Project: Eats draws thousands to Jersey City food festival
JERSEY CITY -- City Hall Plaza was transformed this weekend into a foodie's paradise. Thousands of people flocked to Grove Street for the third annual Jersey City Project: Eats, where dozens of restaurants and food trucks set up shop to bring finger-licking goodness to the Downtown neighborhood. From tacos, to gourmet sandwiches, to frozen treats, many left the festival with a full stomach. Kristen Scalia, of the Jersey City Project, said since the organization's founding after Hurricane Sa..>> view originalJersey City bar says they are not responsible for recent West Side ...
Caitlin Mota | The Jersey Journal JERSEY CITY -- After two recent shootings on West Side Avenue, workers at a nearby bar are speaking out against criticism that their business is attracting violence to the neighborhood. Simon Yang opened Halftime Bar and Grill last May. With help from his general manager James Barnett, the duo said they have created a diverse hangout between Duncan and Fairview Avenue. But now they feel as though they are being blamed for two nights of violence that left one ..>> view originalJersey City cops jump into 'Running Man' viral video fad
Police departments nationwide have been making videos as part of the nationwide "Running Man" challenge that originated with two high school boys from Hillside, and now Jersey City's is jumping in on the fad. The city shot a few segments for the video last week at the Hub shopping center, the west district police station and India Square. They are planning a few more segments and hope to have the video released in July. The craze started with Hillside high-school students Kevin Vincent and Jer..>> view originalJersey City residents learn the art of a different kind of selfie (PHOTOS)
Participants at the Community Awareness Series at the Jersey City Miller Branch Library yesterday learned how to create a different kind of self portrait. Arts educator Mansa K. Mussa ran a workshop where he took a Fuji Instax photograph of each person at the session, and taught them to use it to create a paper collage self-portrait. Later in the day, the series hosted musical performances from Senegalese musician Abdou Mboup and his band, Waakaw, as well as a demonstration of dances. The eve..>> view originalJersey City shooting victim 'uncooperative'
Jersey City police are investigating a Saturday morning shooting on Woodlawn and Ocean avenues that happened just before 2:30 a.m. A 27-year-old Grant Avenue man who fled the scene was shot in the right arm and leg, according to Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health, she said. The victim, whose injuries were considered non life-threatening, was uncooperative with police. Other details about the incident were not available>> view originalJersey Journal front and back page news: Monday, June 20, 2016
A major fire on Saturday tore through a mixed-use residential building in Bayonne, leaving more than a dozen families homeless. Why are Jersey City cops dancing in the streets? They're getting into the spirit of a new viral video craze. A residential development in Jersey City will provide housing for homeless vets. In Sports, St. Anthony's R.J. Cole takes on a leadership as he shows the way for the winning basketball team.>> view originalNew Miss New Jersey can't wait to get started
For Brenna Weick, the fourth time’s the charm. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage your account. Subscribe Thank you for reading and relying on pressofAtlanticCity.com for your news and information. You have now viewed your allowance of free articles. Login Subscribe ..>> view originalActivist, writer Kevin Powell pens heartfelt memoir
Kevin Powell, who grew up in Jersey City, speaks about civil rights and violence against women, and is an accomplished writer "The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood" By Kevin Powell (Atria Books, 285 pp, $16) Odes to dads fill shelves. They sing of fathers who were wonderful, fully present in their children's lives as they supported and loved them. Arguments may be mounted to this, but this Father's Day, this column pays tribute to a writer who, as he says, was his own ..>> view originalAmerica finally joining modern world with female presidential ...
I wished I'd listened to my husband that day. A lawyer, he'd always warned, "Don't ask a question if you don't already know the answer." That time I didn't heed his advice was the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage and I'd learned a nursing home resident in Jersey City had been one of the first women to vote in 1920. So I invited some reporters to join me at a little party for her to note the occasion and encourage people to vote. The conversation was going fine, as she was telling me ho..>> view original
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