Fulop hikes minimum wage for Jersey City workers to $15 an hour
Mayor Steve Fulop has ordered that all full-time municipal workers will be paid $15 an hour at least. Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey JournalJersey Journal file photo JERSEY CITY — Mayor Steve Fulop today issued an executive order that raises the minimum wage of roughly 500 city workers to $15 an hour, three months after he aligned himself with a movement to hike the state's minimum wage to that amount. The action, which affects largely low-wage workers like 911 dispatchers and crossing guard..>> view originalMan shot in the head in Jersey City, official says
jersey city police car.JPG A young man was shot in the back of the head early Saturday morning, according to a city spokeswoman. (Jersey Journal File Photo) A young man was shot in the back of the head early Saturday morning, according to a city spokeswoman. Jersey City police are still investigating the shooting, which took place at Martin Luther King Drive and Claremont Avenue at 12:30 a.m., according..>> view originalJersey City NAACP Pres. Braker appears to exit car drunk, urinate in ...
Jersey City NAACP Pres. Braker appears to exit car drunk, urinate in public Jersey City NAACP President William Braker was caught on video exiting a car appearing to be drunk, urinating in public and later laying on the sidewalk outside of Crown Fried Chicken on Saturday night, Real Jersey City reported yesterday. In the video embedded above, Braker appears to be shown exiting the driver’s side of a dark-colored vehicle and shortly thereafter seems to be urinating in the street between two pa..>> view originalFilipino-Americans in Jersey City urged to get out of the vote
Filipino voters were encouraged to be as educated as possible about the voting process, candidates at every level, and the important issues during a non-partisan event Saturday aimed at getting out the Filipino vote. The event also encouraged voters to get involved in elections back home in the Philippines. The event, held at University Academy Charter School on West Side Avenue, was organized by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations, Fil-Am Vote and the Philippine-American..>> view originalJersey City School 20 should be named after Bob Hurley | Letter
I have been an active reader for over 50 years. Here's my opinion, as to "Whats-In-A-Name!" I'm not knocking the president, but aren't there people from Jersey City that have made notable contributions for years? Why not name School 20 after one of those. One person that comes to mind is St. Anthony High basketball coach Bob Hurley, who is in the basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. He has given a score of years to young adults both on and off the court! Quite a few of the young adult..>> view originalYouth notes
TODAYELIZABETH Simon Youth Community Scholarships, Simon, the retail real estate company that owns the The Mills at Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, is offering scholarships to all local graduating high school seniors. Students who live with 50 miles of a Simon mall are eligible to receive a scholarship up to $1,500 for a college, university, vocational or technical school., The Mills at Jersey Gardens, 651 Kapkowski Road. syf.org/scholarships., 908-354-5900.JERSEY CITY Jersey City Summer Internsh..>> view original14-year-old, 2 other teens arrested with loaded shotgun: police
JERSEY CITY -- Three teenagers, including a 14-year-old, were arrested last night after police spotted them walking down Wilkinson Avenue with a loaded sawed off shotgun, according to a police report. Just before 9 p.m., officers with the Street Crimes Unit noticed the three teens -- ages 14, 17 and 19 -- passing through the Ocean Avenue intersection, police said. One of the teens was carrying a large item on the inside of his jacket while a second was trying to mask his face with a hood, th..>> view originalRock bottom Jersey gas prices hang on, but for how long?
Like that scene in a movie where the governor grants a last minute stay of execution to an inmate on death row, cheap gas prices got a brief reprieve in New Jersey. Prices are at rock bottom levels, with one station in Little Ferry breaking the $1.30 line with a $1.29 price, according to GasBuddy.com. But there are storm clouds on the horizon. The nine stations that were selling regular gas at $1.33 a gallon on Friday have all increased their price. On Friday, the lowest price range was betwe..>> view original
Monday, February 29, 2016
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