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Golf course developer wants marina near Liberty State Park; some opposed
JERSEY CITY – The developer of the Liberty National Golf Course near Liberty State Park in Jersey City is looking to build a yacht marina as part of the exclusive-membership course. ...
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EXCLUSIVE IN THIS WEEKEND'S PAPERS: Public housing tenants' personal info compromised, but agency won't say why
GUTTENBERG AND BEYOND — Residents of Guttenberg’s subsidized public housing projects are afraid their personal information could be misused now that the Guttenberg Housing Authority...
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Provident Bank to move 160 people out of JC
But still looking for space downtown
JERSEY CITY — Provident Bank announced on Thursday it is closing its headquarters on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City, putting the building up for sale, and moving most of its corporate s...
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NB man indicted for allegedly murdering Miami cop
NORTH BERGEN AND BEYOND — According to police, a North Bergen man who had been in Hudson County Jail since a West New York arrest last year was recently indicted by a Miami grand ...
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Train tunnel through Hudson Co. could increase property values $29K
HUDSON COUNTY — Good news, residents of Hudson County’s northern towns: A train tunnel presently under construction through the area into New York City could increase property v...
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LIBRARY STRUGGLING – The Jersey City Free Public Library, with 12 branches across the city, faces more funding cuts, a situation which has library officials concerned. After library budget was cut by $500K…
May have to cut programs, lay off more workers

When lifelong Jersey City resident Daoud David Williams addressed the City Council at their July 14 meeting, he argued passionately for funding to be restored to the Community Awareness Series ( ...
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Peter Cammarano What’s changed since corruption busts a year ago?
18 have pleaded guilty, Feb. trial date set for Elwell

A trial date was set for former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and one of his political associates last week, just days before the one-year anniversary of the massive New Jersey corruption scandal ...
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ANNUAL CHALKFEST – This Thursday, July 29 (rain date Friday, July 30), the York Street Project will hold its 12th Annual ChalkFest fund raiser at Exchange Place in Jersey City from 12 to 2 p.m. Here are young participants from last year’s event. A fund-raiser and a ‘friend-raiser’
Thursday’s ‘Chalkfest’ will benefit homeless kids

You can draw in chalk on the sidewalk this week to help local homeless and low-income mothers and their children. This Thursday, July 29 (rain date Friday, July 30), the York Street Project will ...
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STUDY OF TRAFFIC – Hudson County has commissioned a “Jersey City/Hoboken Sub-regional Transportation Study” to look at the network of roads between Jersey City and Hoboken for next year, to figure out how to separate vehicular from pedestrian traffic and ease congestion. A traffic tale of two cities
Officials look at transportation issues at Jersey City/Hoboken border

Hudson County planners have commissioned a year-long study of the traffic patterns on the Jersey City-Hoboken border near Paterson Plank Road to ease congestion and to recommend how to accommodat...
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HAVING FUN OUTDOORS – The Hamilton Park Health Center and the Atrium at Hamilton Park, both located in downtown Jersey City, held a family BBQ July 14. JERSEY CITY BRIEFS
It’s official: JC furloughs start on Sept. 3 A new round of furloughs for Jersey City government employees will start on Sept. 3, meaning city workers in different departments will have to take...
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FOR THE RECORD – If Gov. Chris Christie signs recently amended legislation about government documents, taxpayers will be able to get copies of them more cheaply. Get gov’t documents – cheap!
Public records cost reduction awaits Christie’s signature

Fees for obtaining public records will be dramatically lowered if Gov. Christopher Christie signs legislation that was unanimously passed by both houses of the state legislature last month in res...
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SUPERINTENDENT’S CONTRACT – A two-year extension to the contract of Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Charles Epps (seen at the Board of Education’s May 20 public meeting) by the Jersey City school board in June is the subject of a petition drive led by City Councilman Steven Fulop aimed at reversing the decision. Epps under siege
Residents seek to overturn school superintendent’s contract extension

Councilman Steven Fulop and thousands of residents are trying to get Gov. Christopher Christie and state Commissioner of Education Bret Schundler to overturn a June 22 Board of Education vote to ...
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MAKE MY PARK – Downtown Jersey City residents Felicia Palmer (left) and Kirsten Greene (right) show their support for the city’s move toward acquisition of the Sixth Street Embankment at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. We’ll buy it, but…
Council approves $7.7M bond for railroad property

The City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday allowing Jersey City to issue $7.7 million in bonds to buy an old railroad embankment, but its owner has refused to agree to the price. Preservati...
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CUTS – Seven parades and 14 festivals are celebrated in Jersey City each year, many by ethnic groups. But the city has slashed funding for them by 80 percent in most cases. Rain on their parades
Organizers of outdoor celebrations suffer from funding cuts

Another summer for Jersey City residents means another opportunity to partake of the various parades and festivals on the cultural calendar. But city budget cuts have diminished the funding for e...
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SHAKESPEARE UPCOMING – Bjorn Pederson (center right), Monica O’Malley (center left), Noelle Fair (left), and Jon Ciccarelli (right) are among the performers who are part of the Hudson Shakespeare Company. The group will present a production of “Much Ado About Nothing” on July 19 in Hoboken and “The Tempest” on Aug. 2 and 9, also in Hoboken, and on Aug. 20 in Jersey City. Much ado about Shakespeare
Hudson theater group has shows through rest of summer

William Shakespeare, history’s preeminent playwright, has gotten the Hudson County treatment every year for the past 19 years. The Hudson Shakespeare Company, with a home base at St. Mary’s High ...
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FLAG RAISING– The Jersey City West Indian Caribbean American Carnival Association held a flag raising at City Hall on July 7 in conjunction with the upcoming West Indian parade on July 24. JERSEY CITY BRIEFS
Jersey City residents in court regarding death of disabled woman Two Jersey City women appeared in court Thursday after being arrested in connection with the death of a bedridden and mentally d...
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UNVEILING NEW DEVELOPMENT – Developer George Vallone spoke on June 21 about the company’s new Van Leer Place development project in Jersey City on Hoboken Avenue, near the Jersey City-Hoboken border. Development near the border
Holland Tunnel region slowly starts to see new activity

The area between the entrance to the Holland Tunnel and the Jersey City/Hoboken border looks like a no-man’s land, compared to the luxury developments and pricey housing further south and north o...
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