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- As we reported earlier this month, the Jersey City Museum is trying to grow its membership in light of a tight corporate donor market. Today, the Journal reports on how that effort is going so far.

- More details are emerging about the state attorney ethics panel that is suggesting discipline for Mayor Healy’s incident in Bradley Beach in 2006. The board says that part of the reason Healy should face discipline is that he never accepted responsibility for his actions and he tried to throw his political weight around. For his part, Healy maintains that he “did nothing wrong” and that even if he did, it has nothing to do with his law practice.

- New Census figures show that Hudson County had the highest poverty rate among New Jersey’s 21 counties in 2008.

- An investigation into corruption at the union that represents news carriers that deliver the Jersey Journal, among other publications, led to raids at the offices of several New York City newspapers Tuesday. Officers from the NYPD’s Organized Crime Investigation Division was seeking documents related to the hiring and promotion of members of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union.

- The wild turkey that spent its days hanging out at a New Jersey Turnpike toll plaza near Liberty State Park, has been captured by wildlife experts and will be relocated to a zoo in Ocean County.

- A new ferry route from Liberty Harbor to NYC’s World Financial Center is scheduled to open next week.

- John Gomez has a column on historic murals at the Brennan Court House and Dickinson High School, and the newly-found connection between them.

- At a meeting scheduled for tonight, city officials will seek public input on how to spend federal Housing and Urban Development money. The meeting is from 6-8 pm at the Jersey City Museum (350 Montgomery St.).

Today’s Best Bets:

- “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro will kick off Hudson County Community College’s lecture series tonight at 6 pm; The Attic Ensemble’s “Rabbit Hole” returns for its second (and final) weekend; and the film Central Station is being screened at the Warehouse.

In statewide news:

- Job losses in New Jersey eased in October, and the state’s unemployment rate declined for the first time in 29 months.

- Meanwhile, economic indicators are pointing to an uneven recovery for the state’s housing market.

- As state lawmakers prepare for the lame-duck session that begins next week, top Senate Democrats remain split on whether the issue of gay marriage should be taken up before Governor-elect Chris Christie takes office in January.

- The state Department of Environmental Protection has designated nearly 100 “licensed site remediation professionals” in the first two weeks of the new — and controversial — program.

- Representatives from New Jersey’s hundreds of cities and towns are at the annual New Jersey League of Municipalities convention this week. As the Record reports, much of the focus is on spending money, despite property tax bills that are at an all-time high.