The Jersey City Independent"

Solar power is helping one Jersey City family reduce pollution while saving some cash.
“I was getting frustrated with my utility bills,” says Adam Szpala, a self-employed contractor in the construction industry who built the house himself. He grew up in Jersey City and went to school five blocks from where he now lives.

“You can get mad and scream, but it’s not going to change anything,” he says. “This was the only way for me to combat that.”

Frank Lancellotti’s library book is 54 years overdue.
The Brick Township man seems to feel genuine remorse over this, and plans to return the book, a Spanish dictionary, in time for the Jersey City Free Public Library’s upcoming two weeks of fine amnesty.
The fine on the book by now would be around $2,000 — or twice [...]

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Once the pews were removed and taken away, there was one thing left to do: throw a party.
As the 1980s were drawing to a close, a dedicated group was completing a five-year renovation of Grace Church Van Vorst at 39 Erie St. Taking out the pews meant a wide stretch of floor [...]

The lights at Saint Peter’s College will soon be powered by windmills.
The electricity purchased for all buildings on campus will be 100 percent renewable wind energy for at least one year starting Jan. 1, school officials said this week.
The college is delivering on a promise it made last year when President Eugene Cornacchia signed the [...]