If there was one message that former New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow wanted to convey to the audience Friday at the Temple Beth-El’s Annual Sabbath Service in tribute to the late Martin Luther King Jr., it was the importance of being a “good neighbor.”
Following statehouse legislation requiring municipalities to better register limousines operating in the area, Jersey City has replaced their entire limousine ordinance in what city officials are calling a “public safety” effort. In a letter from Division of Commerce Director Paul Barna, he explains that Jersey City’s proximity to sensitive transportation hubs puts the city in [...]
Journal Square’s late night taxi-stand lines, coupled with expected nasty weather, has prompted Jersey City to adopt a temporary measure to allow additional taxis to operate in the evening. “Due to the approaching winter weather and frequent long lines at the Journal Square taxi stand, we are recommending to the City Council to open the [...]
The nearly month-old Occupy Jersey City movement is more subdued and better organized than it was at its start. Last night’s general assembly at Journal Square attracted a fluctuating crowd of about 40 protestors, but no police. There were no barricades and those occupying overnight were few. Those who did were outnumbered by the surrounding homeless population.
Monday’s first Occupy New Jersey general assembly at the Grove Street PATH plaza was more subdued and more productive than last week’s attempt at an occupation of the Goldman Sachs building at 30 Hudson Street, which brought out hundreds of police, private security, protestors, and media, and ended the same day with a brief march on City Hall.
As City Hall continues to weigh changes to Jersey City’s food truck law, one truck owner is expanding his business with the soft launch last week of Oriental Masala, a brick-and-mortar venture located just off of India Square’s main drag.
Nearly a quarter-century after it developed 2 Journal Square, Secaucus-based Hartz Mountain Industries has sold the nine-story office building for a cool $78 million. The 325,000 square foot building was recently sold by Hartz to Gaia Real Estate Investments in partnership with Phoenix Insurance and Menora Mivtachim Insurance, both based in Israel. 2 Journal Square [...]
One of the most significant fine art and arts-business events in years is set for this weekend in Jersey City, but it is not happening where you likely think it is. It’s not Downtown, but the industrial outskirts of Journal Square — rife with raw industrial loft space (some of which has already been refashioned [...]
The sounds of live music will return to Journal Square this summer, with six free outdoor concerts scheduled for May and June. The live music series, which was launched in 2005 and had expanded through 2009, was completely canceled last year due to the state budget’s impact on Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs). While the lineup [...]
A bill that would make it easier for mixed-use projects near transit hubs in Jersey City to get extensive tax credits was approved by both the state Assembly and state Senate earlier this month. The measure, which was sponsored by Hudson County Assemblyman Ruben Ramos and five other legislators in the two houses, would extend [...]
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