Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By • Nov 30th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News

GOP Presidential Candidate Buddy Roemer Visits Made with Love: Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer was in Jersey City yesterday to meet and greet supporters at Made With Love Organic Bakery & Cafe on Jersey Avenue. Look for more from JCI later today. Jersey City Comedian Patrice O’Neal Dies at 41: Comedian, actor and radio personality [...]



Voters Want More Than Just Names in Tomorrow’s Council Race

By • Nov 7th, 2011 • Category: Featured, Politics

Seventeen candidates running for two at-large city council seats: That’s the scenario for tomorrow’s special election to fill the open citywide positions until the May 2013 municipal election. It’s the result of one of the more tumultuous periods in recent City Council history, with Mariano Vega resigning in September 2010 after he pleaded guilty to [...]



No-Shows and a New Flier Controversy at Final City Council Candidates’ Forum Ahead of Election on Tuesday

By • Nov 3rd, 2011 • Category: Featured, Politics

Five candidates for the two at-large city council seats up for grabs in Tuesday’s election did not show up to the final candidates’ forum last night, including the two incumbents, Kalimah Ahmad and Ray Velazquez. Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson, Patrick Leonard and Melissa Alexander Clark were also no-shows to the two-hour event at Ferris High School.



J CITY Theater’s ‘State of the Union’ Brings Presidential Politics to the Jersey City Stage

By • Oct 29th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured

Just in time for Tuesday’s midterm elections, J CITY Theater gets political, kicking off the largest production in its five-year history this weekend: State of the Union.



Tris McCall Talks ‘Let The Night Fall,’ Disgraced Pols and Jersey Pride

By • Dec 18th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Featured

McCall’s new “broadly autobiographical” album takes us all over New Jersey, from the Delaware Water Gap to the Staples at Newport Center. “Many of these songs were written at a time when I didn’t exactly feel welcome in my own hometown,” he says. “Since I have always had a near-religious loyalty to the place where I’m from, you could look at Let The Night Fall as a chronicle of a crisis of faith.”

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