Hudson County Complete Streets is advocating for better light rail services and more in this week’s Hudson County news roundup.
Catch up on local news on budget meetings, Planet Fitness’ Summer Pass Program, Liberty State Park’s Summerfest and more.
“If it wasn’t for an event like this, we wouldn’t be able to expose our culture and our tradition to this beautiful community of Jersey City. So I’m absolutely grateful to be here.”
In Jersey City, there’s a sprinkle of different cultural dishes and tunes from the Heights down to Greenville and across Downtown to the West Side or Bergen-Lafayette.
“I lose no matter how you put it. I don’t care how you draw it out. Lay us off or go up on taxes. I still feel it.”
“It was only supposed to last a couple of months. But when I saw how many families kept coming, I realized it was a mission.”
“I’m literally looking for apartments right now, and they’re just so expensive. This is really affecting me.”
“It’s not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a culture. It’s the bloodline of our culture, it’s our ancestral legacy,” said at Moore’s Lounge.
Hudson County is enforcing major travel advisories from Friday, July 3 through Sunday, July 5.
“We should start to see trees and community infrastructure and something that belongs to all of us because it affects all of us.”
