Jaimie Julia Winters

Jaimie Julia Winters is an award-winning editor and journalist. She has held senior editorial and communications roles with local, nonprofit, and faith-based news organizations, including Montclair Local, Jersey Catholic, The Record, South Bergenite, Ridgewood News, and North Jersey Media Group/ Gannett, where she helped pioneer digital-first reporting, transparency-driven coverage, and features.

63 articles published

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Catholics honor Good Friday out in nature, live reenactments

The Stations of the Cross, a 14-step devotion commemorating Jesus Christ’s Passion and death on Good Friday, is a meaningful Lenten tradition for Catholics. In Kearny, parishioners have several ways to observe the devotion beyond the traditional indoor plaques found in church sanctuaries. This year, three local parishes are offering distinct experiences, including outdoor…

April 3, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News Real Estate

Kearny launches $150K storefront grant program to revitalize local business districts

The Kearny Urban Enterprise Zone (KUEZ) is investing in the look and feel of the town’s business districts with the launch of the Kearny Storefront Project, a new grant program designed to help local businesses upgrade their facades. Funded entirely through the Urban Enterprise Zone, the initiative will award up to $15,000 per business…

March 30, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News People

For generations, ‘The Irish’ was Kearny’s home away from home

Long before smartphones and social media made it easy to stay connected, immigrants in Kearny built community the old-fashioned way — by gathering together. For generations of Irish families, that gathering place was the Irish-American Association on Kearny Avenue, known simply around town as “The Irish.” Founded in 1933 by a small group of…

March 17, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News

Local Irish traditions bring St. Patrick’s Day spirit to Kearny

From rustic Irish soda bread to corned beef and cabbage, fish and chips, a parade celebrating our Irish heritage, and a proper Irish toast, Kearny is marking St. Patrick’s Day with both old-world traditions and Irish-American favorites. Rooted in history, resilience, and a bit of folklore, these foods and customs offer residents plenty of ways…

March 13, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News

Meet this year’s St. Patricks’ Day Parade grand marshals

The United Irish Associations of West Hudson will celebrate a milestone this year as it hosts the 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 15. Stepping off at 1 p.m. on Harrison Avenue in Harrison, the parade will travel north along Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard before concluding with a review in front of…

March 11, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

Lifestyle News

For decades, he climbed Annie Bridge to raise the Irish Flag

For decades, as March edged toward St. Patrick’s Day, area residents knew the season had arrived not by the calendar, but by a flash of green, white, and orange high above the Passaic. The Irish tricolor would be snapping in the wind at the peak of the jack-knifed Annie Bridge, impossibly placed there, daringly visible.…

March 10, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News People

Bail set for Kearny man detained by ICE while walking home after buying diapers

On Feb. 2, Martin Soto, a 30-year-old native of Peru and father of two, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement while walking home after buying diapers at a store a few blocks from his Kearny residence. After 31 days at Delaney Hall, the ICE detention facility in Newark, an immigration judge set…

March 9, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News People

Formidable women of Kearny helped shape the woman’s club movement

For more than a century, three women’s organizations in Kearny have been shaping the community largely out of the spotlight. The Woman’s Club of Arlington, its Evening Membership Department, and the Junior Woman’s Club of Arlington may call themselves “the best kept secret,” but their impact — spanning more than 125 years since becoming one…

March 5, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News People

Finding home in the crossroads: Smriti Sangal’s journey to offer art for everyone

When Smriti Sangal was three or four years old in New Delhi, her mother handed her a pair of sharp scissors—much to her grandmother's alarm. While her mother taught classes, young Sangalwould sit nearby, cutting random shapes from paper, learning dexterity through trust and creative freedom. One day, that freedom led to…

March 3, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

News People

A Civil War romance: The love story behind Kearny’s name

Kearny takes its name from a renowned Civil War general whose romance inspired him to build a mansion along the banks of the Passaic River, offering his lover a refuge from the social gossip surrounding their illicit affair. Major General Philip Kearny was one of early America’s most captivating military figures. Nicknamed Kearny le…

February 14, 20260Comments

ByJaimie Julia Winters

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