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Epps still running for council
JERSEY CITY – Ward A City Council candidate Charles Epps Jr. said he plans to continue his campaign and participate in the upcoming runoff election, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, June 11. Fo...
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GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT -- Most of Hoboken was without power for at least a week during Hurricane Sandy.
Hoboken mom shares social media expertise in NYC, touts Hoboken
HOBOKEN -- Hoboken mom blogger and businesswoman Kathy Zucker spoke to an audience at Columbia Journalism School on May 16 about getting the word out via social media during Hurricane Sandy. Sh...
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Bayonne gives notice to 21 teachers
BAYONNE -- Twenty-one untenured teachers received notices with their May 16 paychecks that their contract will not be renewed for September due to a possible loss of $1 million federal funding, ...
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Authorities seek witnesses, info in shooting death of boy who was dribbling basketball
JERSEY CITY – Jersey City police are investigating the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy Friday night who was allegedly gunned down on Rutgers Avenue, according to NJ.com. According to the web...
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Charles Kiva Krieger was one of Jersey City's Jewish mayors. (He wasn't the one who owned a candy company and was charged with fraud, though).
Fulop isn't Jersey City's first Jewish mayor - there was the infamous rock candy maker, and another...
JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND -- Early last week, sources speculated that if Steve Fulop won Jersey City's election, he'd be the city's first Jewish mayor. This milestone would signal a trend, as neighbor...
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Hoboken postal worker during the rains and flooding of May 9, 2013.
Showers predicted on and off all week...but sun returns for Memorial Day weekend
HUDSON COUNTY -- The local Accuweather forecast for this week is rain, rain, rain, rain, and rain -- but then, sunshine emerges for Memorial Day weekend. For each day, Monday through Friday, at lea...
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Painting of nude Bea Arthur, done in Hoboken, sells for $1.9 M
HOBOKEN AND BEYOND -- A painting entitled “Bea Arthur Naked,” which depicts artist John Currin’s vision of how the “Golden Girls” star might appear without clothing, sold for $1.9 million to an ...
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Three JC council candidates may concede rather than face runoff...but they must sue to have names kept off ballot
JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND – On Monday the Office of the City Clerk will draw ballot positions for the June 11 runoff election for eight of the nine council wards. Some candidates whose names are ex...
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Will New Jersey raise smoking age to 21?
HOBOKEN AND BEYOND -- Hoboken-based Assemblyman Ruben Ramos plans to sponsor legislation in the state Assembly to move the age of buying tobacco products from 19 to 21. He joined lawmakers in Ne...
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Special ed teacher charged with theft
BAYONNE -- Ann Marie Ubl, 42, a special education teacher for 17 years, has been charged with multiple counts of theft as a result of police investigation, according to a release issued by the Ba...
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N.J. authority expected to OK American Dream plan to add indoor amusement, water parks
MEADOWLANDS -- According to an article in the Record on Thursday, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is expected to sign off tomorrow on a developer's plan to add water parks and i...
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Jersey City Medical Center signs agreement to become member of Barnabas Health system
JERSEY CITY -- Barnabas Health and Jersey City Medical Center signed an agreement Thursday morning for Jersey City Medical Center to become a member of the Barnabas Health system. Barnabas Hea...
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