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operates area Catholic Schools. St. Anne School was located in Jersey City Heights, and opened in 1904. Its enrollment declined by 33 in 2011 and increased by 22 in 2012. James Carroll, a member of the Jersey City Police Department and a member of the school board, Carroll stated that the 2011
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decline was due to parents being afraid that the school would close. In 2011 the archdiocese considered closing the school, but a fundraising generated sufficient money to keep it open. It closed in 2012. That year the building housed the K-8 grades of the
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is one of Jersey City's 13 different neighborhood shopping districts. with more than 240 businesses serving the area.
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on a temporary basis as the regular K-8 building of the charter school was badly damaged by a fire.
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was the first American-made Pathé effort to achieve worldwide success under the Eclectic banner.
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built in 1742 by the family (now on Palisade Avenue) is considered to be the oldest building in
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey
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has been preserved as a state designated wetland and park. Many stately
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on the west. and Penhorn Creek on the west. Its postal area
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trail that became the main road from the villages of
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Index

Jersey City Heights


Palisade Avenue



Jersey City, New Jersey
New Jersey Palisades
Hudson River
Paterson Plank Road
Highway 139
Hoboken
Hackensack River
ZIP Codes
Central Avenue
Pershing Field
General John J Pershing
Jersey City Reservoir No. 3
Victorian
Edwardian
Summit Avenue
Paterson Plank Road
9th Street-Congress Street
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
Pavonia, New Netherland
Van Vorst
Van Vorst House
Hudson County
Summit Avenue

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