Tuesday Morning News Roundup
By Jon Whiten • Aug 25th, 2009 • Category: Blog
- Jimmy King, who was arrested by the FBI in last month’s corruption probe, is closing down the Jimmy King Civic Association. “This is to inform you that we are retiring. We are looking forward to spending more time with our 5 grandchildren,” a postcard mailed to the association’s members reads. “For the last six years we did more together than any other club. If not for your help we could not accomplish what we did. The club is officially closed as of September 2009.”
- News of a settlement between a man sexually abused by a former Jersey City priest and two Catholic diocese has prompted four more alleged victims to come forward, including two from Jersey City.
- The PC Tech medical training school on Bergen Avenue has locked its doors and been served an eviction notice. The school hasn’t paid its rent since February.
- Cops say they’ve arrested the DJ’s assistant in connection with the theft of women’s purses during a weekend wedding at the Hyatt Regency.
- The Jersey Journal is increasing its home delivery rate a little, to $3.46 per week. That rate includes delivery of the Sunday Star-Ledger.
In statewide news:
- A Newark man imprisoned for more than two decades for a 1985 rape won a victory in court Monday when a judge ruled that state and local authorities must resume a search for missing DNA evidence that could clear him of the crime.
- Twelve New Jersey hospitals and their participating physicians are taking part in the Physician Hospital Collaboration Demonstration, a Medicare project that will evaluate gainsharing as an innovative new incentive method that aims to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality of care.
- Ancora Psychiatric Hospital remained a dangerous place in 2008, with patients there subject to “serious, frequent and recurrent harm,” according to details of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation released on Monday.
- A state appeals court has ruled that New Jersey towns can be forced to alter zoning laws to accommodate affordable housing even after they have met their state quotas for low- and moderate-income homes and apartments.
- Gov. Corzine has named U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone as chairman of his re-election campaign.
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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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