Woman Struck by Train at Grove Street PATH Station: Early this morning, the fear of every commuter was realized as reports came in of a woman caught beneath a train at the Grove Street PATH Station. School Bus/SUV Collision in Front of Jersey City City Hall Sends Schoolchildren to the Hospital: A collision between a [...]
Jersey City City Council Moves to Strip Council President of his Title; Mayor Vows to Veto: A sharply divided Jersey City City Council moved to strip Councilman-at-Large Peter Brennan of his council president title at last night’s council meeting, an action that city attorneys have called “illegal” and one that Mayor Jerramiah Healy has vowed [...]
Jersey City Neighborhood Associations Form “Community Oversight Board” to Monitor Christ Hospital Sale: Save Christ Hospital, a grassroots Jersey City effort that is trying to bring more transparency to the potential sale of the hospital, has formed a community oversight board to “represent ordinary citizens of Hudson County in the plans to sell this important [...]
More Jersey City Men Charged in Mall Stabbing: Two more Jersey City men have been charged in the case of a man police say was stabbed seven times by a fellow Christmas shopper while he waited in line to buy the coveted new Nike Air Jordan sneakers at the Newport Centre Mall on December 22. [...]
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by our media partner NJ Spotlight. First proposed by Gov. Chris Christie and since taken up by South Jersey Democrats, a plan that would open up select public schools to nonprofit or even some limited for-profit management appears poised for passage in the final days of the legislature’s [...]
Incidents of Violence, Vandalism Declining in Jersey City Schools: The New Jersey Department of Education’s yearly report tracking incidents of violence and vandalism in schools shows a modest decline both statewide and in Jersey City specifically. Jersey City Gay Couple Fights for Custody of Twin Girls: A Hudson County Superior Court judge last week awarded [...]
Jersey City Collects 15,000 Coats for the Homeless: Roughly 15,000 coats were collected in Jersey City as part of a statewide effort to collect 50,000 coat donations through the nonprofit Jersey Cares. Jersey City’s First Female Firefighter Promoted to Captain: Among 21 JCFD firefighters promoted to Capetian last weekwas Capt. Constance Zappella, the city’s first [...]
School reform is a hot topic in New Jersey politics right now with five bills addressing that issue pending in the Statehouse. The statewide organization Better Education for Kids (B4K) held its fist community meeting in Jersey City last month, gathering a small group in the back room at Zepplin Hall in Downtown Jersey City to discuss reform issues.
The Jersey City Board of Education yesterday announced its choice of associate superintendent Franklin Walker to head the district as interim superintendent starting Jan. 1, until a permanent replacement for outgoing superintendent Charles Epps is found.
Yesterday, it was a rally in opposition to the proposed Opportunity Scholarship Act, although the sparse crowd in the Jersey City school auditorium made it more a polite gathering than a protest. Today, advocates of the controversial tuition tax credit bill boast they will have 2,000 people on the Statehouse steps.
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