The latest public meeting held on the ongoing superintendent search took place at School 11 on Friday with the prospect of a snowstorm looming. School Board Member Marvin Adames presided over the nearly two-hour forum. Two of the three board members on the ad-hoc search committee, chairwoman Carol Lester and Carol Harrison-Arnold, were present and [...]
The weather finally allowed the 2011 Hudson Pride Festival and Parade to go off without a hitch this Sunday in Jersey City. Hundreds turned out for the annual festival, which was initially scheduled for late August but canceled as the city prepared for the onslaught of Hurricane Irene. The theme of this year’s festival — [...]
Scores of Filipino-Americans and other interested parties turned out on Sunday for the 33rd annual Santacruzan procession and subsequent street fair in Downtown Jersey City. The festivities, which also included a mass at St. Mary’s Church on 2nd Street, were organized by the Catholic Action of Mary and the Pan-American Concerned Citizens Action League.
To view larger, click on photos for slideshow On Sunday April 3, players, parents, coaches and a handful of elected officials kicked off the 40th season of the Roberto Clemente Little League of Jersey City by marching from City Hall to the Roberto Clemente field, located in Enos Jones Park in Downtown Jersey City. The [...]
At rush hour on Tuesday morning, a tractor truck hauling bails of recyclables got stuck under the train bridge on Marin Boulevard and 18th Street in Jersey City, at the Hoboken border.
There was a fifin’ and a drummin’ as the Paulus Hook neighborhood came out last night to commemorate the anniversary of 1779′s Battle of Paulus Hook, the Revolutionary War battle in which Major Light Horse Harry Lee led revolutionary soldiers on a night assault on the British-controlled fort, taking 158 prisoners in their efforts.
The weather cooperated on Saturday for the India Day Parade, the annual celebration of Indian independence. This year’s parade, which attracted community leaders and elected officials of all stripes, commenced after 11 am from Mosquito Park (aka Leonard Gordon Park), and proceeded in fits and starts south on Kennedy Boulevard to Newark Avenue’s India Square [...]
Performers and vendors representing the highland cultures of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Eduador, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay gathered at New Jersey City University Sunday, June 6 for the 16th annual Festival of the Andes.
Veterans and others turned out on Monday, May 31 to celebrate the second annual “Honoring Our Heroes” Memorial Day ceremony at the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery. The ceremony included a musical program, as well as speeches by dignitaries, special guests and elected officials like Council President Peter Brennan, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop [...]
At tonight’s Board of Education re-organization meeting, the newly elected Carol Lester and Sterling Waterman were officially sworn in and took office. Angel Valentin, who won re-election last week, was also sworn in to another term, and William DeRosa was re-elected as the board’s president.
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