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Jersey City, New Jersey is located in Hudson County. Zip codes in Jersey City, NJ include 07308, 07309, and 07311. The median home price in Jersey City is $268,200 which is roughly $277/per square foot. More Jersey City information.

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33 min ago | NJ.com

Valves blamed for water spewing from manhole covers in Hoboken

Water has been flowing out of the manhole cover under the train trestle near Harrison Street and Observer Highway and also on Observer Highway near Bloomfield Street.

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4 hrs ago | US News & World Report

How to Get Your Finances in Order Before a Divorce

Many people going through a divorce experience a combination of emotional and monetary concerns.

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8 hrs ago | NJ.com

Jersey City mayor-elect offers firm support for gun control

Fulop, 36, defeated incumbent Mayor Jerramiah Healy on Tuesday in a closely watched, fiercely contested election.

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9 hrs ago | NJ.com

Racist text messages sent to St. Peter's Prep student running in school election: cops

A student running for office in the St. Peter's Prep student government was sent racist txt messages warning him to drop out of the race.

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10 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Hudson County Science Fair winners taking home prizes from...

The top two winners in The Jersey Journal's Hudson County Science Fair are bringing home prizes from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which is being held this week in Phoenix.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Jersey City residents discuss massive Powerball jackpot: video

By the time of tomorrow's drawing, the Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to be $600 million -- larger than all but one jackpot in the Powerball's history.

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The Jersey Journal

Jersey City man shot; mother of his kids and 3 others charged, cops say

A Jersey City man was shot Thursday night and the mother of his children and three other people have been charged, Jersey City police said.

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The Jersey Journal

Obamacare changing healthcare landscape: Jersey City Medical Center becomes part of Barnabas Health

Hailed as an opportunity to better serve the Jersey City community, St. Barnabas Health System announced yesterday morning that it had reached an agreement to take over Jersey City Medical Center.

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The Jersey Journal

NJCU student artwork on the Statue of Liberty is on display at the...

An exhibit featuring the artwork of New Jersey City University students from a contest to mark the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty in 2011 opened at the Jersey City Public Library's Five Corners Branch last week.

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The Jersey Journal

Poll: Should tobacco purchase age be raised to 21?

Cristian Ayala, 18, of Jersey City takes smoke break at the Castle Point Skate Park in Hoboken on Monday, March 12, 2012.

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NJ.com

New Jersey property taxes continue to rise, albeit at slower pace, through Christie's first term

Gov. Chris Christie holds a news conference earlier this year at the Metropolitan Family Health Network in Jersey City, N.J. New Jersey's property tax bills have been rising more slowly since Chris Christie became governor, but that does not mean slow growth for what many homeowners actually have to pay, according to new data released by the state.

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The Jersey Journal

Hoboken-based website for busy mom's expands to Jersey City and beyond

The online community that operates in four towns after starting as Hoboken Mommies 24/7 last February, will soon be expanding to include Jersey City and more than a dozen other towns in Northern New Jersey, Himmelbaum announced in time for Mother's Day on Sunday.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Five men arrested for trespassing on Hoboken Housing Authority property

While looking for a suspect with an open warrant police noticed a large group of people drinking alcohol in the area Marshall Drive and Fourth Street Saturday at 2:15 a.m. Two Jersey City men were charged with criminal trespass because they had been warned and arrested numerous times for illegally being on Housing Authority property, officials ... (more)

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The Jersey Journal

Religion Notes

The Rosary Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will hold a flea market on Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., rain or shine at 99 Broadway in Jersey City.

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NJ.com

Santora: Watching Mary testify is a blessing

It was not quite the Blessed Mother I knew. But actress Fiona Shaw's Mary was blessed in all her humanness on display at the Walter Kerr Theatre where she flawlessly embodied the mother of Jesus in the iconoclastic "The Testament of Mary," by Irish playwright and author Colm Toibin.

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The Jersey Journal

Go Pro Radio offers diverse voices from Downtown Jersey City

Every Wednesday and Saturday nights, there's a party going on in downtown Jersey City, and you can hear it through your computer.

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The Jersey Journal

Jersey City man robbed while sleeping in car; Bayonne man confesses: cops

A Jersey City man was pickpocketed while sleeping at the wheel of his tan Lexus early this morning because the robber needed money "for the kids and the lights," police said.

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The Jersey Journal

Jury convicts Jersey City man of second-degree reckless manslaughter in beating death

A Jersey City man accused of beating a man so severely that he fell into a coma and died a month later was found guilty yesterday of reckless manslaughter and criminal trespass.

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The Jersey Journal

Jersey City voters will go back to polls June 11 for City Council runoffs

Keya Williams passes out fliers for mayoral candidate Steven Fulop near the firehouse located on Sip Avenue on Election Day, May 14, 2013 in Jersey City.

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The Jersey Journal

Allies of Jersey City's current mayor wounded by his loss to longtime rival

Mayor Jerramiah Healy concedes the election to Steven Fulop at his campaign headquarters on Oakland Avenue in Jersey City on election night, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, with his wife Maureen by his side.

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