Jersey City Times

When Colin Egan arrived at the Newport Centre mall late Friday afternoon to return an item to Amazon at Kohl’s, he was surprised to find everything closed.

I remember my first visit to the Danforth School, where our eldest would soon begin pre-K. The building’s over a century old, with no playground. Classrooms are difficult to heat and cool. But the beauty of the halls and classrooms struck me, particularly the well-organized play areas and the colorful decorations handcrafted by teachers and students. Teachers, bus drivers, se...

Developers, large and small, be warned: What wire hangers were to the late actress Joan Crawford, vinyl siding is to the Jersey City Planning Board. No matter how worthy the project, do not show a rendering with vinyl siding. Martin Moreno learned this the hard way when he presented to the board last week a fairly straightforward, as-of-right redevelopment of the two-family h...

ASCEND Academy, a local teen-led nonprofit that provides free test-preparation tutoring and other academic programming, is seeking registrants for its fall PSAT 8/9 prep course geared toward younger and underserved students.