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Hamilton Park photo from craigemorsels.

Festival starts in 10 minutes! The weather looks very good so don’t miss it!

Here’s the reminder from JCList:

Just a reminder, the Hamilton Park Festival is TOMORROW - Saturday June 14, 2008!

-Sell your stuff! Buy a space tomorrow morning - it’s not too late!
-Watch live entertainment - break dancing, martial arts demonstration, two jazz bands, and other fine music acts (see below) including JC’s own garage punk 60’s soul band THE BLACK HOLLIES!

The martial arts exhibition kicks things off at 10AM, but vendors usually arrive at the crack of dawn.

THE 23rd ANNUAL HAMILTON PARK FESTIVAL
Where : Hamilton Park, Jersey City
When : Saturday, June 14, 2008 (10:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Rain date: Sunday, June 15th
Activities : Flea Market Sales, Food, Live Entertainment (The Black Hollies, All You Horseriders, NBK & Raw ElementZ (Break Dancing), The Lonesome Prairie Dogs,The Bryan Beninghove Collective, The Nobuki Takamen Trio)
Web : http://hpnajc.blogspot.com

Read the rest for the Live Music Schedule …

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Missed the Santa Cruzan event? You’re not alone, I missed it, too. But don’t worry, here’s a 3-minute video of the parade/procession/fair which summarized what happened last Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Downtown, Jersey City.

Enrique and Ben - Strangers no more.

There is a nice project on flickr that I found interesting. It is called “100 Strangers“, which is a photo challenge to take 100 portraits of total strangers according to its website.

Guy as in Gee, a Jersey City resident, is a participant of that project. He actually travels a lot, and takes a lot of good pictures like this one featured here on JCRegister.com a few months ago.

Below are his stranger numbers 12 and 13 - Ben and Enrique, with a short description of how he met them. Links to their original photo included.

ENRIQUE

“…I met Enrique as he ate his lunch near Central Ave. In Jersey City. He heard a little bit of a fuss as police responded to an accident involving a possible druken driver.

Enrique was enjoying his pork and corn. He is a painter and probably a Yankee fan. He has been living here for about 6 years after emmigrating from Mexico… Larger photo here. “

BEN

“…Ben is a letter carrier in Jersey City. He has been pounding the pavement for over 10 years. As time goes by, and Ben gets older, he says it gets a little bit harder to climb the stairs…” Larger photo here.

Guy said that he saw Ben on Pavonia Avenue near Hamilton Park.

On a personal note, the project is really a challenge, as it takes a lot of guts to talk to a complete stranger and taking his/her picture. However, imagine this, if 10 JC residents join the project, and they meet 10 different strangers every week, at some point, we will all know everyone and give each other a nod when we meet on the streets.

How cool is that?

How long do you think it will take to cover 240,000 residents (JC Population)?

Not a real cover.

McNair Academic (123 Coles St., Jersey City 07302) has been ranked 30th nationwide in 2008 survey. McNair is the only public school in New Jersey that made the list.

How Does Newsweek Rank Public Schools?

…Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured this way…”

McNair Academic’s Past Year Rankings:
2007 - 29th
2006 - 83rd
2005 - 15th

Source: http://www.newsweek.com/highschools/

For more information about the rankings, visit Newsweek’s Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about top U.S. high-schools list.

UPDATE (May 27, 2008) : I just called the office, they said the block party at Hamilton Park is cancelled. It is rescheduled for tomorrow, May 28, 2008, Wednesday (same time).

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Original Entry: May 20, 2008

Blame it on the rain. Mayor Healy’s Block Party For Ward E at Hamilton Park tonight at 530PM has been cancelled due to the bad weather condition. It is rescheduled for next Tuesday, May 27, 2008 same time.

For more information on the Block Parties, contact the Division of Cultural Affairs at 201-547-6921.

Ward E Block Party
When : May 20, 2008 May 27 2008
Where : Hamilton Park, Jersey City
Time : 530PM - 830PM
Phone : (201)547-6921 (Division of Cultural Affairs)