Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr. has died, nearly three weeks after he had a heart attack that left him hospitalized in a coma at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 65. The six-term Democrat and Newark native has represented the 10th Congressional District, which covers parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union counties, since 2012, […]
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The Rancor Continues on the Board of Education
The dust has settled on last month’s Board of Education ouster of Trustee Younass Barkouch as vice president, but bad blood remains. At Monday’s caucus meeting, Vice President George Blount recounted a professional development conference Blount and Trustee Alpa Patel attended in New Orleans earlier this month. Barkouch was originally planning to attend, but last month the […]
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Animal Shelter Morale Sinks After Manager is Bitten, Hospitalized And Fired
In her thirty years working with animal rescues, Darcy Del Castillo had never been hurt by a dog. She prided herself on her ability to read a dog’s mood, to judge a dog’s body language, to pick up the cues that would keep herself and those she worked with safe, particularly around big animals. It […]
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Health Kiosks, Strays from Hoboken & Gutenberg, New Pavonia Pool Liner Top Council Agenda
Separate public safety measures aiding humans and animals highlighted Monday’s caucus of the City Council of Jersey City. For the city’s two-legged creatures, the city’s Department of Health & Human Services, is prescribing a strategy simple as operating a vending machine … without depositing currency. At the department’s behest, the council is being asked to […]
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Merger Won’t Solve NJCU’s Fiscal Fallout Says Union Consultant
A litigation consultant hired by Local 1839, American Federation of Teachers, representing faculty at New Jersey City University, has ripped a state monitor’s analysis of the troubled school as misguided. In a 31-page assessment, Christopher W. Young, of New York-based Resolution Economics, says that while the conclusions reached last month by State Comptroller Henry Amoroso […]
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Matthew Sweet At White Eagle Hall
Some masters of melody don’t care about public opinion, and some alternative rockers are way too cool to admit that they’d like to have a hit. This has never been true of Matthew Sweet. Of all the heroes in the guitar-pop canon, he is undoubtedly the least arrogant. Before his commercial and critical breakthrough, he […]
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Saturday Blurbs: Interesting Little Stories From the Past Week
Politics and Activism The April Ballots Committee, a coalition of Jersey City residents, has announced the launch of a petition drive to advocate for the return of school board elections to their traditional April time slot, the third Tuesday of April, which aligns with the day Board of Education elections are held across New Jersey. […]
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This Weekend
This weekend, Jersey City has some great Earth Day events. Plus, there’s the Jersey City Night Market, the VVNA Book Swap, and more. Friday Chilltown Street Club – Weekly Cooldown: 45min Yoga | Fri., Apr. 19 | 8:15-9:15 a.m. | Betty’s Ceramics Club, 224 9th St, Jersey City | Free | Join us for a […]
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Five Men Connected to Marion Gardens Gang Face ‘Significant’ Jail Time Following Pleas
Five members and associates of a Jersey City gang located in the Marion Gardens Housing Complex are facing “significant” jail time following their guilty pleas this week. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, the five pleaded guilty to racketeering, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses. Jervon Morris, aka “Sticky,” […]
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Order Barring County-Line Ballots
A federal appeals court upheld a preliminary injunction barring the use of the county line in June’s Democratic primaries, rejecting a request from the Camden County Democratic Committee to lift restraints on a ballot design a lower court judge found is likely unconstitutional. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ precedential ruling will keep in place […]