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Rutgers Could Be Perfect Fit for Big 10
by Joseph Giglio
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If you have been out of town, living under a rock, or stopped paying attention to athletics at Rutgers University over the last decade, let me inform you of the biggest thing to happen to collegiat...
New Jersey Assemblyman Takes On NJSIAA
by Joseph Giglio
9 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association is in the midst of a financial war over ticket prices with a state representative. John J. Burzichelli, a Democrat, is Deputy Speaker of the sta...
Taxpayers: ‘Spread the Pain’ of Budget, Job Cuts
by Kelly Nicholaides
9 days ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite slashing 278 seasonal and low-wage jobs, trimming city vehicle use by 20 percent, closing a library and four fire stations in an effort to cut taxes, the City Council on February 24 fac...
McLeod Making Presence Felt From Bench
by Joseph Giglio
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Roshown McLeod has been a standout at every level of basketball he has ventured into during his lifetime. From his early days in Jersey City, to high school at St. Anthony’s, to the halls of Duke, ...
Beldini Convicted in Corruption Trial
by Kelly Nicholaides
22 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A jury convicted Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini on February 11th, 2010 on two of the six charges against her. The guilty verdict was for “acceptance of things of value to influence and reward,” st...
St. Peter’s Prep Star Chooses South Florida
by Joseph Giglio
29 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
On Wednesday February 3rd, South Florida’s football team added an enormous talent to their program. St. Peter’s Prep football star Jake Kaufman signed a letter of intent to attend South Florida nex...
St. Anthony Win Highlights Star Studded Day
by Joseph Giglio
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
In an afternoon that featured a number of future collegiate and professional hoop stars, the team from Jersey City made their presence felt. Sunday afternoon’s 2010 Newark Invitational Tournament b...
Residents Protest Tax Hike at City Hall
by Kelly Nicholaides
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A crowd of more than 300 people chanting “no more taxes” packed a tense City Council meeting January 27 after receiving their estimated quarterly tax bills. “We’re getting beaten up over and ...
Pirates Finally Deliver
by Joseph Giglio
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It took four years, but coach Bobby Gonzalez may finally have turned the corner with his Seton Hall Pirates. With their 64-61 victory over Pittsburgh (15-4, 5-2) on Sunday afternoon, Seton Hall (12...
Food Truck Vendors Hungry for Answers
by Kelly Nicholaides
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An undetermined amount of illegal food vendor permits were distributed under the watch of former health official Joseph Castagna, who resigned after a police investigation in August 2009. Now,...
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City Council Introduces Budget
by Kelly Nicholaides
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The City Council introduced a budget with a $190 million tax levy—up $40 million from last year—at the January 13 meeting. The budget comes on the heels of $14 million in municipal aid app...
Group to City Council: Don't Let Cemetery Die
by Kelly Nicholaides
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The historic 1831 Harsimus cemetery on 6.5 acres in Jersey City is a “national treasure” but had fallen into disrepair and neglect, according to Eileen Markenstein. The Union City resident is ...
Man Croons Over Loss of Art Deco Building
by Kelly Nicholaides
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Decked in a red sweater and black ski hat and toting an acoustic guitar, tripod and video camera, Jersey City resident Hugh Hales-Tooke approached the podium at the Dec. 16 City Council meeting...
Residents at Odds Over Proposed Pine Street Community Center
by Kelly Nicholaides
3 months ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Approximately 40 Pine Street residents gave the City Council a petition against a proposed community center on a double lot at 183 Pine Street. “It’s a great idea, but in a bad location,” said ...
City Council to Pay $4.6M for Parking Authority Site
by Kelly Nicholaides
3 months ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The city approved the purchase of a building it rents on Central Avenue in the Heights for the Parking Authority. The City Council approved the $4.6 million Bond Ordinance 09-109 for the purcha...
Man Arrested For June 8 Murder
by Kelly Nicholaides
3 months ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Jersey City resident Anthony Omar Rose, 25, was arrested November 19 and charged with the murder of Darius Burgess, 28, who was gunned down on June 8 at Cosmo DiSanto Memorial Playground at West Si...
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