Man injured in Jersey City shooting, cops seize 6 handguns: official and other top stories.

• Man injured in Jersey City shooting, cops seize 6 handguns: official

  

  A 20-year-old man was injured in a shooting just before midnight Thursday in Jersey City, the same night six handguns were recovered by police, authorities said.  The Atlantic Avenue resident was shot at Bergen and Lexington avenues, and was found a block away at Bramhall and Bergen avenues. He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries, but was uncooperative with police, Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.  A van seen fleeing the area was locate..

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• Former Yankee, Jersey City Superintendent on hand for Free ...

  

  JERSEY CITY -- Former New York Yankee player Pat Kelly and Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marcia Lyles were all in attendance at Lincoln Park on Friday as Jersey City announced its participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Free Summer Meals initiative this summer. At the event, held on Lincoln Park's Turf 1 field, children learned about the importance of eating nutritious meals in the summer once school is out and raised awareness for the USDA run Free Summer Meals progra..

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• JERSEY CITY BRIEFS

  

  A CHANGE OF PLANS – Fourth of July celebrations in Liberty State Park will be slightly different this year. Jersey City plans to relocate the main performance stage deeper into the park. The stage will be located in a larger green area that would help alleviate the congestion near the historic terminal from past years. The lineup for the event will be announced shortly, although the city will continue to provide a fireworks display as in the past. slideshow Jersey City schools may see ..

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• Rain doesn't stop members of Trinity Lutheran Church from ...

  

  JERSEY CITY -- The rain did not stop Trinity Lutheran Church members in Jersey City from holding a street fair in celebration of Juneteenth on Saturday. Juneteenth, which was first celebrated on June 19, 1865, was the day in which Union soldiers in the American Civil War arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that slaves were now free, despite the Emancipation Proclamation having been passed two and a half years earlier. Members of Trinity Lutheran Church came ou..

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• Should property taxes support the arts?

  

  Should the city dedicate a portion of local property taxes to support local arts? This is the question facing the City Council as arts activists showed up en masse on Wednesday to lobby the city for a share of Gold Coast development revenue. Wearing red t-shirts bearing a percentage sign as their logo, Christine Goodman, former director of Art House Productions, led an army of artists into City Hall in what amounted to a pro-arts rally, seeking to get their piece of the economic pie. Government..

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• NJ Turnpike Authority construction updates for Hudson County

  Corey McDonald | The Jersey Journal  JERSEY CITY -- The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has released an update of road work for the next three weeks. Toll Plaza: The renovation of the existing toll utility building on the Hudson County Extension continues on the east side entering 14A. Ramp between Toll Plaza and Hudson County Extension: Local street level work on the Garfield, Avenue C and Kennedy Boulevard bridges will resume this summer. The work will be supported by Jersey City and Bayonne po..

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• Mrs. New Jersey vies for national title

  

  Mrs. New Jersey vies for national title For daughter of immigrants, pageants opened a lot of doors MORE THAN JUST LOOKS – Jeannette Josue, who holds the title of Mrs. New Jersey, hopes to become Mrs. USA in July. slideshow Jeannette Josue never meant to become a model or an actress, let alone the winner of a number of pageants, including her most recent title, Mrs. New Jersey. She said her goal when going to college was to become a newscaster. Now she not only has won the state title i..

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• Torres plan would force Paterson liquor stores to close earlier

  

  Joe Malinconico, Paterson Press 8:05 p.m. ET June 17, 2017 CLOSE An inside look at the current issues facing Paterson, N.J. Michael V. PettiganoTorres says plan to move closing time up by five hours is about public health and quality of life.Paterson liquor stores are allowed to be open 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. A new plan would limit their hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.(Photo: Associated Press)PATERSON – Liquor stores throughout Paterson would have to stop sellin..

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• Green scene

  

  Hudson County residents who want vegetables fresh from the farm, as well as a variety of baked goods, sauces, and other delicacies, can find a local weekly farmer’s market for almost any day of the week. Most local farmers’ markets participate in the Jersey Fresh produce program under the state’s Department of Agriculture, which encourages people to buy state-grown food. Some markets accept benefit programs like WIC, SNAP, EBT, or senior FMNP. One market that ran at Ellsworth Park in Union City..

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• If Christie wants fairness, he'll back this school funding fix | Editorial

  

  The deal just struck by state Democratic leaders on school funding, which corrects some of the most outrageous inequities in our system, is a huge step in the right direction. It addresses a serious problem: The formula the Legislature uses to fund schools is outdated, and still awards districts state aid based on what they looked like years ago, before their real estate booms or enrollment bursts. As a result, Jersey City or Hoboken still get aid as if their real estate markets were in the dum..

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