N.J. librarian depicts Jersey City's history through massive postcard ...
JERSEY CITY -- On the second Saturday of March in 1989, Cynthia Harris attended a flea market at a Methodist Church. Rummaging through the items vendors had on display, Harris found an old postcard with a picture of Dickinson High School on the front. Knowing her mother graduated from the school in 1932, she decided to purchase the postcard for $5, starting what would be a huge part of her life. "I haven't stopped since," said Harris, who works in the New Jersey Room at the Jersey City Free ..>> view originalJersey City residents irked over parking spots lost to Citi Bike stations
Bike enthusiasts are happy about the recent Citi Bike Jersey City expansion, but not everyone is thrilled about losing parking spaces for their cars. A group of residents who live on and around Astor Place managed to delay installation of a Citi Bike station on nearby Park Street over parking concerns, while residents who live around the Danforth Avenue light rail stop are pressing the city to relocate the bike station installed there. "They took the parking from us," said Regina Johnson Green..>> view originalHundreds crowd Audubon Park in Jersey City for National Night Out ...
JERSEY CITY -- Audubon Park was flooded with hundreds of Jersey City residents coming together to enjoy food, games and music tonight. The site of young kids running through a bounce house and dancing to their favorite dance hits is just one of the city's four National Night Out locations. National Night Out is a yearly event hosted by local law enforcement agencies with hopes to strengthen their relationships with the communities they serve. Held on the first Tuesday of August, National Night..>> view original'Gay Pride' flag burned outside Hair Room hair salon in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY - The owner of a Jersey City hair salon says that a rainbow “Gay Pride” flag that has hung outside her shop for the past two months was set on fire over the weekend. The flag hung from a flower planter. It was placed there by an unknown person following a rally held in Jersey City for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Hair Room owner Anatalie David says that she was away for the weekend, and discovered that someone burned the flag when she returned to the shop...>> view originalFree online language learning program available for Jersey City ...
The Jersey City Free Public Library is offering the immersive language learning program Rosetta Stone for free to library card holders. The program is accessible through the library's Online Resources section on their website. The language learning platform offers 30 languages for anyone from those wanting to improve their English to those wanting to learn another language for business and travel. A two-year subscription to Rosetta Stone is priced at about $250 on the program's website, but is..>> view original7-year-old girl shot by BB gun in Jersey City: authorities
A 7-year-old girl suffered a small laceration to her left arm when two men fired a BB gun at a group of people in Jersey City Monday night, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. The shooting took place on Monticello Avenue near Fairview Avenue at around 8:40 p.m., according to Morrill. The girl's parents refused medical attention for her. No arrests were made, but Jersey City police are investigating the incident. A BB gun is an air gun that typically fires small balls made of steel, howeve..>> view originalJournal Entries: NJCU taps Dr. João Sedycias as Dean of William J ...
Dr. João Sedycias has been selected as the new Dean of NJCU's William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences. The selection was announced following a national search for qualified candidates, which included meetings and open forums with NJCU's faculty, administrators, staff, and students. The appointment as dean is effective as of this month. A transformative teacher and scholar with international experience in North and South America, Dr. Sedycias will also assume a faculty position as profe..>> view originalSouth Philly now has a cool vibe, parts of Jersey next?
This past Sunday I had lunch at a wine bar in Center City Philadelphia. They always have good wine and great unique items on the menu. It’s a bit pricey but every once in awhile I like to treat myself. The wait staff is always funky and in their twenties. This time was no different, a pale girl with eyeliner that stretched out a little bit too far in a sort of Star Trek fashion. She was friendly, talkative and had a really cool vibe. We got to talking about what part of the city she lived in a..>> view originalThe public meets its cops at National Night Out events
NEWARK — As a kid growing up in the city, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose had to go to the country to see a horse. But on Tuesday afternoon, children from across the Brick City gathered at Newark Schools Stadium for the department's National Night Out event, to not only pet the mounted officer's horses, but to meet with and show support for the region's emergency responders. Dozens of police departments across the Garden State are currently hosting events for National Night Out,..>> view original"A Man Called Van Aken", Part Two
[Originally published 27 October 2014]Today the name most frequently associated with Belle Mead is that of New Jersey Senator John Rhoderic McPherson. Pretty remarkable considering that the millionaire politician from Jersey City held the farm property for only a few years, and sold it in 1891!Senator John R. McPherson photo portrait by Matthew BradyMcPherson was born in 1833 in Livingston County, New York, and moved to Jersey City at the age of 26. He knew how to make money in the cattle busi..>> view original
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