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Jersey City’s National Guard Armory will once again host an Urban Conflict Championship (UCC) mixed martial arts (MMA) fight this Friday with “UCC 3: Renegades.”
The main event will be a featherweight matchup between Ryan “Are You Ready?” Roberts (13-9) and Team BombSquad’s Anthony Leone (8-1). Roberts fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in early 2008, [...]

The Not Yo Mama’s Affairs folks are putting together a showcase at this year’s 4th Street Arts & Music Festival, and they’re looking for up to 20 vendors to showcase and sell their work. They’ll accept all kinds of work, from painting to photography to metal work to sculpture, although they (rightly) point out that [...]

- Man Shot in Apartment: A 30-year-old aspiring hip-hop performer was shot to death in his Forrest Street apartment Tuesday morning.
- Liberty Humane Files Defamation, Harassment Suit: In the latest development over the no-kill saga surrounding Liberty Humane Society, the shelter has filed a lawsuit over comments on a Facebook fan page.
- Changes in the [...]

More bad news for New Jersey’s largest newspaper is coming from Newark today, as the Star-Ledger’s publisher says it must continue to shed staff as advertising revenue keeps waning.
In a memo sent to employees today (see below), Ledger publisher Richard Vezza says the paper sits “at a very precarious point” and will once again offer [...]

If you walked down Grove Street in Downtown Jersey City over the weekend, you may have noticed a new establishment on the east side of the street just north of the PATH plaza. But the “new” workout studio, Maximum Motion Fitness, isn’t really new at all — it has just moved to 340 Grove St. [...]

Pro Arts Jersey City is organizing an artist book fair and exhibition that will take place next month during the annual Jersey City Artists Studio Tour. The organization is looking for a wide range of artist books — from handmade ones to self-published limited editions and more — for submissions.
The exhibition, which will be at [...]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will close one lane of Pulaski Skyway each weekday night for approximately eight weeks beginning tonight. The lane closures are part of ongoing repairs to the aging motorway span, and will occur Monday through Friday, from 10 pm to 5 am the next day.
The lane closures will [...]

- Liberty Humane: Hoboken officials say they will be keeping a closer watch on the Liberty Humane Society after inhumane conditions were discovered at the shelter; the Mile Square City began paying the shelter $96,000 a year this year for animal control services. The Reporter has more on the fight over Liberty Humane.
- ‘Empty Sky’ [...]

The folks behind the Jersey Doesn’t Stink! advocacy campaign yesterday announced that the video made by Jersey City’s Salvatore Salpietro — “Where Could This Be? Jersey City” — was one of two winners of its “Awesome Jersey” video contest.
As we first reported a few weeks ago, the new Jersey City resident made the video just [...]

Nothing like the long Labor Day weekend to really emaciate a Cultural Calendar. Spend the next few days relaxing, enjoying the outdoors or curling up with a good book. There’s not much happening in Jersey City until next week, when the fall arts season begins in full swing.
Your sole Best Bet for the weekend [...]