In the News: Mystery Donor Gives Jersey City $45k for Swim Classes, the Journal Interviews Just Beclaws Owners

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**The 200-year old Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery held its first ever wedding ceremony last week. Deivis and Rocio Garcia both met at the Newark Avenue cemetery where they volunteer to restore and preserve it. —NJ.com

**The Jersey Journal interviews Nambinh and Francis Tran, brothers and co-owners of seafood hotspot, Just Beclaws. “During the grand opening week we sold out of everything so we had to close a day early.” —NJ.com

**An anonymous donor has given $45k to Jersey City’s American Red Cross with the intention of sponsoring swimming classes for 750 children, in addition to providing lifeguard and swim instructor training. [As an avid swimmer, I can say it’s an awesome idea to teach young kids to swim.] —SwimSwam

**The Hamilton Park Summer Basketball League kicked off its 13th season yesterday. St. Anthony, Hudson Catholic, St. Peter’s Prep, Dickinson, and McNair are among the Hudson County teams participating. You can check out the full schedule of games here. —NJ.com

**NJ Transit is offering extra bus service into the city for Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. —NJT