The Golden State Warriors have unveiled their Warriors Origins jersey, presented by Rakuten, which will serve as the team’s 2021-22 Classic Edition uniform. The Warriors Origins jersey is a modern-era spin on the team’s 1961-62 road uniform, the 16th and final season that the team played in Philadelphia prior to […]
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Jersey City housing developers have chance to honor historic church’s past lives | Legends & Landmarks
Editor’s note: This is the first article in “Hope in Preservation,” a special Jersey Journal series about centuries-old buildings that are currently being adaptively reused in considerate and creative ways and which stand as symbols of hope for historic preservation in Jersey City and Hudson County — an area increasingly […]
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The most tasteful yard decorations in New Jersey | Letter from your editor
We’re all adults here, right? We’ve all seen “The Sopranos” and everybody’s aware the F-bomb exists and can sometimes be an effective “sentence enhancer.” So really, the fact that Andrea Dick chose to hang flags on the fence of her Roselle Park house that say “F*^K Biden” isn’t really an […]
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Biden plans huge boost for wind farms along the Jersey Shore to generate power
Top officials in President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday that shallow waters between New Jersey’s coastline and Long Island could house future offshore wind farms and the federal government would begin developing an environmental impact statement for the Ocean Wind offshore wind project. The twin steps were among the actions […]
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Celebrate New Jersey Makers Day March 13 – 20
Join Piscataway Public Library from March 13th to March 20th to celebrate New Jersey Makers Day with a variety of events to participate in virtually! Whether you want to enhance your STEM, crafting, or manufacturing skills, the NJ Maker’s Day […]
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So many hopes, dreams in LSP discussions | Jersey Journal editorial
After a public hearing and three public breakout sessions – and with surveys seeking community input still being done – the state Department of Environmental Protection has a lot to consider as it continues working on the restoration plan for Liberty State Park’s “interior.’’ A number of positives have come […]
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Vaccinating smokers put too many people on line with seniors; Active rec in Liberty State Park mustn’t harm restoration; Topsy-turvy world in Jersey City politics | Letters
State must rethink vax plan I have read with great interest the opinion piece in The Jersey Journal (“Vaccine rollout a massive failure for seniors”; Jan. 29) and agree with everything written in the article. It was spot on, as were the letters by senior citizens relating the problems in securing […]
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PlayUp to do mobile sports betting for New Jersey racetrack
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey horse racing track is making its move to catch up with the pack in the state’s hot sports betting market. Freehold Raceway, which began taking in-person sports bets in October, has signed a deal with PlayUp, an Australian online sports betting company, to […]
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Meet the artists behind some of your favorite recruiting, NBA, NFL draft Photoshop memes and jersey swaps
4:48 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com On social media, you don’t have to look long for an edited photo of James Harden in a Miami Heat uniform. Or, scroll a bit further and see a graphic announcing a scholarship offer for a recruit to Alabama or USC. Or follow every Sunday […]
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New Jersey Starts $190 Million Makeover of Newark Penn Station
NJ Transit has begun a $190 million renovation and modernization of its transportation hub in New Jersey’s largest city, Newark. About 50,000 riders on rail, buses, PATH and light-rail systems passed each weekday through the gloomy spaces of Newark Penn Station before the pandemic, making it among the region’s busiest […]
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This Jersey Shore town disappeared from the map, and no one really misses it
This story originally published July 2019. This article is part of “Unknown New Jersey,” an ongoing series that highlights interesting and little-known stories about our past, present, and future — all the unusual things that make our great state what is it. Got a story to pitch? Email it to […]
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Wild unveils Reverse Retro Jersey for 2020-21 season
ST. PAUL — The National Hockey League (NHL) and adidas today unveiled the adidas Reverse Retro ADIZERO Authentic jerseys for all 31 NHL teams, including the Minnesota Wild, marking the first time in League history that all 31 teams have participated in a League-wide alternate jersey program. The Minnesota Wild […]
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NHL jersey launch creates buzz with season 6-plus weeks away
This undated photo provided by Adidas shows the Colorado Avalanche’s newest NHL hockey jersey featuring the logo and design of the Quebec Nordiques, which the team was known as until moving to Denver in 1995. The NHL and Adidas on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, unveiled a “Reverse Retro” jersey for […]
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Jersey City remembers road traffic victims in city-wide vigil
JERSEY CITY — Seven years ago, Stephen A. Clifford had his life cut short after being struck by a pickup truck driven by an off-duty officer at Kennedy Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue. The officer was acquitted of all counts in the fatal crash. Clifford was only 24 years old. Sunday […]
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Kooper Peacock helps seal Jersey Shore’s PIAA Class AAAA quarterfinal win against Crestwood | News, Sports, Jobs
MARK NANCE/Sun-Gazette Jersey Shore’s Branden Wheary dives against Crestwood during Friday’s PIAA Class AAAA quarterfinal game. The Bulldogs won, 26-14, to advance to the state semifinals for the second consecutive season. CRESTWOOD — Seconds after intercepting his second pass, Kooper Peacock raised his right arm and held the football high […]
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Dallas Stars unveil new black and neon green alternate jersey
Stars fans have their wish. A black jersey is back. For the first time since the Stars redesigned their entire brand in 2013, the team will wear a black jersey, as it unveiled an alternate design Wednesday morning dubbed its Blackout jersey. In addition to being black, the jersey deviates […]
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Critical time for state to heed diversity of opinions on LSP | Jersey Journal editorial
Jersey City Council President Joyce Watterman hit the nail on the head during last week’s virtual public hearing on plans to restore and open 234 acres of Liberty State Park’s interior section. “You have a task before you,” she sympathetically told officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection, which […]
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Holding Big Oil accountable; Protect Liberty State Park; Jersey City council got housing ordinance right | Letters
Momentum rising against Big Oil Ed Potosnak is right (“More NJ cities should follow Hoboken’s lead, sue Big Oil”). ExxonMobil and other Big Oil companies deserve to be held accountable for misleading the public for decades about the climate change damages they knew their products would cause. However, he understated […]
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Jersey City Council has plan to flush away filthy port-a-johns
Jersey City residents may not have to “just hold it” when they pass a portable toilet in the future. The City Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday that will establish maintenance and cleaning standards for portable lavatories, flushing away unkempt porta-johns around the city. The legislation would require portale toilets to […]