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Jersey City’s National Guard Armory will once again host an Urban Conflict Championship (UCC) mixed martial arts (MMA) fight this Friday with “UCC 3: Renegades.”
The main event will be a featherweight matchup between Ryan “Are You Ready?” Roberts (13-9) and Team BombSquad’s Anthony Leone (8-1). Roberts fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in early 2008, [...]

More bad news for New Jersey’s largest newspaper is coming from Newark today, as the Star-Ledger’s publisher says it must continue to shed staff as advertising revenue keeps waning.
In a memo sent to employees today (see below), Ledger publisher Richard Vezza says the paper sits “at a very precarious point” and will once again offer [...]

The Independent has learned that Dominick Pandolfo, who has been Mayor Healy’s chief of staff for three years, will resign from his post at the end of this week.

If you walked down Grove Street in Downtown Jersey City over the weekend, you may have noticed a new establishment on the east side of the street just north of the PATH plaza. But the “new” workout studio, Maximum Motion Fitness, isn’t really new at all — it has just moved to 340 Grove St. [...]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will close one lane of Pulaski Skyway each weekday night for approximately eight weeks beginning tonight. The lane closures are part of ongoing repairs to the aging motorway span, and will occur Monday through Friday, from 10 pm to 5 am the next day.
The lane closures will [...]

The folks behind the Jersey Doesn’t Stink! advocacy campaign yesterday announced that the video made by Jersey City’s Salvatore Salpietro — “Where Could This Be? Jersey City” — was one of two winners of its “Awesome Jersey” video contest.
As we first reported a few weeks ago, the new Jersey City resident made the video just [...]

Image: National Weather Service
With Hurricane Earl expected to pass east of our region late today, the National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Hudson County.
Forecasters are calling for periods of rain or rain squalls, along with gusty winds, this afternoon into this evening. Flooding could occur in low-lying areas of Jersey [...]

The latest turn in the ongoing fight over the future of Downtown Jersey City’s 6th Street Embankment began last night at a hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), as developer Steve Hyman makes another attempt to tear down the elevated rail line.
The initial applications for Certificates of Appropriateness and Certificates of Economic Hardship [...]

Despite a loss of about $12 million in revenues and program cuts, those managing programs inside Jersey City’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) say they are forging ahead, doing the best they can in keeping areas viable for businesses.

Organizers of the back-to-school book bag and school supply drive say they served “over 5,000″ Jersey City students last weekend, with crowds flocking to the giveaways at three Jersey City sites. And as a thank you to the many people who volunteered with and sponsored the effort, the United Way of Hudson County is hosting a Thank You BBQ on Sunday, September 12.