Community

A non-profit that was launched to help businesses in the Mile Square City cope with the financial impact of coronavirus is having their third digital fundraiser later this week with Yo La Tengo headlining the festivities.

Jersey City restaurants and volunteers organized as fast as you can say bon appetit to feed the community’s seniors affected by Coronavirus social distancing.

The Immigrants Memorial Monument by sculptor Camilo Satiro is in the Ironbound at the corner of Ferry Street and Edison Place.

A McGinley Square block party is planned for Saturday. But there’s a catch. Before the party, volunteers are asked to spend an hour cleaning up and beautifying Bergen Avenue between Montgomery Street and Duncan Avenue.

The evening fundraiser will be held at the Kolo Klub and proceeds will go toward a community center and housing for veterans.

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

About 20 residents, business owners and a few politicians spoke out at last night’s Special Council meeting about a proposal that would repeal Hoboken’s “500-foot rule” and while the majority went on record saying they didn’t want the regulation repealed, many seemed open to at least some changes in the law.

A private developer filed an application to build a new 30,000-square-foot firing range for one of the state’s largest police departments.

Employing the same successful model used at New City Kids’ three existing sites, the new center will serve an additional 60 children and provide employment for 20 more high school students.

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