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🌱 Patch AM: Incoming Jersey City Mayor James Solomon Sets Inauguration Date

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In today's newsletter:

  • James Solomon sets evening inauguration to launch resident-focused Jersey City agenda
  • What’s really behind Jersey City’s wave of cannabis dispensary closures?
  • Why did Crumbl’s Grove Street cookie shop suddenly shut its doors?

Also on today's calendar: The Winter Wait: School Revisits, Narrowing Choices, and Other Tidbits and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: What did the hair spray say to the hair when it got back from vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 42 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Breezy; a morning shower, temps: high: 49, low: 38.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 47 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Incoming Jersey City Mayor James Solomon Sets Inauguration Date (patch.com) — Jersey City residents are invited to see Mayor-elect James Solomon sworn in on January 15 at a 7 p.m. inauguration focused on building a more affordable, resident-centered city. Solomon, currently the Ward E councilman, recently won a seven-way race and says his new administration will continue to be powered by community involvement, with RSVP details coming soon.
   

• Ice T Owned Medicine Woman Dispensary in Jersey City Closed (headynj.com) — Ice T–affiliated Medicine Woman dispensary on Tonnelle Avenue has closed less than a year after opening, joining several other shuttered cannabis shops in Jersey City. The piece links these closures to high competition, location issues, and evolving city cannabis rules. With James Solomon becoming mayor next week, City Hall will have a chance to reshape licensing and oversight.
   

• Crumbl Cookies in Jersey City Announces Permanent Closure, Less Than a Year After Opening (hobokengirl.com) — Crumbl Cookies has permanently closed its Jersey City shop at 318 Grove Street, less than a year after opening in February 2025. The chain hasn’t shared a reason, but the shutdown follows a broader wave of Crumbl closures nationwide. Other North Jersey locations remain open while the future of the Grove Street space is still unknown.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday January 7
  • BRANCH LIBRARY: Friends Book Club featuring Please Don't Lie by Christina Baker Kline
    Branch Library , 759 Kearny Avenue , Kearny
    6:30 pm
    • Thursday January 8
  • Cozy Classics Film Series: Neverending Story (PG / 102 min.)
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    4:00 pm
    • Friday January 9
  • Preschool Story Time with Adult Participation (ages 0-4)
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    11:00 am
  • Cozy Classics Film Series: Paddington in Peru (PG / 106 min.)
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    4:00 pm
    • Saturday January 10
  • Adult Coloring Workshop
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    10:30 am
  • Adult Cooking Workshop with Ms. Q.
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    11:00 am
    • Monday January 12
  • Drop-In Gaming + Roblox (all ages)
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    4:00 pm
  • Hip Hop Dance Class with Kennedy Dancers (2nd grade & up)
    Kearny Main Library , 318 Kearny Ave. , Kearny
    4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Silver Lake Hospital Expands Its Role as a Specialized Care Partner for High Acuity Patients in New Jersey —Steven Caprino Read on Patch
  • Beyond Guilt and Punishment: Why Trauma Requires Medical Care —Steven Caprino Read on Patch
  • Booker is the poster boy for the institutional paralysis and capitulation he laments —Ed Watchdog Read on Patch
  • My granddaughter Diamond has been missing since September 2025.
    I need the people on here to share her post. So she can come home . Last seen in the Bronx visiting a boy who she met online. She is 16 yrs old. (Nextdoor Storms Ave / Howard Pl)
  • Join us for a discussion on treating menopause symptoms without HRT.
    Some women aren't candidates for HRT and other want to explore alternative solutions. This is for women anywhere on the menopause journey. This… (Nextdoor Hamilton Park)
  • The Salvation Army Eastern Territory posted a job opening for Head Teacher in Jersey City. Apply here.
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Jersey City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jersey City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hoboken

  • Hoboken Mayor Emily Jabbour Sets Inauguration Date: Get Tickets Monday (patch.com)
  • Girls Ice Hockey: Downes Scores Seven as Morristown Rallies Past Hoboken in Wild 9-8 Win (tapinto.net)
  • Hoboken Mayor-elect Emily Jabbour names Christian Duffy as her chief of staff (hudsoncountyview.com)

Kearny

  • Ruiz records triple-double, Kearny tops North Star Academy (nj.com)
  • LPD: She delivered a package, then stole it right after (theobserver.com)

Bloomfield

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