UPDATE 6:10 p.m. The suspect in the social media threat made against Liberty High School has been apprehended and the lockout has been lifted, according to District 20. Tuesday will be “business as usual” for students, staff, and faculty. UPDATE at 3:23 p.m. District 20 announced the two schools remained […]
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Stakeholders excited after DEP unveils ecological restoration plans for Liberty State Park interior
Stakeholders are excited about the state Department of Environmental Protection’s plan for the ecological restoration of the Liberty State Park interior. During a virtual public meeting Thursday, the DEP unveiled a proposal to restore the vegetation and bring back multiple species native to the tidal wetlands, non-tidal wetlands, and uplands […]
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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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State offers glimpse at potential active recreation amenities in Liberty State Park
As many as 50 acres of Liberty State Park’s contaminated interior could be transformed into soccer fields and other active recreation amenities in the coming years, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday. DEP Deputy Commissioner Olivia Glenn hosted a virtual public meeting Thursday night and provided park advocates […]
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State officials unveil plan to remediate Liberty State Park’s 234-acre interior
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection unveiled its plans to remediate the contaminated interior of Liberty State Park, 234 acres of parkland that has been long fenced off from the public. David Haymes, director of the DEP’s Division of Enforcement, Technical and Financial Support, said during a public meeting […]
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Liberty State Park public meetings, web design classes, astronomy shows | Upcoming
Public meetings for Liberty State Park go virtual The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has scheduled two public meetings to provide time for in-depth discussion and feedback on the remediation of the interior section of Liberty State Park and the options for active recreation development. The virtual meeting […]
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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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Sin and Scandal at Liberty University
On May 27th, the second day of mounting national outrage over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the president of America’s largest evangelical university decided it was the perfect time to blast out a tweet featuring the crudest of racial imagery. “I was adamantly opposed to the mandate […]
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Jerry Falwell, Jr.: Sin and Scandal at Liberty University
On May 27th, the second day of mounting national outrage over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the president of America’s largest evangelical university decided it was the perfect time to blast out a tweet featuring the crudest of racial imagery. “I was adamantly opposed to the mandate […]
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Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar 2020
Of all the beauty advent calendars available this year, Liberty’s offering is quite possibly the most coveted of them all. Since this long-loved department store released its first calendar in 2014, shoppers have queued the length of Carnaby Street on launch day, hoping to score one before the shelves were […]
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Falwell Jr resigns from Liberty after former pool attendant alleges love triangle with wife: reports
Jerry Falwell, Jr. President of Liberty University Jerry Falwell, Jr. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Jerry Falwell Jr. denied reports that he had resigned as the president of Liberty University on Monday after a business associate alleged a seven-year consensual sexual relationship involving the influential evangelical figure and his wife. Falwell Jr. had taken a […]
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Jerry Falwell Jr denies quitting Liberty University amid sex scandal
Jerry Falwell Jr took a leave of absence from Liberty University after posting a photo of himself on Instagram with his trousers unzipped The head of a major US evangelical college has denied reports he has quit his job amid allegations about his private life. The Washington Post, the Associated […]