Rose will deliver his optimistic message in person on August 14, when he’ll headline the fourth annual Fringe Fest Equality Rocks Spectacular at the Jersey City Pride celebration in Van Vorst Park.

https://jcitytimes.com/jersey-citys-fe ... le-performs-this-weekend/

New Jersey Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck has released the names of New Jersey police officers who committed “major disciplinary violations” between June 15, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Included among the 211 named individuals are seven officers from Jersey City.

https://jcitytimes.com/attorney-genera ... o-faced-major-discipline/

With the Covid-19 “Delta” variant spreading throughout the population and in light of new CDC guidance, on Friday, Governor Murphy issued an executive order requiring staff, students and visitors to “all public, private, and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools” to wear face masks when indoors. There are, however, exceptions.

https://jcitytimes.com/here-are-the-ex ... phys-school-mask-mandate/

Recently, we sat down to chat with community activist and union representative Joel Brooks, covering everything from rent control to socialism.

https://jcitytimes.com/ward-b-city-cou ... joel-brooks-an-interview/

A Jersey City woman has been arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated after running a red light, driving onto the sidewalk and injuring three people.

https://jcitytimes.com/woman-arrested- ... itting-three-pedestrians/

Governor Phil Murphy cut the proverbial ribbon today on Cinelease Studios at Caven Point in Jersey City. It is the largest film studio in New Jersey and the first purpose-built facility of its kind in the state.

https://jcitytimes.com/a-movie-studio-opens-in-jersey-city/

In a city of renters, rents are unaffordable for nearly half of Jersey City residents.

https://jcitytimes.com/op-ed-citys-aff ... cies-arent-nearly-enough/

Authorities have charged two men in the May 21 mass shooting in Bergen Hill. The shooting, which took place on the corner of Crescent Avenue and Brinkerhoff Street, across from Lincoln High School, left two men dead and four other people injured.

https://jcitytimes.com/two-men-charged-in-mays-mass-shooting/

Yesterday, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law new eviction protections for tenants who were directly impacted by the pandemic.

https://jcitytimes.com/new-protections ... ts-what-you-need-to-know/

Authorities have identified the victim in last night's fatal shooting.

https://jcitytimes.com/triangle-park-shooting-victim-identified/

Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Greenville.

https://jcitytimes.com/authorities-investigating-fatal-shooting/

Authorities have arrested a 21-year-old Jersey City man and charged him in several sexual assaults.

https://jcitytimes.com/21-year-old-jer ... -sexual-assault-of-minor/

The Jersey City public high school to obtain the highest vaccination rate will get a free trip to Summer Jam, according to an announcement by Mayor Fulop this morning. Not to be left out, parents who bring their teens in will get a $50 gift certificate to Shoprite.

https://jcitytimes.com/mayor-flop-anno ... o-spur-teen-vaccinations/

According to the latest data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), fully vaccinated residents of Hudson County should be wearing masks in “public indoor settings.”

https://jcitytimes.com/cdc-recommends- ... ettings-in-hudson-county/

Mayor Fulop and the Jersey City Public Library Board have announced the appointment of Terry B. Hill as director of The Jersey City Free Public Library.

https://jcitytimes.com/new-library-dir ... departure-of-predecessor/

Authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a man wanted in connection with the killing of Felicia Stewart, a 30 year-old mother of four, early Tuesday morning.

https://jcitytimes.com/authorities-see ... illing-of-mother-of-four/

Property tax abatements will cost local government $108 million this year in lost revenue according to an analysis by Brigid D’Souza, an assistant professor of accounting and taxation at St. Peter’s University, raising an old debate about the use of abatements to spur redevelopment.

https://jcitytimes.com/a-new-study-rev ... -property-tax-abatements/

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit has charged a 32-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman in the shooting death of 26-year-old Raquan Bass.

https://jcitytimes.com/two-charged-in- ... year-old-on-grant-avenue/

A woman attending an early morning vigil for a man killed in a shooting this weekend was herself fatally wounded when shots were fired into the group.

https://jcitytimes.com/woman-shot-and- ... igil-for-shooting-victim/

Authorities are seeking the public’s help finding a man wanted in connection with multiple sexual assaults.

https://jcitytimes.com/authorities-see ... ged-with-sexual-assaults/

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit has charged a 55-year-old Jersey City man in the stabbing death of an unidentified adult male who was found dead in the area of Cambridge Avenue in Jersey City just after 10:00 p.m. last night.

https://jcitytimes.com/55-year-old-man ... n-fatal-heights-stabbing/

With opposition growing daily, Mayor Fulop appears to be reversing his controversial decision to shift to individual homeowners the cost of trash pickup, a cost previously shouldered by the city.

https://jcitytimes.com/the-mayor-blinks-on-trash-fees/

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed this morning near Grant Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive.

https://jcitytimes.com/26-year-old-man-gunned-down-in-greenville/

After more than a year’s hiatus due to Covid-19, this September Jersey City-based North River Sing Community Chorus will spring back to life with auditions in August and September, in-person rehearsals for fully vaccinated members, and a new slew of its signature Broadway and jazz standard songs.

https://jcitytimes.com/north-river-sin ... tions-resume-programming/

The long and winding march to restore Loew’s Jersey theater in Journal Square took a step forward this week as the city’s Historic Preservation Commission conditionally approved the $72 million restoration job slated to be performed DAE Entertainment 1 Entity LLC.

https://jcitytimes.com/changes-to-hist ... -despite-harsh-criticism/

We sat down with Oakley last week and had a wide ranging discussion covering everything from a formative experience with police brutality in Montclair to her desire to see ICE abolished.

https://jcitytimes.com/progressive-con ... mani-oakley-an-interview/

A backpack belonging to the occupant of a car stopped by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force has yielded a large quantity of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine or heroin.

https://jcitytimes.com/jersey-city-veh ... s-in-major-fentanyl-bust/

Downtown residents wondering what will become of the retail spaces along Grove Street formerly occupied by Subway, GNC, NJ.com and Remax, now have an answer.

https://jcitytimes.com/mystery-of-boar ... eet-retail-spaces-solved/

This month we’re thrilled to be speaking with Steve Kaplan, member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic fencing team and founder and owner of Cobra Fencing Club in Jersey City.

https://jcitytimes.com/steve-kaplan-jersey-citys-olympic-fencer/

A Jersey City man has been arrested in connection with the possession and distribution of child pornography.

https://jcitytimes.com/sex-offender-ar ... rnography-over-instagram/