17 Jersey City gang members among 22 indicted: authorities and other top stories.

• 17 Jersey City gang members among 22 indicted: authorities

  

  Nearly two dozen people, including some of Jersey City's "the most violent gang members" were indicted by a grand jury on 68 counts ranging from drugs to weapons to gang criminality, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced today. Among them, 17 are suspected members of a criminal street gang, Prosecutor's Office spokesman Ray Worrall said. In April The Jersey Journal reported they are members of the M.O.B. Piru Blood Gang. The arrests  "This six-month operation was a joint venture bet..

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• These women religious make Jersey City a better place | Faith Matters

  

  Years ago I went to the Belmar Seafood Festival. Someone pointed out a clown nearby and told me that she was a nun. I approached her and asked, "Are you a real nun?" She replied, "Are you a real priest?"  I then learned that her clowning was very serious. Dominican Sister Luke Dworschak started out in 1980 as part of a Christian clowning group in Monmouth County. She would do children's liturgies and appear at events. Today she resides at Our Lady of Sorrows in Jersey City and is a member of t..

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• With everything else rising, Jersey City Public Schools need big ...

  

  It's time to think big. Jersey City is rising; it is becoming the promise made to citizens by politicians over the decades. Journal Square is rising. Greenville and Lafayette are rising. The Heights is rising. The Waterfront and Downtown continue rising. The wave of development and the accompanying neighborhood services are moving steadily into our city. It is time to bring this same motivating force to the Jersey City Public Schools. For too long, the schools of our city have been considered ..

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• Developers tout Jersey City residential building's co-working space

  

  When it opened last summer at the corner of Grove and Montgomery streets, Charles & Co. was among the latest high-end residential, amenity-rich buildings to come to downtown Jersey City. It was also the latest project for Eric and Paul Silverman, who have been developing in Jersey City for more than 30 years. But the brothers designed this building with one particular feature not seen elsewhere in their portfolio — a 20,000-square-foot co-working space. It’s a feature that they hope will fill a..

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• Play by Jersey City playwright to be featured at N.Y. theater festival

  

  Jersey City playwright Alfred C. Martino's play "Waiting For A Friend" will premiere at the New York New Works Theatre Festival in September. The debut performance is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Elektra Theatre, located at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue near Times Square.  Veteran New York and New Jersey stage actors Bill Vysotsky and Lou Pipon will play the leads. Vysotsky will also be directing the show. "Waiting For A Friend" is about a middle-aged man confronted by the unexpec..

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8 people shot in Jersey City in 4-day span, authorities say .	On heels of teenager's homicide, Jersey City sees 5 shootings in 6 ... .