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At the Israel Technology Showcase held this past Monday in the Council Chambers on the second oor of Jersey Citys City Hall, founders and designers of Israeli start-ups showed their products from an app that builds community relationships through fresh produce to one that parks your car. Already successful in other countries and cities, these companies and it seems others like them are about to launch their apps in the tri-state area.

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Three Is the Magic Number for JC Library RenovationBy Ricardo Kaulessar The Main Library of the Jersey City Free Public Li-brary was first built in 1899 and it opened in 1901. That makes this grand building on Jersey Avenue in down-town Jersey City historic yet antiquated. The powers-that-be for the library are moving forward with raising $3 million to finance, in part, a much-needed three-part renovation of the building located in downtown Jersey City to bring it into the 21st century as well as allow it to retain much of its early 20th century charm. The

Jersey City Free Public Library Executive Director Priscilla Gardner (right) and Helena Ruman (left), the architect oversee-ing the renovation of the Main Library, at a fundraiser for the renovation on May 24.Photos by Ricardo Kaulessar

renovation was in the spot-light at the Wine, Renova-tions and Song fundraiser

held in the main branch on June 24.

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Preserving Jersey Citys PastHistoric Harsimus Cemetery

Honors Town Fathers and Fallen Heroes

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By Sally Deering

If you blink, you miss it: the black iron gate on Newark Avenue that leads to the oldest cemetery in New Jersey: the Jersey City Harsimus Cemetery and Memorial Park. Run by volunteer president Eileen Markenstein, who has sev-eral family members buried there, and her husband Aart Markenstein, the couple along with many volunteers have been preserving the cemetery since they found it abandoned in 2007. Since then, the volunteers have raised more than $100,000 in funds to pay for clean-up and restoration and now, they are reaching out to the community to raise money to repair damages from Hurricane Sandy.

Eileen and Aart Markenstein at Harsimus

Cemetery & Memorial Park in Jersey City, which they helped save and preserve.

Eileen Markenstein with the Nubian goats from Rhinebeck, New York.

To help eradicate a wild weed that was destroying the grass, Eileen Marken-stein rented a group of Nubian goats from in

Rhinebeck, New York. The goats have already eaten much of the weed on the hilly west embankment and have become a big attrac-tion to school groups of

kids and animal-loving adults and are a sweet, albeit temporary addition to the already beautiful

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Three Is the Magic Number for JC Library RenovationContd from page 2 The event offered a platform for library director Priscilla Gardner, the architect over-seeing the renovation Helena Ruman, and members of the librarys board and its founda-tion to impress upon distin-guished guests the importance of the renovation project and of opening their wallets for a good cause. Specifically, to bankroll about three years of work that will cost upwards of $10 million, according to Ruman, while the library is open to patrons. The updates include new barrier-free access to building and chairlift to com-ply with ADA requirements, new elevator shaft, mobile shelves and new desks and furniture for the librarys New Jersey Room, and new central air conditioning system. When Ruman was asked after the fundraiser if the older fur-niture and shelves in the New Jersey Room that date back to the early years of the library were going to be preserved, she would only say that many of the shelves were in need of replacement. This wonderful building was opened in 1901 and was constructed for $208,000, Ruman told the guests. We are spending millions to do the renovation of this build-ing. Ruman and Gardner showed off architectural renderings of the future alterations to the main library. Ruman would later lead some of the visitors on a tour of the librarys four floors to not only view the wondrous designs and architecture of the various sections of the library but also to get a sense of how these elements, many of which have existed the

building first opened, have fallen victim to time. Some guests such as City Councilwoman Diane Cole-man contributed on the spot by placing their donations of checks or cash in a large glass box that held all the donations that came in the past month. Gardner told the River View Observer before the event started that the library has raised $7,385 since the fund-raising campaign kicked off on May 13, with $4,000 com-ing from those who donated online through the crowd-funding website GoFundMe and the other $3,385 from checks written out directly to the library.Also, $5 million in capital improvement funds from the city has been approved toward the renovation, which could start as early as September with the replacement of the librarys windows as well as the renovations that pertain to disabled access.

For more information about the renovation and the fundraising effort, visit http://jclibrary.org/

The front part of the Main Library branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library in downtown Jersey City.Photo by Ricardo Kaulessar

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Preserving Jersey Citys PastContd from page 3

John Wilson, war veteran and groundskeeper helps look after the goats

grounds. (The goats return home to their farm in the fall). The goats came three weeks ago, Eileen says,

scooping up feed and let-ting the goats eat from her hands. This ridge here was covered with Japanese Knotwood, a very inva-sive weed. We did a whole study and found the only

non-chemical way to get rid of the weed is goats. We read about a farm called Green Goats that rented goats to the Coast Guard,

so we contacted them and here they are. The Harsimus Cem-eterys history dates back to 1829 when local politicians and community leaders

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JC 4 APP TECHJersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop Hosts Israel Technology ShowcaseContd from cover page Jersey City is a rapidly growing community and a strong leader for innovation in New Jersey, so it is an honor to showcase this Is-rael technology event here at City Hall, Mayor Ste-ven M. Fulop said to a full house. Over the course of the last decade, Israel has quickly become a leader in technology and innovation globally and we are excited about New Jerseys entre-preneurs, investors, and residents having a chance to be part of this event. Referred to as the Start-Up Nation for its ground-breaking contribu-tions to technology, Israel is home to over 4,000 start-ups and hundreds of those start-ups have connections to the tri-state area. A sam-pling of those companies that presented their apps were: CUPS, a mobile app that connects coffee drink-ers with independent cafes; PANGO, which allows drivers to pay for parking via the app, and at parking garages using their phones as remote controls to open the gates; and FARMIGO, a new farm-to-neighbor-hood movement that makes fresh products conveniently and affordably available in communities throughout the states. Benzi Ronen, Founder and CEO of FARMIGO just launched his app local-ly in Hoboken. The farm-to-neighborhood app is designed to get apartment-

dwellers, schools, churches and even neighborhoods to come together to buy fresh farm produce, dairy and other farm products online. The food is then delivered to their sites which sets the stage for a pop-up meeting place where relationships can bloom and grow. FARMIGO started five years ago when Ronen decided to create an app to join together New Jersey farmers and the people that buy their produce. You have to create a community, Ronen said. New Jersey is truly blessed with amazing pro-duce. We wanted to bring groups of people together with the farms. Were us-ing technology to enable every farmer to know what theyre harvesting and receive all the orders from the customers. Every order you make the farm is deliv-ered to the central ware-house and then its packed just for you. With the food we are able to change our habits. You share food. We have neighborhoods in Westchester, Long Island that are holding pot luck dinners and cooking parties. Corporate offices are also joining the trend, Ronen said.

Employees can pick up their food at work; saves them a trip to the supermar-ket, Ronen said. The CUPS mobile app connects coffee drinkers with indie coffee shops. Yahoo.com gave it a rave review: CUPS is the most brilliant thing since the Metrocard. I bet most of the

people in this room would not last a day without a cup of hot, steamy beauti-ful delicious coffee, app co-founder Gilad Rotem said to the audience. You know what else you cant live without your mobile phones. Starbucks realized that when they launched the Starbucks app which accounts for 14 percent of their revenue or 1.5 billion dollars. To compete with Star-bucks 12,000 locations and Dunkin Donuts 8,000 locations, Rotem launched CUPS. If you look closely there are over 20,000 indie

coffee shops, more than Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts combined, but these indies cant compete with the big boys, so this is where CUPS comes in, Rotem says. It unites (the customer) with the indie coffee shops. The app of-fers pre-paid plans to look for and discover indie cof-fee locations. Choose your coffee, hand your phone to the cashier, thats it, enjoy your coffee. CUPS launched in New York City with 50 coffee shops in downtown Man-hattan, and so far 20,000 cups have been served. Contd on page 7

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One customer was so delighted with the app, she said she would give up her Starbucks gold card, Rotem said. The five other apps

JC 4 APP TECH Today we saw only a glimpse of the amazing products of Israeli in-novation and creativity, Consul General of Israel in New York Ambassador Ido Aharoni said. Israels advancements in science, technology and medicine continue to lead and inspire the global community. This spirit of ingenuity that spans throughout Israeli life and culture has proven to benefit the world, and canespecially make a differ-ence in the lives of people here in Jersey City and across the tri-state area. Hoboken entrepreneur and app creator Aaron Price founded New Jersey Tech Meetup in Hoboken in 2010, motivated by the

need to create a better way for entrepreneurs to con-nect and inspire other entre-preneurs. Four years later, the group has grown to 4,000 members and serves as the incubator for ideas that inspired Price to co-create LIVE CUBE, an app for audience relationship-building. NJ Tech meets once a month, we have networking,a featured speaker and the goal is to inspire people to start their own companies, Price said. In doing this, our premise is giving be-fore you get. How can we give back to this commu-nity to help other entrepre-neurs start companies? High-tech entrepreneurs are all over the map and

not just from California or downtown New York, Price said. He mentioned the successful, million-dol-lar e-commerce company Diapers.com which started in Jersey City.

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Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop

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presented were CELLO-LO, technologies for live events. (Beyonc Knowles is a seed investor and early adopter of CELLOLO technologies); GETT, a transportation app for New York City, with 100% fixed and transparent pricing and 24/7 live customer service; APPCARD, which helps retailers increase customer retention; LOY-ALBLOCKS, a loyalty-based marketing platform for local businesses, and, SPREO, which uses Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons (iBeacons), Wi-Fi and other sensors to of-fer accurate and affordable indoor navigation services, location based marketing, venue analytics and more.

Technology entrepreneur-ship knows no boundaries, Price said. Im a champion of entrepreneurship. Its the future of our country.

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agreed that a cemetery be created separate from the churchyard where people were buried at the time. A committee formed to find the appropriate land and in 1831 the Harsimus Cemetery, the very first in New Jersey, was incorporated. The caretakers house is still on the property, although now it houses sev-eral war veterans who serve as groundskeepers and goat herders. Buried at the Harsimus Cemetery are Jersey Citys earliest leaders mayors, freeholders and the men, women and children who were the fabric of the city. Also laid to rest at Harsimus Cemetery are thousands of soldiers dating back to the 1812 Revolutionary War. Volunteers come every

week to help restore the cem-etery, and they fundraise. To keep the restoration moving forward, the Markensteins and the board invite local groups to perform. Just last week, the Hudson Shakespeare helped raise $500 with an outdoor performance of Twelfth Night. We do all kinds of cul-tural events every month, Eileen says. Shakespeare, concerts, military tributes to honor the thousands of soldiers buried here, and we give historic walking tours. These are the men and women who built Jersey City. In the Revolutionary War this was a campsite. Along with cleaning and fixing up the site which is ongoing the Markensteinsand their troupe of volunteers

have made great strides in other facets of the cemetery. They built a website and have connected hundreds of fami-lies to their ancestors. The cemetery is open seven days a week for visitors and the community and has become a popular destination site for exciting cultural events that raise awareness and support and promote history, art, music and honor our veterans. They offer tours, lectures, films, books signings, con-certs, art exhibits and fairs. Special ceremonies are held annually to commemorate Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Earth Day, Arbor Day, the Civil War and War of 1812 anniversaries, plus We, the People, an annual event to celebrate the U.S. Constitu-tion. The volunteer board has received many proclama-tions and awards for the work theyve done, but theres

still a long way to go. The cemetery still needs a major stone pathway restoration estimated at around $130,000, and Hurricane Sandy dam-aged the roof of the ground-skeepers house. There are two veterans who live in the groundskeep-ers house and watch over the cemetery and the goats 24/7. They live rent-free in ex-change for the work they do. They work seven days a week, Aart Markenstein says. They supervise the volunteers and watch over the place. We have veterans come here every day to help. Guys who fought in Korea, Viet Nam, and who trained sol-diers in Desert Storm. Theyre very proud to be vets. To help the soldiers and townspeople buried at Harsi-mus Cemetery & Memorial Park is a mission of love, Eileen Markenstein says.

I do this because Im sup-posed to be doing this, Eileen says. I never had time to volunteer before. This has given me a purpose. My dad was in World War II. He was a Medic. He taught me to have great respect for veterans. Ive been coming to this cemetery since I was a little girl. The Markensteins are plan-ning to set up a preservation fund for Harsimus Cemetery & Memorial Park, to preserve the cemeterys location on Newark Avenue. Weve raised more than $100,000 and we need to raise several hundred thousand more, Eileen says. One of our hopes is that this will become a National Park.To volunteer or donate: The Historic Jersey City & Harsi-mus Cemetery & Memorial Park435 Newark AveJersey City, NJ 07302(201) 707-0738, (973) 204-9888www.jerseycitycemetery.org

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On June 16, the New Jersey Council of County Colleges presented 2014 Spirit Awards to County College of Morris Vice President Student Develop-ment & Enrollment Dr. Bette Simmons, Hudson County Community College Vice President North Hudson Center & Student Affairs Dr. Paula Pando and Brookdale Community College Dean of Enrollment Development and Stu-dent Affairs Richard Pfeffer for their exemplary service to the states commu-nity colleges. The three were recognized for co-authoring a statewide white paper that features best practices community colleges can adopt to improve student engagement. Pictured, from left: County College of Morris President Dr. Edward Yaw, Brookdale Community College President Dr. Maureen Mur-phy, Pfeffer, Simmons, Pando, Hudson County Community College President Dr. Glen Gabert, and NJCCC Chairman Bakari Lee, Esq.

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Porto Lounge Celebrates 5th Anniversay Sat. June 28 With BLock Party 12 -9pm Celebrate Jersey Citys Port-O Lounges 5th anni-versary with a day of music, food, and more! Ribbon cutting ceremony with Mayor Steven Fulop at 5pm! There will be a block party full of entertainment for the whole family, including face-painting by Body And Soul Tattoo, arts and crafts, and vendors.

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At a recent taping of BAYONNE TODAY a talk show hosted by Diane Brennan, Bayonne authorPatricia Blanchard dis-cussed her first novel, an autobiography entitledPATTYS TURN, which recounts Ms. Blanchards life within a cycle of abusethat nearly ended her life. In 1990 Ms. Blanchard was a victim of an attempt-ed murder by a formerspouse.PATTYS TURN is currently being distributed as an ebook and can be

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restaurant Views Battello on the Hudson

By Sally Deering When you look across the Hudson from Jersey, theres no other sight as riveting and urbanely beau-tiful than the New York Skyline, an image that is always changing according to the weather and time of day. In the morning, the skyline is in silhouette, a watercolor of blacks and grays; by night, its electric and cool, like a jazz riff by Miles Davis. Views of the New York Skyline add value to any restaurant experience and Battello on the Jersey City waterfront hits the payload. No matter where you stand or sit, the Skyline is in view; along with the yachts

Dining on Jersey Citys Waterfront with the Best Views in Town

and boats docked on all three sides of this refur-bished boat house. Battello is 10,000 square feet of restaurant, bar, club room and wine cellar. Owned by Cory Checket and designed by his good friend Anthony Carrino, host of Kitchen Cousins on HGTV, the dcor is industrial elegance with shabby chic minimal-ist touches. The menus pretty terrif-ic, too, designed by Execu-tive Chef Ryan DePersio and prepared daily by the staff under the direction of Chef de Cuisine David Viana, it features fresh Oysters ($3.50 per), Clams ($2.50 per) and a

Seafood Tower of Oysters, Clams, Shrimp, Crab and Tuna Tartare ($35 for two people). Appetizers include Chilled Asparagus Coconut

Soup, Tuna Rollatini, Sum-mer Beet Salad, Crispy Lump Crab Cake, Grilled Octopus, Rock Shrimp Pollette, Romaine Wedge, Sea Scallop Crudo and

Sambuca Cured Salmon ($10-$16) Pastas feature the Ricot-ta Gnocchi, Tagliatelle and Little Neck Clams, Ricotta and Spinach Francobolli and Squid Ink Cavatelli ($14-$26). Entrees include Butter Poached Lobster Tail, Pan-cetta Wrapped Scallops, Pork Porterhouse, Pignoli Crusted Halibut, Butter-milk Baked Chicken and Filet Mignon ($25-$38). Its an Italian Seafood restaurant with all home-made pasta and fresh sea-food, Checket says. The Ricotta Gnocchi thats one of our signature dishes; people keep coming back

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restaurant Views Contd from page 17 for that. The bar offers sexy cocktails, beers from local brewers and the wine list is five-pages. The wine cellar also has a private dining room and TV for intimate corporate dinners. Theres live entertainment on Fri-day and Saturday nights in the club room with couch seating and a long bar for schmoozing. Formerly MichaelAn-thonys, Battello opened with new owners last March after a renovation that included moving the bar to the other side of the building that opened up the space. Overhanging fans give it that Casablanca feel it seats 175 and seems perfect for parties and weddings. People are looking for atypical wedding venues, Checket says, We have the old boathouse feel with elegant, classy touches and an amazing view. Chris C. of Jersey City posted this review on Yelp.com in June: Stopped in for a quick drink and some bar foodthe service was quick and friendly. The burgers were very good. This definitely has poten-tial to be a great spot for some drinks or dinner on the water in Jersey City during nice weather. Will definitely go back to try the full dinner menu and sit outside.

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(BPT) - s Warm days are calling, as summer tradition-ally kicks off the outdoor entertaining season. But this year, tradition takes a new di-rection. More hosts are break-ing the boundaries of indoor versus outdoor entertaining. Gone are the paper plates and plastic cups. Instead, people are daring to take their din-nerware outside. Whether its brunch on the patio or dinner on the deck, were seeing outdoor dining evolving from im-promptu cookouts to more thoughtful, planned gather-ings, says visual merchan-diser John Griffith. Rather than going out for an evening on the town, people are enter-taining at home and theyre enhancing that experience by using their dinnerware outdoors, whether its a cozy, casual get together or an

elegant, formal alfresco meal. Griffith and his team-mate Julie Robbins develop seasonal design ideas for Replacements, Ltd., known as the worlds largest retailer of old and new china, crystal and silver. I think many people are a little leery of using what they consider their good dinner-ware outside, but there are so many ways to dress it up or down depending on the evening, says Griffith. For example, you can blend a casual, colorful pattern, like

Fiesta, with a formal white or complementing floral pattern for a festive flair. You can also mix in pieces and mediums that are both attractive and durable; many manufactur-ers including Pfaltzgraff and Homer Laughlin are offering melamine plates and trays, while Corning has a wide selection of acrylic tumblers. Griffith says alternative metal serveware is fantas-tic for outdoor entertaining because once these pieces are heated or chilled, the alloy retains its temperature to help keep food warm or cool. He

says Lenox, Arthur Court and Wilton Armetale offer fun yet

functional shapes and pieces.Cont on page 21

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Fresh Ideas For Summer Alfresco EntertainingContd from page 19 Summer is all about color; you can easily give your table a refreshed, season-al look by mixing in seasonal hues, says Robbins. Bright, bold colors are really hot right now, including oranges and yellows, like freesia. Freesia is one of my favorite colors this year and can be used all summer long. On the other end of the color spectrum, earth tones are always popular and work for outdoor enter-taining because those shades are very natural. You can easily incorporate sizzling summer shades by us-ing flowers or fresh seasonal vegetables as centerpieces. Robbins suggests using paper napkins on your table for a casual feel, while you can just as easily add cloth linens to dress up the same place setting for a more formal feel. She adds you can also use beach towels to create festive table runners. Taking your dinnerware outside not only creates

new looks, but also, new uses. I love pieces that can be used for more than one thing, adds Robbins. I use soup bowls all year long, whether thats for a cold soup during warmer months or a fresh summer salad. You can find so manyuses for chop plates, such as a charger or large dinner plate or even as a serving

platter. Dinnerware manufac-turers are crossing over toward the indoor/outdoor pieces. Griffith says many companies are offering coordinating casuals that easily blend across numer-ous patterns and colors, including Sophie Conranby Portmerion, Royal YouDoultons Maze and Mode patterns and Jasper Conran

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