Jersey City Times

3 days ago | jcitytimes.com | Aaron Morrill

A new SaveStation has been installed in Jersey City’s Newport neighborhood, offering the public access to a life-saving automated external defibrillator (AED). The device was donated by the Katz family in memory of their daughter, Sarah Katz, who died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2022 after consuming a highly caffeinated beverage. Congressman Rob Menendez joined the Katz family and local advocates last Monday to unveil the station, located near Stevens Cooperative School, which Sarah once attended.

1 week ago | jcitytimes.com | David Mosca

Rain and wind couldn’t put a stop to the third annual All About Us Juneteenth Festival at Liberty State Park’s Green Ring, which took place on June 19 from noon to 8 p.m.While skies went back and forth from sunny to cloudy, Jersey City residents and more were lining up to celebrate the national holiday, which was announced as such by President Biden in 2021. But the holiday already had roots long before that announcement.

1 week ago | jcitytimes.com | Alexis McDonell

Jersey City residents are carrying higher-than-average credit card debt and falling behind on paying it down, according to a new WalletHub report. The city ranked 141st out of 182 U.S. cities for average household credit card debt, with residents owing $11,775 on average and total citywide debt nearing $1.45 billion. While its ranking is low across the largest cities across the U.S., Jersey City residents have nearly $1,000 more credit card debt than the national average of $10,800.

1 week ago | jcitytimes.com | Aaron Morrill

In a 4-3 decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court has upheld a controversial Jersey City ward map enacted in 2022, which divided Downtown neighborhoods and gave rise to charges of political gerrymandering. The redrawing of ward boundaries was made necessary by the 2020 census. Writing for the majority, Justice Anne M.

1 week ago | jcitytimes.com | Alexis McDonell

A Jersey City man has been arrested and charged in connection with the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in early 2024 and a shooting last week in Greenville. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Charles Bordeaux, 42, was taken into custody yesterday by her office’s Special Victims Unit and the Hudson County Regional S.W.A.T. team. He was arrested at his home and taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility, where he remains pending his first court appearance.