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For Ronald Duncan, being an effective high school teacher is all about making things relatable for the students. Duncan has been teaching math at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City for the past eight years, and in that time he's developed a methodology that focuses on a student's individual strengths, to make the sometimes daunting subject more easily accessible for his ninth to twelfth grade students. "I like to use an approach where I try to understand the differentiated learning styles..>> view originalJersey City hosts march and rally for Bernie Sanders (PHOTOS)
A march and rally to support potential presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was held Saturday in the Jersey City Heights. About 50 supporters attended, who said they stand in solidarity with Sanders' calls for jobs, justice, peace, education, equality and fair wages. The events were organized after the large turnout of the rally for Sanders held earlier this month in Hoboken. Click through the gallery above for highlights from the rally and march.>> view originalThousands expected for Jersey City bike tour and festival Sunday
Thousands of cyclists are expected to come out for the seventh Jersey City Ward Tour and Festival this Sunday. The 15-mile tour will start near City Hall and conclude at Liberty State Park, a symbolic space for the group, which fought against private development at the site. "We're focused on things that enable better biking on our urban street grid, like protected bike lanes," Christopher Englese, Bike JC president and co-founder, said in a statement. "But Liberty State Park is different; it'..>> view originalThose lost in Vietnam honored at Jersey City Memorial Day event
Several hundred people gathered at Pershing Field's Vietnam Memorial for the 20th annual Memorial Day event, honoring heroes who gave their last measure and those who made it home but died as the war's hidden casualties. Sixty-eight Jersey City residents who died in Vietnam and as their names were read, a family member or friend carried a red rose and placed it at the base of the stone memorial in which their names are etched. Afterward, the names of some 70 Vietnam veterans who died after com..>> view originalMurder trial of 22-year-old Jersey City man starting tomorrow
Jury selection will begin tomorrow for the murder trial of 22-year-old Keeshawn Browning, who is charged in the fatal shooting of a man who was found dead in the basement of a Jersey City building in May of 2013. Browning and three defendants were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, weapons offenses related to a handgun and aggravated assault in the death of Hikeem Neals, 23, on May 12, 2013. Browning's codefendants, Terrell Harris, 28; Mark Felts, 23, and Akeem Torrez, 21, all..>> view originalAnnual Santracruzan Festival celebrated in Jersey City (PHOTOS)
The 38th Annual Santacruzan and Flores De Mayo Festival took place Sunday along Manila Avenue in Jersey City. The Filipino event is typically held on the ninth night of the novena, and observed to honor the Holy Cross. This year's event included a procession after mass, a 5K run and ended with a street fair that included music and food. This event was started by the Catholic Action of Mary in 1978, which eventually partnered with the Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League to increase p..>> view originalArmed guard at Jersey City pharmacy foils robbery attempt by gang
Four armed men attempted to rob a pharmacy on Kennedy Boulevard early Friday morning but ran off when a security guard pointed his gun at the suspects, police said. The incident happened at the same Walgreens near Communipaw Avenue where a Jersey City police officer was killed in the line of duty in 2014, after a man assaulted the store's security guard and fatally shot Det. Melvin Vincent Santiago with the guard's weapon. At about 4:40 a.m. Friday, the 53-year-old security guard said four mas..>> view originalJersey City School student paint 'City of Trees' art on Central Avenue ...
Nearly 100 Jersey City school students painted their art depicting a vision of a more tree-filled Jersey City along Central Avenue on Thursday. The Jersey City Parks Coalition, Frogs Are Green, Jersey City Board of Education and the Central Avenue Special Improvement District sponsored the event. "Residents, businesses, local schools, and young artists are working together to help beautify and green their main street community for an important environmental cause," Sanford Fishman, a pharmacis..>> view originalJersey City residents react to Monopoly board being painted on ...
Passersby drawn to a 33-by-33-foot, Jersey City-themed Monopoly board being painted on the Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza had mostly positive reactions Saturday to the artwork. Michael McWilliams of Jersey Avenue called the board "a good idea." "The kids can get excited about it, the adults can get excited about it," the 50-year-old said, adding that he believes it could help attract people to the city. Friends Angel Molina, Julio Colan and Jose Molina made similar remarks, saying the board is..>> view original
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