Jersey City charter school to build $12M middle school
A Jersey City charter school has purchased a half-acre parcel of land on Grand Street to make room for its new $12 million middle school. The BelovED Community Charter School's new school building at 535 Grand St. will be 40,000 square feet and serve 240 students in sixth through ninth grades, according to Bret Schundler, a former Jersey City mayor and the Commissioner of Education for New Jersey who serves as chairman of the BelovED Community Charter School Foundation. The acquisition of the ..>> view originalJersey City plans Earth Day, cleanup events Saturday
The first Great Jersey City Cleanup and a celebration in front of City Hall will take place this Saturday, as part of a series of events to celebrate Earth Day. Nearly 1,000 residents are expected to take part in the inaugural Great Jersey City Clean Up, a citywide initiative where community members will join city crews in cleaning their neighborhoods. The third annual Jersey City Earth Day Festival will be held at City Hall and feature interactive and educational workshops, locally produced ..>> view originalExchange Place could be Jersey City's 6th Special Improvement ...
Exchange Place may become the latest area of Jersey City to become a Special Improvement District, with a goal of making it a vibrant and active area beyond the 9 to 5 workday hustle. Mayor Steve Fulop created an advisory board, the first required legal step, in order to codify the creation of the Exchange Place Special Improvement District รข€“ the sixth SID in the city. The seven-member committee will review the proposal and make recommendations to the council, who would then create legislati..>> view originalJury deliberating in trial of Newark man charged with murdering ...
The fate of a Newark man charged with murdering a 12-year-old Jersey City boy during an armed robbery in 2013 is now in the hands of the jury. Jurors began deliberating at 3:45 p.m. today in the trial of Farrarhd H. Gunter, 36, who is charged with fatally shooting Gywan Levine Jr., and wounding his father, Gywan Levin Sr., 36, on Rutgers Avenue between Stevens Avenue and Wade Street on the night of May 17, 2013. Gunter, who has 10 prior convictions and is currently on probation for a 2014 w..>> view originalJersey City teen overcomes adversity on way to becoming Hudson ...
With her 3.8 grade point average and long list of academic and extra-curricular achievements, it'd be easy to think that success just always came easy for 17-year-old Ferris High School senior Binta Sakho. About three years ago though, Sakho could barely communicate with her Jersey City peers, and six years ago, she and her family were forced to flee their home country because of the violence and unrest of a military coup d'etat. Sakho managed to overcome that adversity and more, and she cre..>> view originalMan dies in fall at construction site in Jersey City
A man fell five stories and died at a construction site in Jersey City yesterday afternoon, according to authorities and police radio transmissions. Jersey City police and members of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's Homicide Unit responded to 25 Division St. just after 3 p.m. yesterday. Authorities have not released the name of the victim who died, but are interviewing witnesses. Preliminarily the man's death is not considered suspicious, said a source with knowledge of the initial inve..>> view originalBody found in Hackensack River ID'd as missing Jersey City man
The man whose body was found Sunday in the Hackensack River has been identified as a Jersey City resident who has been missing since late January. Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Acting Chief of Detectives Gene Rubino identified the man yesterday as Vontain Barrera, 34. Rubino said there was no sign of trauma and foul play is not suspected. Barrera, who was diagnosed as bipolar, was reported missing on Jan. 29 after missing his work shift at Blue Apron, his mother told The Jersey Journal whe..>> view originalJersey City pizza deliveryman robbed, carjacked at gunpoint: police
A Domino's driver was robbed at gunpoint, pistol-whipped and carjacked early yesterday while making a pizza delivery to a home in the Bergen-Lafayette section of Jersey City, according to a police report. The 22-year-old driver told police he arrived at the Arlington Avenue house — between Myrtle and Claremont avenues — just after midnight. He said he tried calling the customer "several times," but the customer didn't answer, the report states. The driver walked up the stairs to the home and a..>> view originalMan fell 50 feet to his death on second day of work at Jersey City ...
JERSEY CITY -- The man who fell 50-feet to his death yesterday afternoon at a Division Street Construction site had only been on the job for two days, according to a police report. Javier Regalado, 25, of Plainfield, lost his balance as he was working on an elevator shaft, causing a piece of plywood he was using for support to break, police said. At about 2:55 p.m., one of the workers was handing Regalado pieces of equipment to install in an elevator shaft at 25 Division St., the report says...>> view originalFatal accident closes NY-NJ port's Global terminal
Global Container Terminal on the Jersey City-Bayonne, N.J. border closed mid-morning Thursday and will stay closed throughout the day, after a tractor-trailer struck two people standing alongside a line of trucks, killing a driver and injuring a second man.>> view original
Thursday, April 21, 2016
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