If you are a small business owner or if you've been temporarily laid off as a result of a closing business, here are some grants and loans available to help. NJEDA's Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program The NJEDA recently created this grant program for small and medium-sized businesses. This program would provide up to $5,000 to NJ-based business with 1–10 … [Read more...]
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Ani Ramen Relaunching As Non-Profit Restaurant
Bang Bang Chicken & Rock City Pizza
Local favorite ramen chain Ani Ramen House has announced that they are relaunching as a non-profit restaurant as of April 24th to help feed those in need and to provide a paycheck to their employees. As a way to give back to the community and remain open as a takeout restaurant, they will be reopening as Rock City Pizza and Bang Bang Chicken temporarily until things get back to … [Read more...]
Letters from the Hoboken Fire Department
The following pieces are anonymous letters from the Hoboken Fire Department regarding issues within the city, specifically with receiving helpful information and being put at risk. We write to you during this difficult and surreal time that we all find ourselves in. This global pandemic is, as we should, hopefully, all know by now, a dire situation. We, as first … [Read more...]
ReciPEAS: Mom’s Easy Couscous
Hello everyone, welcome to our third edition of "ReciPEAS" where I share some easy-to-do at home recipes that I swear by. My mother is my biggest influence when it comes to cooking, all these recipes I am sharing are basically from her arsenal. My father is Moroccan an my mother is Russian, so she was forced to adopt many Morrocan dishes to make sure my dad's belly was happy. … [Read more...]
The COVID-19 “Cocktail”
written by anonymous
My friend and I met for some casual drinks and snacks at a downtown JC restaurant on March 7 and discussed our upcoming weekend trip to Austin, TX that was supposed to happen that following week. On Tuesday, March 10, I started to feel a little bit of a scratchy sensation in my throat. I didn’t think anything of it because this wasn’t uncommon, and I figured some hot tea would … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Social Media Poll
Up until today, Jersey City hasn't had an official COVID-19 testing site so the numbers reported are going to change dramatically. I've been getting a lot of messages on my social media of people exhibiting some symptoms so I decided to run a poll on my social media to get a sense of how many people just aren't feeling well, or how many people have been tested, or seen a doctor … [Read more...]
Please Help Us: Food & Necessities for JC- COVID19
We are raising funds to purchase food and necessities to our local hospital workers, homeless shelters, police department and to anyone who may need any help during this time. With the funds we raise we will use it to buy food from local businesses to also help support them during these difficult time. Anything helps! Thank … [Read more...]
The Jersey City COVID-19 Diaries
Written by Sam Cooper (@sam.cooper.studios)
Been a crazy couple of weeks - feels like a strange dream or a movie. My husband and I started self-isolating Friday evening after I returned home from work; I took a quick run outside along the waterfront (keeping my 6ft+ distance from others), and grabbed a few essentials like almond milk and lemons from a local bodega. We had been totally careful about not touching surfaces … [Read more...]
Governor Murphy Announces Aggressive Social Distancing Measures to Mitigate Further Spread of COVID-19 in New Jersey
To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and protect the capacity of New Jersey’s health care system for the state’s most vulnerable, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 107, directing all residents to stay at home until further notice. The order provides for certain exceptions, such as obtaining essential goods or services, seeking medical attention, visiting … [Read more...]
The Story Of Mark Bustos
"The NYC Hair Stylist That Gives Free Haircuts To The Homeless" Feel good click bait articles always get me, talented people doing good things give me hope in a crazy world filled with so much scary shit and people like Mark make the world a better place, one haircut at a time. Months later after reading about him, I found out he lived in Jersey City and that he was good … [Read more...]
Ani Ramen giving away free family meal kits
#SlurpSipSocialDistance
On Thursday March 19th from 12PM to 6PM, Ani Ramen is providing free Family Meal Kits at 3 locations – Jersey City: 218 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ Maplewood: 149 Maplewood Ave, Maplewood, NJ Montclair: 401 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ Each Ani Ramen Family Meal Kit serves 3-4 people and contains Ani’s incredible broth, a hearty serving of their exclusive Sun … [Read more...]
Jersey City Implements Executive Order To Fight Spread of COVID-19
Mayor Steven Fulop posted on Facebook about an hour ago the following message re-garding fighting the spread of COVID-19. "Yesterday evening we had our 4th positive case and we recognize where this can trend if we don’t get ahead of it. We were the first in the country (last week) to implement any restrictions on any sort establishments in the city and being that social … [Read more...]
Fitpea Presents- Easy at Home Quarantine workout
We are all going to be working from home/staying home with our kids while we ride out what's going on with the Corona virus. It's so important for all of us to stay safe during this time. It's also important to try and get some movement in as we stay away from gyms and people. I put together this easy at home workout anyone can do from the comfort of their own homes with or … [Read more...]
