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Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Annual 'All About Downtown' Festival Held In Jersey City This Weekend (patch.com) — Downtown Jersey City is gearing up for its annual All About Downtown festival this Saturday, turning Newark Avenue and Grove Street into a lively street fair from noon to 8 p.m. Residents can explore local vendors, kids' rides, face painting, beer gardens, and live music, all steps from the Grove Street PATH station.
2. Jersey City Loew's Wonder Theater to reopen after 40 years (nypost.com) — Jersey City's historic Loew's Jersey Theatre at Journal Square is reopening November 13 after a $130 million restoration, bringing big‑name concerts back to a fully modernized yet period‑accurate venue. With flexible seating for 2,700–4,000 people, PATH‑side access, and tickets on sale for acts like Trey Anastasio Band and The War on Drugs, it's poised to anchor Journal Square's revival.
3. Jersey City Property Tax Guide: Rates, Bills & Appeals (hudsonreporter.com) — If you own property in Jersey City, this guide breaks down exactly how your tax bill is built from city, county, school, and library budgets, and why 2018's revaluation still affects your assessment. It explains quarterly due dates, appeal deadlines, and what evidence actually wins a challenge, plus points you to state relief programs that can lower your bill.
4. Partnership Begins Leasing 27-Story Apartment Building in Jersey City (rebusinessonline.com) — Leasing has started at Hudson House West, a new 27‑story apartment tower in Jersey City's SoHo West neighborhood that brings 338 more units and extensive amenities to the Hudson House Collection. With studios to three‑bedrooms plus pools, sports courts, coworking, and 48,000 square feet of retail across the complex, this final phase significantly expands local housing and neighborhood activity.
5. Hoboken Food Hall, Pivot on Sound Ordinance, Plus More News You Missed in Hoboken + Jersey City (hobokengirl.com) — This week's roundup highlights several big changes in and around Jersey City, from a future Trader Joe's downtown and a new stained glass studio to major redevelopment approvals and a planned pocket park near McGinley Square. Residents will also see new water rates, a new interim library director, federal workers relocating as the Army Corps moves its HQ here, and Korai Kitchen earning national restaurant acclaim.
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