Jersey City unemployment rate hits 25-year low
JERSEY CITY — Wonder Bagels owner Issa Salloum has watched Jersey City's fortunes rise over the last 20 years. Salloum opened the city's first Wonder Bagels on Sip Avenue in the late 1990s, and followed up with one on Danforth Avenue two years later. The third, at Jersey Avenue and Columbus Drive, came in 2006. He opened a fourth in 2014 in McGinley Square, a neighborhood that has seen a flood of newer residents, and a fifth is set for Central Avenue in the Heights. "The potential in Jersey ..>> view originalMonths after fatal shooting, Jersey City mom still waiting for answers
JERSEY CITY -- Annie McCord is waiting for two things: answers and justice. More than two months have gone by since her son, Tyreek, was fatally shot outside a Jersey City IHOP, the grieving mother has more questions than answers surrounding his death. On Nov. 21, Tyreek McCord, 26, was gunned down while leaving the IHOP restaurant on Route 440 sometime after 4 a.m. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper- and mid-body, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. McCord is an..>> view originalPower outage affecting businesses in Jersey City, PSEG says
A Kmart and four other businesses in a strip mall on the western edge of Jersey City are without power this morning after a utility pole was knocked down, a spokeswoman for PSE&G said. Shortly after 7 a.m., a pole on Kellogg Street -- just off Route 440 -- was struck and knocked down. Some 700 customers, in addition to the businesses, lost power as a result, PSE&G spokeswoman Deann Muzikar said. Power was restored for the 700 customers at 8:15 a.m., but a crew from the power company is curren..>> view originalHudson County prosecutors investigating death of Jersey City 8 ...
JERSEY CITY — A Hudson County grand jury may hear the case of the 8-year-old city boy fatally struck on Bostwick Avenue in June. Jermaine's family believes he was killed in a hit-and-run while he was in the bike lane, saying that he was struck by two cars that did not immediately stop. Mayor Steve Fulop and Public Safety Director James Shea said at the time that the initial findings showed there was only one car involved and that the driver stopped. Today, acting Chief Executive Assistant Pros..>> view originalMan threatens to shoot employee, robs $700 from Jersey City ...
A doughnut shop in the Heights section of Jersey City was robbed at gunpoint last night and the robber got away with $700, Jersey City police said. An employee was behind the counter at the Dunkin' Donuts on Kennedy Boulevard, near Bowers Street, at 9:50 p.m. when a man walked into the store and pulled out a handgun, police said. The assailant ordered the 57-year-old employee to open the register, a police report said. Another employee at the shop pushed the store's panic button and the robber..>> view originalDonald Byrd tribute Saturday at Jersey City's Miller Branch Library
If you love good jazz, you won't want to miss the Tribute to Jazz Legend Donald Byrd Saturday at the Jersey City Library's Miller Branch Cultural Arts Auditorium, 489 Bergen Ave. Guest artists Onaje Allen Gumbs on piano; Keith Kilgo, the Balck Byrds drummer, and the Spirit of Life Ensemble will take part in honoring Byrd's musical legacy at 7:30 p.m. Byrd was a rhythm and blues trumpeter/composer who performed and recorded with such greats as Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelo..>> view originalPlan would transform old Jersey Journal building in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY — 30 Journal Square, formerly the longtime home of The Jersey Journal, would go through quite a metamorphosis under a plan set for adoption by the City Council as early as next week. Much of the building would look the same, but a pedestrian walkway with retail shops on both sides would cut through the ground floor and lead to a 1,400-square-foot public plaza behind the building. Also behind the existing building would sit a massive residential tower facing Enos Place and Newkirk..>> view originalBus driver left my granddaughter stranded on Jersey City street | Letter
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at about 9:40 p.m., my granddaughter, who was visiting us, boarded a bus at Journal Square going to Society Hill. At about 10:15 p.m. the bus driver ordered all the passengers off the bus. His reason was that there was construction in front of him. The driver ordered them off the bus at Stegman and West Side Avenue, and drove away. My granddaughter was very upset and nervous. She is not from Jersey City, she is from New York. Thank God one of the passengers walked w..>> view original'Beauty & The Beast' opens Jersey City Theater Center season
The children's division of the Jersey City Theater Center is kicking off its 2016 program with a unique retelling of a classic fairy tale. JCTC-KIDS will be showing "Beauty & The Beast" as performed by the marionette theater company Puppetworks. The showings, which will take place on Sundays starting this week and running until May 29 at 1 p.m at the Merseles Studios (339 Newark Ave.), will be an adaption of "La Belle et la Bete" the earliest printed version of story. Mike Leach, the chief pup..>> view original$50K bail for Jersey City drug offender facing new charges
LuisEusebio Drug offender Luis A. Eusebio, 32, appears in court in Jersey City today, Feb. 3, 2016, on multiple drug counts regarding 10 bags of suspected heroin. (Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal) A $50,000 cash only bail was set Wednesday for a 32-year-old Jersey City man following his arrest Tuesday on charges related to 10 bags of suspected heroin. Luis Eusebio, of Randolph Avenue near Clare..>> view original
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