After decades of pleading and prodding from a few tireless good Samaritans, Jersey City is finally renovating Greenville’s tiny but historically significant Martyniak-Enright Park located at the corner of Pamrapo Avenue and Old Bergen Road. And through May 5, residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on the park’s potential assets and design. “Renovation […]
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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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Man Shot Dead in Greenville Smoke Shop
Updated 12:42 p.m. A North Carolina man was killed early this morning in a Greenville smoke shop. According to a spokesperson for the Hudson County Prosecutor, 23-year-old Khalil King of Fayetteville, North Carolina was shot inside the smoke shop, which is located at 152 Danforth Avenue. Police were first alerted to the shooting at 12 […]
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Local Insurrectionist Hector Vargas Sentenced by D.C. Court
Hector Vargas, a controversial self-styled homeless advocate, was sentenced yesterday by a federal judge in Washington D.C. In December, a jury found Vargas guilty on four counts of an indictment arising from his entry into the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Judge Randolph D. Moss sentenced Vargas to four months of incarceration on each of […]
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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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Man with Gun Menaces Multiple People in Greenville
A man reportedly threatened several people with a gun tonight in Greenville. According to radio reports, at approximately 9:55 p.m. tonight, a man driving a green minivan threatened a man at the corner of Armstrong Avenue and Van Cleef Street. The victim ran to a nearby playing field with the van in pursuit where the […]
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FOLSP Rips Governor Murphy for Cancellation of Liberty State Park Event
The group Friends of Liberty State Park is blaming Governor Murphy for the sudden cancellation of an event scheduled for tomorrow at which a long-awaited revitalization plan for the park was to be unveiled. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced the event during a press conference last Thursday. This morning, a spokesperson for the […]
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Democratic Organization Endorses McKnight, Stamato and Sampson
The Hudson County Democratic Organization announced its endorsements today for the State Senate and Assembly seats in the 31st Legislative District. The HCDO said it would support Assemblywoman Angela McKnight for the Senate seat currently occupied by the retiring Sandra Cunningham. Cunningham, the widow of former Jersey City mayor Glenn Cunningham, was first elected to […]
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Pedestrian Dies in Year’s Eighth Hit-and-Run Crash
A pedestrian died yesterday after being struck by an automobile that immediately drove away. The crash would represent the year’s eighth hit-and-run involving a pedestrian. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Ralph Haynes, 55, of Jersey City was struck at approximately 12:31 a.m. on Sunday in the area of Stegman Avenue and Garfield Avenue. […]
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Woman Seriously Injured in Hit-and-Run
A Union City woman was seriously injured in a Friday evening hit-and-run collision in Greenville. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, shortly after 8 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department was notified of a pedestrian being struck in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Woodlawn Avenue. Responding officers located a victim – later […]