Friday Morning News Roundup
By Jon Whiten • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Blog
- A Jersey City man was arrested on weapons charges yesterday; he is accused of handing the alleged shooter a gun that was used to shoot and kill a 17-year-old boy in Greenville earlier this week.
- The National Parks Service will spend more than $37 million on projects around the New York Harbor area, including Liberty and Ellis islands.
- In light of the recently revealed state Department of Environmental Protection memo that calls for stricter chromium cleanup standards, the Journal editorializes that “it will be up to the state — and the city — to make certain safer chromium levels become a reality” at the Garfield Avenue site formerly owned by PPG Industries.
- The city is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony today at 4:30 pm at Grove Street Bicycles (365 Grove St.). After a number of delays, the bike store opened its doors earlier this month.
In statewide news:
- The ACLU says Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, while he was U.S. Attorney, authorized the monitoring and tracking of New Jerseyans via their cell phones, without getting warrants to do so. Politicker has fellow GOP hopeful Steve Lonegan’s reaction.
- Hundreds of union workers protested Gov. Corzine’s planned furlough of public employees yesterday, saying the cost-saving measure will disrupt state services and possibly compromise public safety.
- The FBI raided the home of former Perth Amboy mayor — and onetime candidate to represent Jersey City in Congress — Joe Vas, who is facing corruption charges.
- The NJ Transit Community Shuttle program — which takes residents to transit centers and major bus stops — has been singled out in a new report by the Environmental Defense Fund as an innovative transit practice.
- The NJ chapter of the Sierra Club released its “Cheers” and “Jeers” report on Earth Day. They include a jeer for Gov. Corzine for privatizing site remediation.
- Fairleigh Dickinson University and Ramapo College are among 20 schools nationwide that are receiving $100,000 grants each to work with veterans and their families.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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