Despite a lawsuit filed in Newark on May 8 in an attempt to halt plans to move a statue from Exchange Place, Mayor Steven Fulop said he believes moving the statue is the right thing to do.
The 34-foot statue, which has been located in the plaza at Exchange Place since 1991, commemorates the victims of a 1940 massacre of Polish citizens in the Katyn Forest.
Fulop said plans by the Exchange Place Special Improvement District call for the construction of a children’s playground for the site as well as green space. He said residents in the area do not want the statue to be part of the new design.
The lawsuit filed by four plaintiffs in federal court claims that Jersey City and Mayor Fulop do not have authority to remove the Katyn Massacre Memorial because the City Council has not approved any relocation.
The suit asks the court to put a temporary restraint on moving the monument until further discussions with the council and Polish community can be undertaken. Click here for more.
One hundred and twenty Hoboken public school students in grades kindergarten through high school will participate in the 2018 play “Willy Wonka: The Musical,” open to the public from Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20.
The production is presented by the school district’s award-winning Theater Department, based in Hoboken High School.
The musical is based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” about five children who win a tour of the chocolate factory and compete to inherit it.
The musical features music from the 1971 film of the same name, including the song “The Candy Man,” made famous by Sammy Davis Jr.
The show can be enjoyed by all ages. Click here for more.
Three local women want to prove that not all of the great artistic and community events in the area are centered in Hoboken and Jersey City.
In February, they founded “Only in NoHu,” a group for people in North Bergen, Weehawken, West New York, Union City – all in northern Hudson County — to come together for local events.
The group was founded by West New York’s Cindy Rodriguez, and North Bergen’s Glenda Guevara and Javiera Rodriguez. Click here for more.
