Jersey City’s UEZ Programs Dealt a Blow as Christie Freezes State Funds
Advocates of the Urban Enterprise Zone program are warning of dire consequences to urban business areas already struggling with the nation’s severe recession if Jersey City loses the $10.6 million that Gov. Christie has frozen.
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Kanibal Home Launching Art Classes»The Montgomery Street boutique Kanibal Home is rolling out some intimate art classes taught by Jersey City’s own James French.
The classes, which begin this Friday, are open to only 10 people. The first lesson is on Scratchboard Drawing — you can take this one on Friday, March 12 at 7:30 pm, or Tuesday, March [...]
- Full-Time Council? Ward F councilwoman Viola Richardson is introducing an ordinance to make City Council jobs full-time, and another to increase the maximum salary for council members from $22,500 to $90,000 and for council president from $24,500 to $100,000. Both would begin July 1, 2013, and are meeting resistance from the administration.
- Re-introducing Bills: [...]
_gaia Studio is looking for local short films by or about women for April’s Lunafest Jersey City 2010 film festival.
Lunafest is a traveling festival of short films by, for, and about women. _gaia needs films from Hudson County residents that are under 10 minutes long, and center around issues concerning the lives of women [...]
- Help for Transit? U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and other elected officials are set to announce this morning plans for a federal recovery act that would help offset the massive cuts that have come recently to NJ Transit, resulting in worker layoffs, fare hikes and service cuts.
- Cuts to UEZ Funds Hurting Cities: More than [...]
This afternoon, NJ Transit officials finally confirmed what everyone has known was coming: a proposal for a huge fare hike and widespread service cuts.
The agency’s plan entails raising fares by 25 percent systemwide. The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail fare, for example, would rise from $1.90 to $2.40 per trip.
“We recognize that any increase is [...]
For Jersey City’s most comprehensive arts and entertainment listings, be sure to check our full Cultural Calendar. Here are your Best Bets for the coming weekend.
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With JC Fridays back in town today, there is plenty of good stuff going on. While you can see the full event listings on the JC Fridays website, there are [...]
- NJCU Students and Faculty Rally: More than 50 people rallied in NJCU’s administration building yesterday, urging the university to open up its budget process, freeze tuition and refrain from furloughs and layoffs. The group also decried Gov. Christie’s recent cut of higher education funding.
- Kenny Corruption Sentencing Postponed: Former Ward B councilman Phil [...]
The quarterly arts extravaganza JC Fridays returns to Jersey City this Friday, March 5, with nearly 40 events lined up all over town for art lovers of all ages.
As part of the festivities, the city and Art House Productions will honor three local businesses — Fischer Confections, Churrasqueira Europa Restaurant & Bar and [...]
We’ve already received some great submissions to the NEW Magazine cover contest, but the contest isn’t quite over yet — you’ve got a few more days to enter. We’re extending the deadline by two days, to Monday, March 8. So send in those entries!
Local Pols Line Up Against Gas Pipeline as Public Meetings Get Underway»Mayor Healy has recently been joined by other local elected officials in opposing a natural gas pipleline extension being proposed by Spectra Energy. The path of the pipeline, which would add about 16 miles of new pipeline to two of Spectra’s existing lines in the region, would bring up to 800 million cubic feet of [...]
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