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“Shocked” and “offended,” William Colgan, the managing partner of Community Healthcare Associates, emphatically denied a charge by Christ Hospital’s Board Chairman Geoff Curtiss that CHA was unprepared to follow through with their bid. Colgan says CHA contacted Christ Hospital immediately after the deal with Prime had “fallen apart, which was literally a couple days ago,” [...]

The longstanding Saturday morning tradition of kids hovering around the television to watch cartoons wasn’t the case at the Shurin household, where Michael Shurin – aspiring Republican candidate for Congress and Jersey City resident – instead spent his childhood mornings absorbed in charged political discourse. For Shurin, it was Meet the Press and the McLaughlin [...]

After months of assuring Jersey City residents that Horizon Health Center is fully able to provide the equivalent STD prevention and tracking services as the city-operated Preventive Medicine Clinic, Horizon has backed away from the contract after New Jersey Primary Care Association, a group representing 20 Federally Qualified Health Centers in the state, sued the [...]

Bar LITM (140 Newark Ave) will be holding an opening reception for Darin DeField’s “Afrocentricity,” an exhibition of mixed media collage that explores race, gender, sexuality, and identity, on Tuesday, February 7th, from 6pm-8pm. One of Jersey City’s most influential artists, DeField’s work has appeared in both public galleries and private collections such as the [...]

The Jersey City Fire Department will add approximately $1 million of life-saving gear – both for firefighters and potential victims – thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The grant will go towards ”turnout gear,” which is protective firefighting safety gear, as well as thermal imaging cameras that are used to [...]

Jersey City Man Found Guilty of Strangling Ex-Girlfriend’s Daughter and then Setting Room on Fire: A Jersey City man charged with strangling his ex-girlfriend’s daughter and torching her Stevens Avenue home to hide the crime was found guilty of murder yesterday afternoon. Hudson County Feeding the Rental Appetite: Hudson County rules the rental housing market [...]

A bill under discussion in Trenton would soon prohibit New Jersey politicians from using cell phones during public meetings – a complaint often levied at City Council members and that almost prompted a similar law at the municipality-level. The bill, according to its sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, would update the “Sunshine Law” to [...]

The Community Awareness Series will host a night of ‘Jazz-O-Etry’ featuring the David Robinson-Richard Banks Jazz Band and the spoken word performance of Michael Goines, Sr. at the Miller Branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library on Saturday, February 11th at 8 pm. Saxophonist David Robinson and pianist Richard Banks will be leading the [...]

Following Prime Healthcare’s decision to withdraw a bid for non-profit Christ Hospital, and unconvinced that other bidders are in fact in a position to purchase the struggling hospital, Christ Hospital’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved authorizing filing Chapter 11 reorganization “if necessary.” The flexibility of reorganization would “ensure that Christ Hospital continues to serve the [...]

Joanne Smith, the volunteer coordinator for Hudson County’s Point-In-Time census count, is an old hand at the 24-hour census count of Hudson County’s homeless population, and it’s an experience that’s stuck with her in large part because of how “daunting” the experience is.