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 45min yoga session from Betty’s Ceramics Club! The weekly cooldown is structured to get you ready for the weekend. For more info, go here. JCPS Raspberry Pi Showcase | Fri., Apr. 19 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | William L. Dickinson New Gymnasium, 2 Palisade Ave., Jersey…
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Opinion
Op-Ed: Praise to Those Who Helped Bring Down New Jersey’s County Line
New Jersey’s county boss system got hit right where it hurts this week and there are a lot of people…
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Saturday Blurbs: Interesting Little Stories From the Past Week
Openings Team Wilderness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth through outdoor education and adventure, inaugurated “Base Camp,” its new headquarters on Communipaw Avenue. Base Camp features a 20-foot rock wall inside the space, providing an exciting and dynamic environment for participants to engage in rock climbing activities and develop physical and mental strength. In…
Saturday Blurbs: Interesting Little Stories From the Past Week
ShopRite Employee Makes the Cheerios Box Jersey City ShopRite Associate Barbara Avilez represented the store on this year’s Cheerio Box after the store raised $13,500 for local food pantries and fighting hunger. As a winner of this annual contest, the store awarded a $2,500 check to local food pantry the Sharing Place. The celebration was…
Kismet of Kings Continues 10-Year Mission to Mentor Urban Young Men
Raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Booker T. Washington public housing in Jersey City’s Lafayette section, Lewis Spears became an up-close observer of urban hardship. That lesson was driven home, especially after his 9-year-old cousin was killed in the aftermath of a local street fight. But these formative experiences – rather than wear him down…
Saturday Blurbs: Interesting Little Stories From the Past Week
Easter Celebrations Jersey City’s Mercy House, along with the Elizabeth and Newark locations, gave out about 1,000 Easter gift bags, a new record. Jersey City’s location distributed 250 bags, which were filled with things like crayons and candy. Mercy House is run by the Archdiocese of Newark. The Mercy House provides nonperishable food, clothing, baby supplies, furniture,…
BergEn Lafayette
Now it’s Jersey City’s Turn to Take Care of the Animals
Yesterday, five weeks after severing relations with its former operator — Liberty Humane Society – Jersey City invited media representatives to tour the now city-run municipal animal shelter at its same location, 235 Jersey City Boulevard, adjacent to the Sci-Tech Academy now under construction and Liberty Science Center. Already, officials said, the city is committed…
Downtown
Council Approves Jersey City’s First Municipal Pickleball Courts
The City Council has approved construction of Jersey City’s first municipal pickleball courts on the site of a decrepit basketball court in the rapidly developing “Soho West” neighborhood Downtown. The revitalized park, which will sit at the corner of Erie and 16th streets, will also include a new basketball court and a children’s water play…
Greenville
Staten Island Woman Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Greenville Crash
A Staten Island woman has been charged in a fatal crash last month in Greenville. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, on Saturday, February 3, shortly before 12:20 a.m., Amanda Rivera, 28, was driving while intoxicated when her 2019 Nissan sedan collided with the rear of a parked and unoccupied tractor trailer on Route…
Westside
Moody’s Upgrades NJCU’s Credit Rating, Citing College’s Improved Internal Controls
Administrators and elected officials hailed this month’s assessment of New Jersey City University’s financial status by Moody’s Investor Service. Moody’s said it based its rating change from negative to stable (Ba2) “reflects meaningful traction on financial turnaround plans, which have allowed NJCU to significantly reduce operating losses and stabilize cash reserves.” It said the new…
Journal Square
Property Manager Admits to Kickback Scheme at Canco Lofts
A Jersey City property manager has admitted to conspiring with two others in a kickback scheme to defraud Canco Lofts, a condominium complex in Jersey City, of $470,000. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Ranaldo Bennett, 56, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Karen M. Williams today in Camden federal…
Heights
Scamming Heights Contractors Hit With More Charges
Three people are facing additional charges in a case that involved taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for work that was never done or completed. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Viral Patel, 38, of Jersey City, Priyanka Patel, 33, of Jersey City, and Pratik Patel, 35, of Ramsey, are now each…
Obituaries
James Spencer Corbin, Lincoln H.S. Grad and Former Jersey City Police Officer, Dies at 80
James Spencer Corbin passed away March 3, 2024 in McKinney, Texas at the age of 80. He was born to Ralph and Alma (Bradby) Corbin on October 17, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey.…
Christopher Englese, Filmmaker and Activist, Dies at 44
Christopher Englese, an Award winning Director, Writer, Producer, Editor and Filmmaker passed away suddenly on November 13, 2023. He was 44. A lifelong Jersey City resident, Christopher was a Hudson Catholic graduate and received…
Frank Motichka Jr., Former Jersey City Police Officer, Dies at 72
Frank Motichka Jr., 72, passed away peacefully Nov 15, 2023 in Rahway, NJ, surrounded by loved ones. Frank was born and raised in Jersey City. After graduating from what is now known as New…