The Sixth Street Embankment is hard to miss. What you see when you look at it depends on who you are. To developers, it’s a place to build and make money. To greenspace advocates, it’s a potential answer to Manhattan’s High Line. Birds may see a verdant spot to roost; seedpods might find a fertile […]
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Search Warrant Leads to Gun and Drugs Near School on West Side
Two men were arrested and drugs and a handgun seized during the execution of a search warrant near a school on the West Side. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, on October 19 authorities recovered a handgun, two high capacity magazines, more than 170 grams of cocaine with a street value of over $7,000, […]
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Man Shot Dead in Marion Identified
A man shot dead last night in Marion has been identified. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, the victim has been identified as Jovahn Horne, 23, of Tenafly. Radio reports last night indicated that at approximately 9:05 p.m. police responded to a report of shots fired in the vicinity of J&J Grocery at at […]
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A West Side Couple Works to Track Down a Hit and Run Driver
I ask Flemming if he has the money to replace the Hyundai. “No, no, no” he said, his voice trailing off with resignation.
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Jersey City Dance Academy Celebrates 50th Anniversary
he Jersey City Dance Academy marks its 50th Anniversary this month, a milestone the organization will be formally celebrating later this fall.
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JCAST22: A Preview and Guide
Hurricanes and walking tours don’t tend to work too well together. The thirty-second annual JCAST may well be a wet one. If the remnants of Ian tickle the Garden State, it might be plenty windy, too. Since the Jersey City Art and Studio Tour encompasses all six wards of Jersey City, that matters — there’ll be […]
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No Faculty Layoffs for Now at Fiscally Challenged NJCU
For the balance of 2022 — and likely longer — New Jersey City University has said it will not lay off any faculty despite its $20 million budget shortfall.
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“The Embankment on My Mind” Comes to NJCU in November
“The Embankment on My Mind,” an art show organized by the Embankment Preservation Coalition, takes the great stone sleeper as its central subject.
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NJCU Disputes Report of Sweetheart Severance Deal with Ex-President
NJCU is taking issue with reporting on the severance package due departing school president, Sue Henderson.
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City’s Redevelopment Agency Approves Bayfront Project With Historic Affordability
Last night the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency unanimously voted to approve the first Bayfront redevelopment agreement, a deal with Bayfront Development Partners LLC, to build a six-story building on Route 440 that has 35 percent affordable housing.