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• Jersey City nonprofit holds 19th annual Thanksgiving feast for community | NJ

  JERSEY CITY-- A Jersey City nonprofit held its 19th annual Thanksgiving feast for the community near the city's center this morning, serving turkey, collard greens, mashed potatoes and more to those less fortunate.Monique Smith-Andrews, who leads the Mo'Hair Foundation and is also the owner of hair salon Monique's Techniques, said her foundation has been able to feed over 15,000 people in the past 19 years through the annual event.Smith-Andrews said "God has been good" in giving her the strength..

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• R&B artist has concert, high hopes for Jersey City | NJ

  

  R&B singer-songwriter Jimmy Cozier, who moved to Jersey City this year, has teamed up with Jersey City native and entrepreneur Jarrod Greene, president and CEO of the PASS THE ROC basketball clothing brand and the 1891 Group LLC, to try to reconfigure the entertainment landscape of Jersey City.The pair want to make the city an East Coast arts and entertainment destination.They'll begin with a concert dance party tomorrow at the J.C. Underground Lounge at 116 Newark Ave., in Jersey City from ..

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• Fulop breaks his silence on recent spate of violence in Jersey City | NJ

  

  Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop broke his silence Tuesday night on the violence that has plagued the city's southern neighborhoods, leaving five dead in the last two weeks.Fulop bypassed the media and took his message straight to Facebook, posting a lengthy message last night calling the most recent violence a "setback" after a quiet summer."Ultimately, it's my responsibility and we will be successful — we are working hard and I am confident we will get this right," he wrote.The mayor echoed the..

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• Jersey City man tries carjacking Nutley woman twice within minutes, cops say | NJ

  A 30-year-old Nutley woman told police she was able to fend off a would be carjacker twice as she dropped her sister off. Police have charged a 27-year-old with the crime.Jihar Hatten, of the 100 block of Wilkinson Avenue in Jersey City, is charged with trying to carjack the woman's vehicle on Nov. 15 at 1:35 p.m. on Danforth Avenue near Kennedy Boulevard. He was informed his bail was set at $150,000 cash or bond when he appeared in court on the charge Monday.The victim told responding officers ..

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• Arson investigators looking into SUV found ablaze in Jersey City, police say | NJ

  An SUV found burning in the Greenville section of Jersey City early Tuesday morning is being investigated as arson, according to a police report.At about 6:15 a.m., police met with fire officials on Dwight Street following reports of a car fire, the report stated.When police arrived, they found a black Dodge Durango ablaze with a red rag sticking out of the gas tank and a Bic lighter laying on the ground, police said.Police were able to track down the owner of the SUV, who had left his home for ..

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• 5 displaced after kitchen fire in Jersey City, officials say | NJ

  One adult and four children were displaced after a small kitchen fire broke out yesterday morning in Jersey City, officials said.The one alarm fire was reported at about 7:15 a.m. at 204 Bidwell Ave., Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.The fire was contained to the kitchen of a first floor apartment in the four-story building, Morrill said.No one was injured and the Jersey City Fire Department brought the fire under control after about 25 minutes, Morrill said.The Red Cross was workin..

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• Jersey City mayor vows to block any Liberty State Park development for years - News - NorthJersey

  

  File/Kevin R. Wexler/staff photographerLiberty State Park Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop pledged Wednesday that he will try to tie up efforts unveiled this week by the Christie administration to bring large-scale development, such as a hotel and amusement park, to Liberty State Park until the governor’s term expires in two years. Although he has no control over a state park, Fulop said he would sue the administration if only to delay Christie’s plans to generate more revenue fro..

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• Kearny business uses billboard to thank Fulop for criticizing Trump

  

  KEARNY-- A Kearny business is thanking Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop in a prominent fashionafter Fulop criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumpfor saying he saw "thousands of people" in Jersey City cheer when the World Trade Center was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001.Real estate and recycling business Hugo Neu Corp put up a billboard reading "Thank You Fulop for Fighting the Hate #MakeJerseyGreat" near Route 1&9 Truck and Hackensack Avenue in Kearny, an intersection many people ..

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• N.J. man already facing up to 70 years in prison indicted on charges...

  A Jersey City man already facing up to 70 years in prison, may now face a sentence of 80 years or more if convicted of attempting to murder four women in a Mother's Day shooting, officials said.In addition to the four counts of attempted murder, Robert Warren, 23, of Clendenny Avenue, has also been indicted on four counts of aggravated assault, as well as weapon offenses related to a handgun, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Tuesday.Warren was recently convicted of a North Bergen..

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• Religion notes

  TodayJERSEY CITYThanksgiving dinner, organized by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. John the Baptist churches; for delivery call Jimmy King 201-438-0741, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, 3026 Kennedy Blvd. stjohnchurchnj.com/ or 201-653-8814.WEST NEW YORKThanksgiving Masses, all masses are bilingual, 9 a.m., St. Joseph of the Palisades Parish (Main Church), 6401 Palisade Ave. saintjosephpalisades.com/ or 201-854-7006.SaturdayBAYONNEMission Possible Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wall..

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