Share/Save Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, time to celebrate the past year and ring in the new. If you’re still looking for a place to get together with friends, check out some of the New Year’s happenings at these local venues: Bar Majestic is offering a $25 open bar from 8-10 pm, a $35 open [...]
Share/SaveMichele Massey Approved to Join Council: The city council last night voted unanimously to elect Mayor Jerramiah Healy’s nominee Michele Massey to the Ward F council seat vacated by Viola Richardson, who moved into an at-large post. Jackson Hill Main Street SID approved: The council also voted to approve the creation of a new Special [...]
Christ Hospital will lay off 50 full-time workers, announcing the staff reductions yesterday at a time when the not-for-profit hospital in the Jersey City Heights faces an uncertain future. A sale is pending with a controversial for-profit hospital chain; Peter A. Kelly, the president and CEO, has said the only alternative to the sale is closure.
Share/Save The margin of victory for Rolando Lavarro to secure one of the two at-large council seats contested in Tuesday’s election has thinned after mail-in and provisional ballots have been counted, but the results, which will not be certified by Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert until Monday at the earliest, keep him firmly in second [...]
Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and Rolando Lavarro looked to be winners of the at-large council seats up for grabs in today’s election, though results are not official in the close race with 95 percent of precincts reporting and mail-in ballots not yet counted.
Share/SaveWard F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and Rolando Lavarro were triumphant in today’s special election, winning the two at-large council seats up for grabs, according to results that showed 95 percent of precincts reporting but did not yet count mail-in ballots. Sue Mack placed third in the close race, with incumbents Kalimah Ahmad and Ray Velazquez, [...]
Share/SaveHudson Diversity Action Council president Walt Boraczek announced yesterday that he and the council are backing Sue Mack and Omar Perez in today’s election for two at-large city council seats rather than the incumbents, Kalimah Ahmad and Ray Velazquez. The move marks a break for Boraczek, a supporter of mayor Jerramiah Healy. When Velazquez, the [...]
Share/Save A 7-year-old boy struck by a vehicle near Hamilton Park on Halloween night was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon, according to officials. The boy was hit at Coles and 9th streets after he ran into the street from the sidewalk, according to Jersey City Police Department spokesman Lt. Edgar Martinez. He was trick-or-treating, [...]
The actor who played mob boss “Paulie” Cicero in Goodfellas is a renaissance man, spending many of his free hours molding clay into sculptures he casts in bronze, practicing classical piano, and singing. Sorvino will show off his vocal talent and training tonight and Nov. 4 when he performs in solo concerts at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre.
Share/SaveThe Jersey City Independent is looking to hire a managing editor to take over some of the day to day blogging responsibilities on the site. The position would involve daily blogging, editing and posting of stories by other writers, as well as management of our social media accounts (Twitter and Facebook). We’re looking for someone [...]
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