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Hello Jersey City! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will Jersey City’s first senior action plan shape services?
  • How a stolen U-Haul figured into a deadly Jersey City plot
  • Will tougher payroll tax rules boost Jersey City school funding?

Also on today's calendar: Enjoy a Sparkling Christmas Eve at Halifax and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 46 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 46, low: 24.
  • Friday: Colder; p.m. snow, up to 1", with a high of 31 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Grant Will Support Creation of Jersey City's First Senior Citizen Action Plan (tapinto.net) — Jersey City has received a $24,000 New Jersey Age-Friendly Program grant to launch a deep, multilingual assessment of local seniors’ needs and create the city’s first Age-Friendly Action Plan. The Health & Human Services Division of Senior Affairs will partner with local groups to gather feedback on housing, transportation, healthcare access, and social connection, shaping future services and facilities for older residents.
   

2. 2 Jersey City gang members convicted of 3 murders, including pregnant woman (hudsoncountyview.com) — Two Jersey City men have been convicted in federal court for a 2017 triple homicide that included the killing of a pregnant woman inside a Fulton Avenue apartment. Prosecutors say the pair used a stolen U-Haul and walkie‑talkies to carry out the execution-style shootings, then killed an associate to prevent him from talking. They now face mandatory life sentences, with sentencing set for April 22, 2026.
   

3. Mukherji bill to enhance payroll tax collections in Jersey City & beyond clears Senate (hudsoncountyview.com) — State lawmakers have advanced a bill to tighten enforcement of Jersey City’s employer payroll tax, aiming to protect school funding and ease pressure on property taxpayers. By giving the city access to state wage and withholding data, officials say they can better catch noncompliant employers and stabilize revenue for Jersey City classrooms and other large municipalities.
   

4. NJ Science Center steps in to save stranded baby terrapins (wobm.com) — Liberty Science Center in Jersey City is caring for five rescued diamondback terrapin hatchlings from Long Beach Island through the winter before returning them to the shore in late May. The turtles will live behind the scenes in the “Our Hudson Home” exhibit area, supporting hands-on education about Hudson River wildlife and the importance of protecting New Jersey’s fragile coastal marsh ecosystems.
   

5. Man at Center of Jersey City Murder-for-Hire Plot Says Corruption Probe Was a ‘Sham' (jcitytimes.com) — A political consultant now in federal prison helped arrange the 2014 killing of his friend in a Jersey City apartment and later cooperated with prosecutors on a corruption probe that produced no major charges. In new prison interviews, he claims his cooperation was mishandled and that evidence about dark-money political schemes was ignored, while legal experts note such dead-end investigations are not unusual.
   

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