Sunday, April 10, 2016

Jersey City flexes its muscle at fitness fair (PHOTOS) and other top stories.

  • Jersey City flexes its muscle at fitness fair (PHOTOS)

    JERSEY CITY -- City Hall Plaza was transformed into a giant gymnasium this afternoon as hundreds attended the JC Fitness Fair. Cosponsored by JCFamilies and ChicpeaJC, residents had the opportunity to work out with fitness professionals and meet with local business owners set up on the plaza. Though this is the first time the event has been held, Mamta Singh of JCFamilies said they hope to continue the fair annually. "Jersey City is changing, and we thought fitness is something that should be ..
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  • Peace Walk comes through Jersey City (PHOTOS)

    Peace Walk comes through Jersey City (PHOTOS)
    A group of peace walkers marched along Communipaw Avenue yesterday afternoon as part of the Shared Security walk, "To end war, poverty, racism and address climate crisis." The 15th annual "Walk for a New Spring" brought the peace walkers from Jersey City to Newark, with a final destination of Washington, DC on April 27. The walk started in Leverett, MA on March 4. The walk was started by the New England Peace Pagoda. "As we walk, we carry the somber reflection that over 1,000,000 people from I..
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  • Goin' downtown Jersey City's Grove Street carves out its own identity

    Goin' downtown Jersey City's Grove Street carves out its own identity
    Some people like to compare downtown Jersey City with Greenwich Village in New York. However, Rachel B. Sieg, executive director of the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District, is not one of those people. “I think Downtown Jersey City has its own unique identity,” Sieg said, seated at one of the tables at always-busy Starbucks Coffee near the Grove Street PATH station. When people refer to Downtown Jersey City, they generally mean the Grove Street area, although the district, known local..
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  • Jersey City Theater Center Presents "Hoaxocaust!"

    Jersey City Theater Center Presents
    Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC)  continues Identity this Friday and Saturday with the Hudson County premier a controversial Off-Broadway comedy about a man’s search for his Jewish identity among the most unlikeliest cohort:  Holocaust Deniers! Hoaxocaust!, written and performed by Barry Levey with the generous assistance of the Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran, (yes, that’s the entire title!) – is a one-man show combining monologue, multimedia and biting satire by Barr..
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  • Barnabas Health in the Community: Jersey City Medical Center ...

    Barnabas Health in the Community: Jersey City Medical Center ...
    Jersey City Medical Center recently hosted its STEM Showcase science fair at Liberty Science Center, where hundreds of Hudson County students in grades five through 12 displayed their work and research. Above, Louis Alerte, Project Coordinator, JCMC Wealth from Health Program, meets with a participating student while serving as an event judge. "We look for ways to support our community, and what better way to support our community than to host a science fair where we encourage kids to learn mo..
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  • NJCU Baseball at Rowan Postponed Again

    JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University's makeup New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader against Rowan University ...
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  • Atlantic City's pain reaches beyond its borders

    Atlantic City's pain reaches beyond its borders
    Three reasons Atlantic City trouble impacts Monmouth and Ocean Will tourism be affected by municipal trouble? Will Christie campaign against north Jersey casinos? Will the state allow a city to go bankrupt?Gov. Chris Christie remained entrenched in his position about a state takeover of Atlantic City.(Photo: Andrew Ford, st)TRENTON – Fallout from Atlantic City's financial meltdown could mean trouble beyond the gambling resort's borders.Gov. Chris Christie’s hardball negotiating position..
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