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• St. Patrick's committee meets tonight

  Published: August 16, 2007, 9:20 am

  Tags: Jersey City

  The Jersey City St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee will hold a general membership meeting today at 7 p.m. at the Astor Bar, 725 Montgomery St. The agenda includes planning and discussion of the Irish Festival on Sept. 29. New...

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• 'Fake' tickets mean cuffs for parking authority worker

  Published: August 20, 2007, 6:11 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  A Jersey City parking enforcement officer was towed out of the agency's headquarters in handcuffs after cops say he wrote at least 100 fake tickets. Luis Bonilla, 30, of Brunswick Street, has been charged with second-degree charges of official misconduct,...

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• Baby found dead in Downtown Jersey City

  Published: August 20, 2007, 7:32 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  A 2-year-old girl was found dead in the bathtub of a Downtown Jersey City condo today and investigators have labeled it suspicious, officials said. Mae Wolfson was found dead in the bathtub of her father's condo at the Pier House...

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• City Council supports zoning changes

  Published: August 22, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  Responding to complaints from Jersey City residents about building code violations, the City Council yesterday introduced amendments to the city's construction requirements in Ward F. The measure would increase the required lot size, minimum front yard setback and building...

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• Police trying to identify body found in Hudson River

  Published: August 23, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Jersey City

  The State Police have released a sketch of a man found floating in the Hudson River off Downtown Jersey City nearly four months ago, and are asking for the public's help in identifying him. Police said the man was...

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• Patients: Health clinic has no doctors

  Published: August 23, 2007, 3:24 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  A Jersey City health care clinic was apparently missing a critical element today -- doctors. Two callers told The Jersey Journal no doctors were in at the Metropolitan Family Health Network, at 935 Garfield Ave....

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• Fifth arrest in murder of Jersey City mom

  Published: August 24, 2007, 6:39 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  A Hoboken detective's good eye led to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with the January murder of a Jersey City mom, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said today. DeFazio said Matthew Lee, 20, of Harrison Street...

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• Cops nab 'serial car burglar'

  Published: August 24, 2007, 7:12 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  Jersey City police have nabbed a homeless man accused of being a serial car burglar operating in Downtown neighborhoods, reports said. Plainclothes officers collared Jose Concepcion, 25, around 3 a.m. yesterday as he was as he rummaging through a...

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• Jersey City picks team to oversee development

  Published: August 26, 2007, 3:04 pm

  Tags: Jersey City, Real Estate

  The state has "call before you dig"; Jersey City now has "visit before you build." Jersey Mayor Jerramiah Healy has announced the creation of the Smart Development Interdepartmental Team (SDIT), which will be responsible for coordinating and tracking development projects...

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• Report: Trucker had been dead for days

  Published: August 26, 2007, 2:57 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  The 50-year-old trucker who had been bound with duct tape and then stabbed multiple times had likely died several days before he was discovered Friday, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said. The man -- who was initially identified as Arnaldo...

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• Polish Festival today in Jersey City

  Published: August 26, 2007, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  The Jersey City Polish Festival is going on right now, until 7 p.m., at the intersection of Grand and Sussex streets in the historic Downtown section of Jersey City. There's Polish food, music, beer, dancing and music. Admission is free....

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• NAACP meeting tomorrow

  Published: August 27, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Jersey City

  The Jersey City branch of the NAACP will hold its general membership meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. at St. Michael's Methodist Church, 37 Virginia Ave. For more information, call (848) 248-8328....

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• Police community relations meeting tomorrow

  Published: August 28, 2007, 9:06 am

  Tags: Jersey City

  The Jersey City Police Department's West District Community Relations Unit, along with Partners in Prevention, will host a town meeting tomorrow at 6 p.m. at 654 Bergen Ave., first floor. For more information, call (201) 918-7676....

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• 'Wolf pack' victim still recovering after brutal beating

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  A 60-year-old Jersey City is still recovering in the hospital today after he was brutally beaten over the weekend by five boys. "I pray he's going to be OK," the sister of Robert Wilkinson, who asked that her name...

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• Cops going door-to-door to find 'wolfpack'

  Published: August 29, 2007, 5:29 pm

  Tags: Jersey City

  Jersey City police are going door-to-door in an all-out effort to find the teen "wolfpack'' who severely beat a 60-year-old man as he was walking home from shopping Saturday morning, cops told The Jersey Journal today. "We hope with the...

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