Jersey City Magazine
PHOTOS BY ALVARO CORZO
THE STUDIO JCM

Carole Feuerman
Are They For Real?

When you enter Carole Feuerman’s gallery at Mana Contemporary, where she’s an artist-in- residence, you’ll spot an attractive, bearded man seated at a long reception desk. You’ll be struck by the ...
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Photos by Pamela Hepburn
A Dog’s Life
A hidden danger lurks in Jersey City’s vacant lots and industrial wastelands

Sunday, Oct. 21, was a golden, warm fall day. Longtime Jersey City resident Pam Hepburn took her black Lab, Duke, on his usual walk. They live in Hamilton Park and love to venture into the vestigi...
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PHOTOS BY TERRI SAULINO BISH NAD ALYSSA BREDIN
PEOPLE POWER JCM

Over the Rainbow
Hudson Pride has a new executive director

Back in the day, gay people found one another through a kind of underground GPS. Word would get around that there was a party at a private home, and when you arrived, the place would be packed. It...
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Sylvio "Marujo" Bastos - Photo by Terri Saulino Bish
Tower of Babel
That melodious cacophony? It’s Jersey City talking

Jersey City is a bastion of diversity, as anyone in City Hall will tell you. We’re home to more than 65 languages, and that doesn’t even include unofficially spoken ones. My Eritrean-born neighbo...
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1948 Ford coupe in a junk yard at the corner of Sip and 440 PHOTOS BY VICTOR M. RODRIGUEZ
JC’s Jalopies
Our town has its own brand of antique cars

When you hear the term “antique car,” you usually think of a finely restored Rolls or Mercedes, or Caddie. But on the back roads and byways of Jersey City, you can sometimes find old classics tha...
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PHOTOS BY TERRI SAULINO BISH AND ALYSSA BREDIN
The RV Option
Tourists in the know, know where to stay—right here in JC

If you want to traffic in clichés—and why not—you could say that it is Jersey City’s best-kept secret. In Liberty Harbor Marina at the end of Marin Boulevard, just before the ferry slip and Surf ...
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PHOTOS BY JOE KUSUMOTO/U.S. PARALYMPICS
SPORTS CORNER JCM

Ray of Hope
Homegrown athlete wins Paralympic Gold

There was a time in Ray Martin’s life when he dreamed of becoming a basketball player. Martin loved basketball and loved watching the New York Knicks. But fate wasn’t kind to Ray. He wasn’t ever ...
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Club Barks - Maria and Steve Anatro PHOTOS BY ALYSSA BREDIN
HOW WE WORK JCM
CLUB BARKS 200 Marin Blvd. (973) 812-2757 clubbarks.com One of the first things you notice about Jersey City—even if you are here only for a quick visit—is that we are a dog-friendly town. ...
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Amber Cioffo, Jersey City Medical Center - PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN DIAZ
ON THE JOB WITH … JCM

Charge Nurses
When it comes to medical care, nurses provide calm amid the chaos

As the sun is just beginning to rise over the Hudson, and many Chilltown workers are still wiping the sleep from their eyes, Amber Cioffo is already bright-eyed and buzzing around the Cardiac Car...
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Josh Welker and Jennifer Sneddon at Liberty Humane Society with “Stretch” PHOTO BY KATE ROUNDS
POINT AND SHOOT JCM
The couple on Pine Street was terrified. They walked out of their house at about 9:30 on a November evening, only to find this 10-foot python lounging on their front porch. They ran back inside a...
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EDUCATION JCM

Digital Degrees
Online education makes the grade

“Is this for real?” I asked Stephanie, assistant admissions advisor at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). I was already skeptical of online education and surprised that someone had respond...
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PHOTOS BY KATE ROUNDS
HOODS JCM

Powerhouse Arts District
A happening community with big plans for the future

There’s so much going on in this district, and it gets so much press that we almost forgot it’s a neighborhood and not a news item. The area’s signature landmark is the iconic Powerhouse. The str...
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