ShareSaveThe Concordia Learning Center at The St. Joseph School for the Blind will host their fifth annual WalkaThon tomorrow to benefit multiply handicapped children. The WalkaThon began in 2008 as a way of helping the handicapped and blind children get exercise since disabled kids are often overweight due to their limited mobility inability to gauge … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveIf you were walking around Grove PATH Plaza yesterday in circles looking for Groove on Grove don’t fret 8212 this week the outdoor music series will be part of JC Fridays. The Historic Downtown Special Improvement Districtrun event which is usually held every Wednesday will rock tomorrow from 5 pm to 11 pm. Some of … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveMcNair Academic High School’s choirs will celebrate a year of multiple accomplishments with a special performance at Grace Church Van Vorst tomorrow. McNair’s Concert Choir was selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in April and and was the top Small Vocal Ensemble at the Hudson County Teen Arts Festival this year. The school’s Glee Club … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveA new issue of JCI’s quarterly arts culture and lifestyle magazine NEW is hot off the press today Hit up one of our distribution locations near you for your free copy of NEW. Click here for more information about NEW and to access stories from past issues. (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveThe Lafayette neighborhood will be blooming tomorrow with the opening of the Community Learning Garden. The garden located at 314 Pacific Ave. was developed and planted exclusively by volunteers in little more than a month using materials donated by local businesses. The team led by Master Gardener Calvin Palmer hopes the garden 8212 which was … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveMonmouth Street from York Street to Montgomery Street will be named for former Ward E Councilman Jaime Vazquez today. ‘Jaime Vazquez Way’ will be dedicated today with a ceremony and community celebration from 4 pm to 8 pm. Guests can enjoy food music face painting and balloons at the event. Vazquez who served from 1985 … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveCongressional Races Heat Up Jersey City voters must soon find out if redistricting has affected which congressional district they are in and vote in the upcoming elections including a sixperson contest for the 10th District seat. Two Women Top Contenders for JC Superintendent Job Debra A. Brathwaite a deputy superintendent in South Carolina and Marcia … (Read more at JC Independent)

If you havent heard of the Riverview Arts District you can explore it tomorrow June 1 as part of JC Fridays a citywide day of free arts events. The Riverview Neighborhood Association RNA and several other organizations aiming to improve and enrich the Jersey City Heights neighborhood have come together to organize Discover the Riverview Arts District campaign which features six events with music art and more. (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveA Jersey City man who says a local pharmacy allegedly refused to sell him emergency contraception because of his gender is being backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey ACLU in his demand for an apology. Andrew Andrade 25 says that he tried to purchase Plan B an FDAapproved brand of emergency … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveA Jersey Citybased information technology staffing company has agreed to pay nearly 22000 to an employee who was allegedly fired after expressing discomfort with the company’s alleged exclusion of U.S. citizens from consideration for various jobs. A lawsuit filed against Whiz International LLC on May 22 by the US Justice Department alleges that the company … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveA workshop and walking audit aiming to increase the walkability of a portion of Jersey City will be held next month and those wishing to participate must RSVP by tomorrow. An Environmental Protection Agency EPA consultant from the Renaissance Group will train volunteers to assess the pedestrian environment in key locations surrounding Monticello Avenue. The … (Read more at JC Independent)

In the past six months the fatherdaughter duo of writer James Carpenter and visual artist and McGinley Square resident J Carpenter have been working together on a new body of work that pairs drawing and text. (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveJersey City’s finest chefs will duke it out later this month at the Jersey City Food Coop’s Spring Chef Showdown the first of what organizers hope will be a yearly event. At the event about a half dozen local chefs will whip up dishes using a secret ingredient sold exclusively through the coop which will … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveThe next installment of the Community Awareness Series at the Miller Branch Library 489 Bergen Ave. Jersey City will be held this Saturday. The concert will feature Bob Albrecht’s ‘A Tale of Two Cities Jersey City and Hoboken’ which features songs about people places and events in both municipalities. The show will also feature Sam … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveTeachers Faint From Heat Exhaustion at School Two teachers at PS 7 fainted when broken airconditioning led to temperatures soaring to 90 degrees in the building. Man Arrested After Fight Carrying Various Items A Jersey City man who scuffled with another was arrested after being found with three toy guns spraypainted black a plastic hand … (Read more at JC Independent)