Update: Jersey City identified the victim of Saturday’s fatal crash as a male cyclist, not a pedestrian as first reported. “It appears the driver attempted to turn left at the intersection when the vehicle made impact with the bicyclist,” said Jersey City spokeswoman Wallace-Scalcione told Patch. “The driver remained on scene and called 911.” For […]
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Tenants’ Win at Rent Board May Get Them a $75 Million Refund
For eleven months, Kevin Weller and his neighbors at the Portside apartment complex in upscale Paulus Hook have waged an unlikely grass-roots campaign to establish that their units are covered by rent control. On Thursday night, their efforts paid off when The Jersey City Rent Leveling Board said they were. With the board finding unanimously […]
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Will There Be Parking? We Get the Answer
Our readers had plenty to say about the news that the long-awaited Whole Foods is to open next month at the corner of Washington Street and Christopher Columbus Drive. “Hooray! My favorite store ! Just in time for holiday cooking!” exclaimed Heather B. on Facebook. Skeptical, Steve C. said “I still don’t believe it’ll open. […]
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Five Questions for Romeo & Juliet’s Director, Sean Hagerty
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is playing at Nimbus Arts Center through October 22nd. For information on showtimes and tickets, go here AM: Why stage Romeo & Juliet now, in 2023? Is there anything about the zeitgeist that makes it relevant? Hagerty: In this production we really focus on the inter-generational divides. The young vs the […]
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Residents Plead with Feds for Preservation of Embankment
Dozens of Jersey City residents called for preservation of the historic Harsimus Branch and Embankment as a legacy of a longtime rail presence and potential future use as a public greenway at Thursday night’s virtual meeting convened by the federal Surface Transportation Board. The STB is completing a lengthy review of Conrail’s petition for abandonment […]
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Cursing Man Flees After His Dog Bites Woman in Hamilton Park
If there’s one thing Jersey City has a lot of, it’s dogs. Every morning, they and their bleary-eyed owners take to the sidewalks and dog runs, usually without incident. But every now and then there’s a problem. Often it starts in a dog run. Such was the case yesterday for Hanna N. Yesterday, she recounted […]
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Bayonne Man Arrested for 2022 Hit-and-Run of Jersey City Cyclist
A 33-year-old man from Bayonne has been arrested in connection with a 2022 hit-and-run crash that sent a Jersey City man to the hospital with serious injuries. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Joseph Emmons was arrested yesterday by members of the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and charged with Endangering an Injured […]
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Embankment Coalition Asks Public to Attend Crucial Zoom Meeting with Feds
Advocates for turning Downtown’s abandoned Sixth Street Embankment into a greenway including walking and bike trails, are calling on supporters to come out for an important Zoom meeting with the Feds. On September 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. Surface Transportation Board will give locals a chance to weigh in the historic structure’s future. Conrail, […]
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A New Expanded St. Lucy’s Opens Downtown
Officials and dignitaries gathered this morning to cut the ribbon on the St. Lucy’s Complex, a new 60,000 square foot facility providing housing and supportive services for the homeless. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, joined partners Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, Arc Building Partners, Claremont Development, Mayor Fulop, City Council […]
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Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Fatal Downtown Car Crash
Under the best of circumstances, negotiating the turn from Christopher Columbus Drive south onto Merseles Street Downtown requires presence of mind. Just after one passes James J. Ferris High School, the road suddenly splits, creating right and left routes circumventing the massive concrete columns supporting the New Jersey Turnpike. Then there’s a hard left turn […]