18 hours in Jersey City: Is N.J.'s hot spot worth the hype?
JERSEY CITY — In the shadow of the America's grandest skyline, Jersey City now boasts a reputation of its own, as a revered landing place for locals seeking a big-city pulse. Superior arts culture, incredibly diverse eateries and an electrifying downtown atmosphere — plus cheaper rent compared to adjacent Manhattan — has spurred a deluge of young professionals to flood most of the city's neighborhoods, in search of a more eclectic environment than the nearby Hoboken scene. "Moving to Jersey C..>> view originalFulop: Order forcing Jersey City reval 'more politics from Trenton'
Gov. Chris Christie is playing politics by forcing Jersey City to perform a citywide revaluation, city officials said today, comments that indicate a looming showdown on the issue between Christie's and Mayor Steve Fulop's administrations. Fulop, a Democrat, has sparred with Christie in recent weeks, including by seeking the Republican governor's resignation, this morning called the state's decision to force a reval "more politics from Trenton." His spokeswoman, meanwhile, indicated the city m..>> view originalJersey City school closed today after car crashes into building ...
UPDATE: School is structurally sound after crash JERSEY CITY -- Students at one charter school in the city are waking up Monday morning to find out that classes have been cancelled for the day. According to radio transmissions, just before 4 a.m. a car crashed into BelovED Community Charter School on Grand Street. The car caught fire after the impact and most of the flames were extinguished by the school's sprinkler system, according to the transmissions. Photos taken by Jersey Journal freela..>> view originalPhone lines down at Jersey City parking offices
JERSEY CITY — A snafu over bills has left the phone lines at Jersey City's parking division on Central Avenue out of commission for about the last month. How did this mix-up occur? Depends who you ask. City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said the Jersey City Parking Authority's old phone company, Level 3, went out of business and the city is now trying to move the phone lines to its Verizon plan. Sources with knowledge of the parking division say the phone bills went to the public-safety depar..>> view originalJersey City woman run down in dispute remains in critical condition
The woman who was struck by a car in a Jersey City intersection during a dispute with another woman remains in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health a week after the incident, a hospital spokesman said today. Police say the 25-year-old victim, a Jersey City resident and security guard at Hudson County Plaza, was crossing the street at the intersection of Union Street and Martin Luther King Drive on March 28 just after 6 p.m. when she was struck by a car driven by Sey..>> view originalMan wanted in Jersey City bodega murder caught after 4-month ...
JERSEY CITY -- A 23-year-old Jersey City man wanted in the murder of a man inside a Greenville deli in November was arrested Friday by Jersey City Police and the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced today. The arrest comes four months after a warrant was issued for the arrest of Deandre C. Thomas on Dec. 3, charging him with killing Davonte Carswell, 23, who was shot dead in Los Yoleros Mini Market Deli on Nov. 15, officials said. Authori..>> view originalWATCH: Cars burst into flames after wires fall in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY -- Strong winds wreaked havoc across the state this weekend, resulting in down trees and power outages. Yesterday morning, downed wires caused two cars on Palisade Avenue to burst into flames just before 8 a.m. across from Riverview Park. Michael Stever, who lives in an apartment just above the blaze, posted a video on YouTube that shows firefighters battling intense flames. At the end of the video, Stever credited the Jersey City Fire Department for safely knocking down the fire, ..>> view original5 charged with operating drug production facility in Jersey City
mccordnickensjones.JPG Sidney McCord, left, Christopher Nickens, center, and Jimelle Jones appear at Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal (Reena Rose Sibayan) Daundre Wilson, left, and Stefon Alexander appear at Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link ..>> view originalReopening of Jersey City's main library delayed again -- until ...
The Jersey City Free Public Library's main library, expected to be reopened by April 1, will remain closed until September because of delays in the major renovation project at the Jersey Avenue building. The building was closed last September, and was slated to be reopened in December, but delays related to deliveries of items like a new elevator pushed back the reopening to March. On March 31, after being pressed by The Jersey Journal for an update on the renovations and restorations, the lib..>> view originalJersey City rapper Jay Hype holds clothing drive for the homeless
Young rapper Jahmila Sandifer, better known as Jay Hype, was recently giving clothes away to homeless people in Hoboken when she started feeling like she could be doing more to help them. "I was giving clothes to random homeless people in the street, and I realized 'I want to give a bundle of clothes away,'" the 19-year-old said. So the Jersey City resident put together a clothing drive on Saturday that she billed "Clothes & Vibes" at the Seraphim Vape Shop in Jersey City, combining the event ..>> view original
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