Jersey City’s the sky’s the limit policy on marijuana dispensaries is suddenly meeting with resistance in the Heights, where residents are concerned about issues ranging from teen smoking to aesthetics. As of March 13, the city’s Cannabis Control Board has approved 44 marijuana dispensaries including a disproportionate number — 14 — in Ward D. In […]
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For-Profit Donation Center Comes to Newport Plaza Downtown
Earlier this month a new option for donating clothing and household objects came to Jersey City. GreenDrop®, a for-profit company, is now accepting donations of household objects and clothing on behalf of their local nonprofit partners, in this case the American Red Cross, at its first Jersey City at Newport Plaza Downtown. Community members may […]
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While Schools Plead for Help, Many Businesses Escape Payroll Tax
Last week, following Governor Murphy’s proposal to cut $51 million in aid to Jersey City Schools, Board of Education President Natalia Ioffe complained that a payroll tax enacted to support the schools was coming up short. “There seem to be no mechanisms in place to ensure proper collection,” she charged. Ioffe is at least partially […]
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Faculty Union Rallies to Press State for Additional Aid for NJCU
They all came: students, teachers, union leaders, politicians from across the board, and, of course, the interim president of New Jersey City University. All of them came Monday to a union-sponsored “Fund NJCU” campus rally to plead the case for the survival of NJCU, to demand that Gov. Phil Murphy and state legislators come to […]
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NJCU Appoints Interim President to Steer Cash-Leaking Ship
New Jersey City University has promoted its executive vice president, 37-year-old Andres Acebo, to interim president, its third leader in less than one year and the youngest person ever to preside over a public university in New Jersey, according to a campus spokesman. Appointed by NJCU’s board to a two-year term, Acebo assumes the presidency […]
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Friends of Loew’s Guardedly Optimistic on Negotiations with City and Operator
In its year-end message, the Friends of the Loew’s has struck a guardedly optimistic note on its ongoing negotiations with Jersey City and the theatre’s designated operator, Devils Arena Entertainment. At the same time, the not-for-profit group that saved the landmark baroque/rococo theater from the wrecking ball is raising concerns about some aspects of the […]
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Hoboken Lands on List of Top Ten Most Unaffordable U.S. Cities
If you think Jersey City is expensive, our next door neighbor is worse. According to the financial website GOBankingRates.com, Hoboken has earned a place on a list of the top ten most unaffordable cities in the U.S. It is the only non-California city on the list. In what might be cause for a little Jersey […]
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Faculty Layoffs Loom at NJCU as it Looks to ‘Rightsize’ to Survive
Financially challenged New Jersey City University has taken another step toward “rightsizing” by sending notices of potential layoffs to 30 tenured faculty whose jobs may be eliminated as of June 28, 2023. About 200 tenured professors are currently on campus. In a post on its website this week, NJCU said it will also end contracts with “up […]
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Local Car Dealership Caught Violating Consumer Protection Laws
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs have announced a settlement with a Jersey City-based car dealership accused of violating consumer protection laws. According to the announcement, Fleet Lease Network, Inc., has agreed to an $8,777.00 settlement to resolve an investigation into allegations that it engaged in deceptive advertising […]
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Coding Bootcamp “Campus” Opening in Jersey City
Tech Elevator, a company that offers in-person and online computer technology courses, will be opening a downtown Jersey City “campus” in January 2023 where students taking its coding bootcamps can work on group assignments and meet with the company’s career counselors. No instructors will be at the location, which offers open and enclosed meeting rooms, whiteboards, even […]