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Long retired, the Colgate Clock in Jersey City sits in a weedy field by the Morris Canal. Life goes on in Lower Manhattan on a dreary winter day as the World Trade Center grows taller. Feb 2012.Lane For U!Delaware Lackawanna train yards in Hoboken on the right before the terminal was built in 1907. The tracks were elevated then on tall piles. Erie railroad yards and Pavonia Avenue on the left. Jersey City. 1883Daily life on the Morris Canal small and large basins with lots of sailboats, coal barges, horses and wagons, factories, trains entering the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal. Jersey City. 1883Lower Manhattan and the new World Trade Center as seen through the railroad yards of Hoboken from Observer Highway. A contrast between old technology and the new. Feb 2012Jersey City

Caven Point Is Getting a New Field

Jersey city’s Caven Point Field was shut down last April due to high level of lead. Reports said that City Council has awarded $1.3 million contract to J.A. Alexander, Inc. of Bloomfield to install a new synthetic field at the heavily used stadium.
Last month, the NFL donated $200 thousand for the replacement of the [...]

Bedbugs in JC!

Tenants of Grandview Terrace have been dealing with the bugs for 3 years already!

The Jersey Journal reports that there are bedbug infestations in Hudson County, and one of the buildings here in JC “had nearly 50 cases of bedbugs in the past three years.” The worst part is, the tenants are asked to shoulder the [...]

JCMC Spartans For The Win!

The team hoisting the trophy.

A charity baseball game between two hospitals was held two Fridays ago (June 13, 2008) and our very own JCMC won the match. I asked the photographer (devine338/Sonia Pagan) about it and she provided me with this information:
Good Morning, these pictures where taken on June 13, 2008 to benefit Patient Care [...]

Health Fair For The Family

[ June 22, 2008; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]
Free Health Test at this site!

Another great event at Saint Aedan parish….

“Senior Citizen Inc. of Jersey City in cooperation with Metropolitan Family Health network, Wellcare, Baldwin Physical Therapy, Life Scan will be providing FREE Medical & Pediatric Consultation, Pediatric Weight & Height Check, Blood Sugar Check & Blood Pressure Monitoring.”

I’ll try to go and [...]

Lead In Water at 7 Schools

Seven of 335 water sources in seven Jersey City public schools have elevated levels of lead, according to the first results of last month’s water tests by the Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOE). So your might need to give your children their own bottled water if they go to one of those 7 schools [...]