Share/Save Ah, summer in Jersey City: Coco helado, farmer’s markets, Groove on Grove, films in Van Vorst Park. Standing outside Torico’s waiting and waiting for the renovations to be finished so I can get my cinnamon ice cream fix. Let’s not forget the power outages, drunk people yelling outside your open window at 2 in [...]
Share/Save When I was a kid, I heard somewhere that the original name for creatures of the papilio family was not “butterfly,” but “flutterby.” They were named for the way they moved, but somehow the name got switched around. One story says an inventor created a flying machine which he called The Flutterby, and once [...]
Share/Save Editor’s Note: Today we’re happy to roll out another new blog, City Seedling, about urban gardening in Jersey City. Enjoy! Hello Jersey Citizens, and welcome to City Seedling. My name is Emily, and I have lived and gardened in Downtown Jersey City since 2006. I used to have a little front yard, and now [...]
Share/SaveThe Hudson County Improvement Authority’s (HCIA) annual Compost Bin/Rain Barrel Sale Day is this weekend, with the agency offering deep discounts on two tried-and-true tools to go greener at your home. The HCIA is offering a Earth Machine compost bin (30 inches high and 36 inches wide) for $30 (it retails for more than $150), [...]
Share/SaveThe Learning Community Charter School (LCCS) this morning launched a new urban gardening project aimed at increasing awareness of healthy eating and educating its students about environmental science. The Jesse’s Garden project, named for and dedicated to Jesse Nichols Jacobson, a LCCS student who passed away in 2004, is being launched in partnership with City [...]
Share/SaveJersey City today outlined what it is calling “365 Days of Green,” a plan that aims to establish the city as one of the greenest in the state and further its bid for Sustainable Jersey designation. In recent months the city has unveiled a series of ordinances, such as the revisions to the Adopt-A-Lot law [...]
Share/Save Illustration: N.I After winter overstayed its welcome, it’s refreshing to see the signs of spring starting to poke through: birds are chirping, trees are budding, grass is greening, and the worms are churning. That’s right. As we speak, worms are working overtime churning in urban gardens all over Jersey City. Despite being underpaid (or [...]
Share/Save- New York’s Sixth uses the Journal Register’s bankruptcy filing to talk about the Journal‘s possible closure and the rise of online news outlets like yours truly. See JCI’s story for a closer look at the Journal‘s prospects. The blog also reports that some of the new PATH cars made their maiden voyage last week. [...]
Share/Save- Blog city blog joins the chorus of naysayers calling Mayor Healy’s excessively optimistic State of the City a little hard to swallow. He’s also got a video clip. – Jersey City Construction has a cute photo of a crappy place for a way-finding photo. Also, get in on their poll, which you’ll find in [...]
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