Monday Morning News Roundup
By Jon Whiten • Jun 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog
- The former owner of David’s Sporting Goods, a now-closed gun shop in Downtown Jersey City, has been sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours of community service for a 2007 incident in which he fired shots into the air outside his store.
- The Insider calls Tuesday’s Ward A runoff “the best of the undercard” (Hoboken’s mayoral election being the main event, natch). He talks with Rolando Lavarro about his candidacy and notes that Andre Richardson, who came in a close third in the ward’s May 12 election, has been campaigning for incumbent Michael Sottolano. For more on Lavarro and Sottolano, check out our Q&A with both of them on the issues facing Greenville.
- U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, who represents most of Jersey City in D.C., is among those rumored to be on Gov. Corzine’s list for lieutenant governor.
- The Reporter has a report on the potential Turnpike extension that would run straight to Washington Boulevard via 11th Street (the embankment on the the northern end of Hamilton Park neighborhood). The off-ramp’s supporters say it would ease Holland Tunnel congestion and also reduce the number of Newport and NYC vehicular commuters that cut through Downtown Jersey City’s neighborhoods every morning.
- The owner of Walsh Dodge in Jersey City talks to the Associated Press about his last days selling Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler vehicles. Walsh is one of the nearly 800 car dealers that Chrysler has asked a bankruptcy court for permission to terminate franchise agreements with.
- A 24-year-old Jersey City man, already serving an 18-year prison term for aggravated manslaughter, will have to serve out that sentence before he begins serving a life sentence handed down Friday for the murder of an Asbury Park pet shop owner.
- A Jersey City man involved in the hit-and-run of a 6-year-old will serve only the 99 days he’s already spent in jail for his crime. The victim’s mother shares her outrage with the Journal.
- The New Jersey Business & Industry Association has awarded a 2009 New Good Neighbor Award to Hudson County Community College’s Culinary Arts Institute/Conference Center.
- The New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning will honor Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley with its Leadership Award this Thursday, recognizing Quigley’s longtime advocacy for adult education in New Jersey.
- The Jersey City Police Department held its annual award ceremony last week at the Liberty Science Center.
In statewide news:
- New Jersey’s potential medical marijuana law could be the strictest in the nation if adopted, according to advocates. Prescriptions would only be allowed for people suffering from AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and seizure disorders; only registered patients may pick up the drug; and no one would be allowed to grow their own plants.
- Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) acting commissioner Mark Mauriello says the new law allowing the department to outsource site remediation to private contractors marks “a cultural change” for DEP. The change has been criticized by many environmental groups.
- Two-thirds of New Jersey’s hospitals stand to lose money under a proposal that would change how the state doles out $400million for patients on Medicaid.
- Some 1,000 PSE&G customers have been overcharged since March due to a computer glitch.
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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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