Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Questions linger after Jersey City paints over controversial ... and other top stories.

  • Questions linger after Jersey City paints over controversial ...

    Questions linger after Jersey City paints over controversial ...
    JERSEY CITY — The controversy surrounding Jersey City's Monopoly board mural is as never-ending as a game of Monopoly. The mural, painted on the Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza by Gary Wynans, a.k.a. Mr. Abillity, came under fire first from the local police union, then from a group of city activists who demanded the city alter a portion they found objectionable. When the city made the change against the artist's wishes, free speech advocates cried foul. In the latest wrinkle, Wynans alleges in ..
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  • Small business lender opens HQ in Jersey City (PHOTOS)

    Small business lender opens HQ in Jersey City (PHOTOS)
    World Business Lenders, a small business lending company, has officially joined the Jersey City economy.  Founded in 2011, the financial services company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new headquarters in Jersey City last week. The move is expected to create 100 new jobs by the end of the year, in addition to the 115-plus employees who made the move from New York.  U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., of New Jersey's 10th Congressional District, Jersey City Councilwoman Candice Osborne, and f..
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  • Keepin' The Family brings its rustic Americana to Jersey City

    Keepin' The Family brings its rustic Americana to Jersey City
    Keepin' The Family, a young New Brunswick combo that describes its sound as "American Highway Music," is coming to Jersey City – in more ways than one. As two members of the band prepare to move to town, the group will make its city debut at the Citizen with a free show on Saturday, July 30. A popular presence in New Brunswick's do-it-yourself basement show scene, Keepin' The Family incorporates rustic elements like trumpet and banjo into songs that explode into rousing singalong punk-rock ..
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  • Roof partially collapses at Jersey City warehouse, city says

    Roof partially collapses at Jersey City warehouse, city says
      Jersey City firefighters and police responded to the report of a partially-collapsed roof at a warehouse Monday evening.  Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said firefighters were dispatched to 45 Linden Ave. East -- a warehouse for Fabuwood Cabinetry -- at 5:25 p.m. amid a hellacious thunderstorm that dumped large amounts of rainwater on Jersey City. Primary and secondary searches of the one-story building were negative and no one was reported injured in the roof collapse, Morrill sai..
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  • Edison woman yanked from car, beaten and carjacked in Jersey City ...

    JERSEY CITY -- A Middlesex County woman was dragged out of her car and attacked by two other women before her car was stolen on Clinton Avenue late Sunday night, police said.  Police met a 26-year-old Edison woman on Arlington Avenue at about 1 a.m. Monday, and they were told the woman's Chevy Equinox was carjacked at about 11 p.m., according to a police report of the incident.  The victim said her male friend, who she could not identify, was driving the car toward West Side Avenue and noticed..
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  • Jersey City felon charged with fatally shooting man in the neck

    Jersey City felon charged with fatally shooting man in the neck
    JERSEY CITY -- Hudson County homicide detectives have charged a 25-year-old Jersey City felon with murdering a man who was shot in the neck on Clinton Avenue Thursday morning. Justin Garcia, of the 500 block of Garfield Avenue, was arrested yesterday and charged with murdering Javon Murray, 28, of Stegman Street. He was also charged weapons offenses related to a handgun, including possession of a weapon by a felon, the criminal complaint states. Police were dispatched to Clinton between Kenned..
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  • Jersey City 2-alarm fire damages apartments, stores

    Jersey City 2-alarm fire damages apartments, stores
    JERSEY CITY -- A two-alarm fire broke out on Baldwin Avenue in Jersey City this morning, damaging businesses and apartments above in a row of two-story attached buildings. Jersey City firefighters responded to the fire at 130 Baldwin Ave. at 3:19 a.m. and had it under control about 40 minutes later, said Joe Shine, a freelance photographer for The Jersey Journal who was at the scene. Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said seven adults were displaced by the blaze, while five people were ..
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  • Democratic power broker Norcross, Jersey City Mayor Fulop take ...

    Democratic power broker Norcross, Jersey City Mayor Fulop take ...
    Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop took the podium of the Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel on Tuesday wanting to talk briefly about his background, veterans programs and the economic and social progress of his city – anything but the 2017 race for governor. Thomas P. Costello/Asbury Park Press Retired General and former Presidential candidate Wesley Clark, right, shakes hands with Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop after he spoke to N.J. delegates to the Democratic National..
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  • Girl, 4, gets chance to thank Jersey City firefighter who saved her life

    Girl, 4, gets chance to thank Jersey City firefighter who saved her life
    JERSEY CITY -- Monica Campbell had a big hug for Jersey City Firefighter Luis Colon as the 4-year-old, Colon and Monica's mom, Iris Wilcox, met formally for the first time yesterday. Back on July 14, an off-duty Colon saw smoke coming from a Randolph Avenue home and quickly sprung into action to rescue Monica from the third floor, using only a ladder he found nearby and his own arms to carry her out of the burning building. The emotional reunion yesterday brought great joy to the 2 Bergen Ave...
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  • Company marks move from NYC to Jersey City with ribbon-cutting ...

    Company marks move from NYC to Jersey City with ribbon-cutting ...
    World Business Lenders, lured from New York by a $17 million tax credit, cut the ribbon on its new headquarters in Downtown Jersey City with local, state and federal elected officials looking on last week. The company, which specializes in providing working capital to small- and medium-sized businesses, officially moved in to 101 Hudson St. on July 20. Helping CEO Doug Naidus cut the ribbon were Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., Jersey City Deputy Mayor Marcos Vigil, Ward E Councilwoman Candice Osborn..
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Jersey City aims for inner city rebirth with City Hall annex plan .Man stabbed, assaulted by group of 20 in Jersey City: police .
6 years later, Jersey City murder case has yet to go to trial .Man stabbed, assaulted by group of 20 in Jersey City: police .

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