Jersey City

Obama-Backed Mayor Loses Big

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

A New Jersey mayor backed by President Barack Obama was defeated Tuesday in his bid for a third term leading Jersey City, the state's second-largest c...

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Politician Blames His Nude Photo On Hispanic Women

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.07.2013 | Latino Voices

Latino activists protested outside Jersey City Hall Monday over a bizarre story the city’s mayor told the press last week, in which he blames uniden...

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'Ironman' Mayoral Candidate Goes For 2 Mile Polar Bear Swim

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.26.2013 | Politics

A candidate for mayor of New Jersey's second-largest city has released a new campaign ad that shows him swimming the width of the Hudson River. Je...

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Bloomberg Intervenes On Behalf Of Gun Control Ally

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.21.2013 | Politics

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has not weighed in on the race to succeed him, but he is reaching across the Hudson River to offer support to a key...

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Dem Embraces 'Un-American' Foe

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.20.2012 | Politics

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A New Jersey state assemblyman is teaming up to run for a district city council seat with a man he called "un-American" in September. Assemblyman S...

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Dem Slammed For 'Frightening' Republican Ties

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics

The former chairwoman of the New Jersey Democratic Party on Friday called on a Democratic candidate for mayor of the state's second-largest city to re...

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Sandy-Weary Hoboken Residents Criticize City Over Evacuation Warnings

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 10.31.2012 | Green

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HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Frank Quiroz and Idania Roman slogged through a waist-high mix of Hudson River water, sewage and gasoline Wednesday afternoon, hoisti...

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Building Communities, Building the Economy

Alfa Demmellash | Posted 12.11.2012 | Impact

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With unemployment high and growing fears of a double dip recession, the role of small businesses in job creation is more important than ever in this year's presidential race.

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Dem Called 'Un-American', 'One-Percenter'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics

A New Jersey Democrat is fighting back after a political rival described his recent comments against party officials as "un-American," compared him to...

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Baby Dies After Falling Three Stories During Jersey City Attack

Posted 07.31.2012 | New York

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Damien Bruno-- the three-month old baby who fell with his mother from a third story window Friday, after an alleged attack by the baby's father-- died...

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Tasting Table's Top Five Restaurants For June

Posted 07.02.2012 | New York

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This article comes to us courtesy of Tasting Table New York. Each month, HuffPost NYC joins TastingTable.com's New York editor, Tressa Eaton, to hi...

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Jersey Shore Decor: Go Inside Snooki & JWOWW's Jersey City Digs With Me!

Courtney Cachet | Posted 08.22.2012 | TV

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After Seaside Heights, Miami and Italy, I thought I had seen it all. But, then along came the home on Snooki & JWOWW. It feels like the Bronx Zoo threw up on a Forever 21.

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Martha Stewart's Family Tree

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 07.08.2012 | Celebrity

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Martha's grandfather, Frank Kostyra, owned a tavern in Jersey City. On the 4th of July 1929, two boys stuck a piece of dynamite in the foundation of the tavern, causing an explosion. It's somewhat remarkable that the building is still a tavern today.

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Me(c)ca Is Actually in Jersey City

Shai Baitel | Posted 06.30.2012 | Arts

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Because of the unparalleled cultural phenomenon of the millions of pilgrims Mecca receives every year, the city's name turned into a popular synonym that often times describe places of importance and the with power to attract groups of often like-minded people.

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Bloodshed and Sleeping Beauty -- Scottish Artist Darren Jones Exhibits at the Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 05.01.2012 | Arts

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Translating mythology into minimalism, and using motifs such as age, the undeniable passing of time, and the fading of a once passionate love, Darren Jones is showing at The Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City.

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Snooki & JWoww Spinoff Heads To Jersey City

AP | Posted 04.10.2012 | TV

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jersey City taxpayers won't be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of "Jersey Shore" and all the ...

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Is The 'Jersey Shore' Spinoff Heading To Hoboken?

Posted 01.17.2012 | TV

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Snooki and JWoww are getting ready to launch their "Jersey Shore" spinoff. Though rumor has it they're leaving Seaside Heights, the new show could sti...

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Walkable Neighborhoods Gaining Popularity -- Even in the Suburbs

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 02.05.2012 | Green

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More and more Americans want to live in these affordable and accessible neighborhoods -- and the proof is in the prices of homes in these areas.

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Jersey City Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is Worth Crossing the Hudson

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 11.20.2011 | Arts

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The Museum of Russian Art (MORA) is exhibiting two contemporary Russian/Eastern European artists right now that are taking the viewer on a stunning travel to strangely familiar places.

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Willow Tree: The Roots of Pink and Carey Hart's Baby Girl

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 08.14.2011 | Entertainment

I couldn't help but think that Pink's baby Willow was waltzing into this world with a powerful gene pool. So I decided to look into it.

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NYPD To Melt Illegal Guns Into Peace Statue

AP | By SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 08.07.2011 | New York

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Workers at a recycling plant in northern New Jersey figuratively turned guns into plowshares Tuesday, accepting more than 900 ill...

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WATCH: Titus Andronicus Make Video Tribute To New Jersey

Posted 08.06.2011 | New York

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Titus Andronicus is tired of people trashing New Jersey. So the group put together a music video for "No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future" pay...

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Five Baby Goats Found Wandering Jersey City

AP | Posted 05.31.2011 | New York

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PATERSON, N.J. -- Police have captured five goats that were wandering the streets of a gritty northern New Jersey city. Chief Animal Control Officer ...

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