
North Bergen Receives Grant For Pedestrian Safety, Hudson County Locals Share Suggestions
North Bergen will receive $1 million in grant funds to improve pedestrian safety on Bergenline Avenue through New Jersey’s 2024 Safe Streets to Transit Program

North Bergen will receive $1 million in grant funds to improve pedestrian safety on Bergenline Avenue through New Jersey’s 2024 Safe Streets to Transit Program

Cities are guaranteed to change, but how? That’s decided at city council meetings. The first city council meeting of the year was Jan. 10 and as a first time attendee, it was overwhelming to say the least.

It’s been two years since the streets of Hudson County have seen 1-2 inches of snow flurries. But this week, Mother Nature graced us with back-to-back storms. As exciting as it was to see snow fall again, temperatures dropped to freezing amount activating a Code Blue alert throughout the state.

Photo credits to the Jersey Journal “Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in,” these were the words that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Hudson County small businesses weather through hardships for generations even when faced with a changing economy and pandemic. They are the backbone of communities.

The Gov. Murphy administration is continuing their work in strengthening unionized workforce and doubling the number of apprenticeship programs in fields like life sciences, adult-use cannabis, home health care and clean energy.

Hudson County has reported 24 fatal accidents with 26 fatalities in total: 11 drivers, three passengers, three bicyclists and nine pedestrians for the year of 2023. Not one comes from Hoboken.

“[Jersey City] how can you help this to stop from happening? What can we all do? This is a tremendous loss to the community and needs to be taken seriously,”Athanasiou-Vaartstra wrote.

Foto cortesía de bayfront.us El alcalde de Jersey City, Steven Fulop, la llama potencialmente la “comunidad de ingresos mixtos más grande” de la región. Abarcando 100 acres a lo largo del río Hackensack se encuentra la visión de la ciudad de un vecindario económicamente inclusivo, ambientalmente sustentable y orientado al

“Charity is wonderful but why isn’t the city doing it? You got hungry kids, feed them. The disparity [of food insecurity] is startling,” said Litman.
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