Community

The Mayor and Senator were among the dozens of notable Newarkers in attendance at Leadership Newark.

Taxes, lawsuits, and abatements are set to take center stage as Mayor Fulop discusses the future of Journal Square at The New JSQ Community Association monthly meeting on August 13.

Join the Journal Square Community Association and Mayor Fulop to raise money for Jersey City’s own High Line park.

Transformed. Revitalized. Gentrified. These and other adjectives have often been used to describe what’s been happening in Hoboken and Jersey City over the last two decades. But increased luxury development can also bring with it some concerns. One of those worries is how communities can still care for those less fortunate in an economic boom that tends to hide the presence of poverty. That’s where HOPES CAP comes in.

Providing a host of free services including pro-bono legal work to Hudson County residents, The Waterfront Project seeks to raise money and also honor their partnerships.

Condo owners at the nearby Mandalay on the Hudson are claiming the 1,998-unit proposal would enrich developers “at the expense of residents' safety and quality of life.”

The City of Newark has partnered with other organizations and agencies to open a shelter and bring the homeless inside out of the cold. This is the first report in an exclusive Jersey Digs series focusing on homelessness across the state.

Infrastructure improvements and more are planned for the city’s Fairmount neighborhood.

Several moves have already been made to improve crowded service along the 119 bus line and locals will have a chance to weigh in at a community meeting on the issue later tonight.

A proposed residential development in downtown Bloomfield could endanger two religious landmarks with deep roots in the local community.