celebrity” notable for sustainability. According to Urban Dictionary, “Dirty Celebrity” is a “style of fashion worn by modelxcore girls” and consists of “designer clothes mixed with grunge or […]
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Marathon Head Hopes to Reduce Gridlock During Future Events
For the organizers of Sunday’s first Jersey City marathon, things couldn’t have gone much better. Nursing a case of laryngitis, organizer Steve Lipski croaked that he was “beyond ecstatic. It really was a dream come true.” The feeling wasn’t mutual for many drivers caught in bumper to bumper traffic around the 13-mile course. Standing next […]
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Op-Ed: Acquire Fireman’s Golf Course for Public Recreation
Liberty State Park is a triumph of environmental remediation and urban renewal. The park is a 1,200-acre expanse of land and water, reclaimed from ruins of abandoned rail yards and decayed industrial sites, that has become — in equal measure — a resource for community recreation and a refuge for wildlife. Unfortunately, it neighbors the […]
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Bank Gifts Building to After-School Program for ‘Under-Resourced’ Youth
A Jersey City faith-based nonprofit recently learned it can bank on the good will of a local lending institution. Provident Bank has gifted its former branch at Bergen and Harrison Avenues, to New City Kids, which offers after-school musical and academic classes to urban “under-resourced” kids and teens. (The bank will continue operating five locations […]