Thursday Morning News Roundup
By Melissa Surach • Feb 23rd, 2012 • Category: Blog, News
3 TD Bank Branches in Jersey City, Hoboken and Bayonne are Among 27 Banks Victimized by Check Theft Scheme: Several Hudson County banks were among 27 used by eight people charged yesterday with causing more than $600,000 in losses to banks through a scheme of stealing blank checks from the U.S. mail, officials said.
Hartz Mountain, Roseland Properties Planning 1,000-Unit Residential Building on Waterfront: Hartz Mountain Industries and Roseland Property will build a $450 million, 1,000-luxury housing unit residential complex on at 99 Hudson Street, currently a parking lot.
JWoWW Sarcastically Responds to ‘Pathetic’ Jersey City Bar Ban: Jersey Shore’s Jenni ‘JWoWW’ Farley responded yesterday to word that three Jersey City bars have banned her spinoff from filming at their establishments.
Crime Blotter: A Jersey City felon was charged with punching two police officers after his girlfriend allegedly honked her car horn at three cops walking across Communipaw Avenue; A violent Jersey City felon who has already served two prison terms was arrested Tuesday night and charged with pushing two drug store employees during a robbery; Jersey City police arrested a felon Tuesday after stopping him for driving with no headlights and finding a gun and alcohol in his car.
Today’s Best Bets:
Manouche Bag is back at Madame Claude Cafe. There will be two seatings for the gypsy-jazz band, one at 7 pm and one at 9 pm.
Meanwhile, Moore’s Lounge hosts Uptown Crew Open Mic, an open mic for everything that includes “Yummies for your Tummy” (8 pm, $5).
In Statewide News:
New Jersey Insurers Tie Doctors’ Payments to Quality of Care: Much of the alarming growth in U.S. healthcare spending has been blamed on how the system pays the bills, with providers compensated for everything they do for patients, regardless of how that care is affecting their health. That has begun to change in New Jersey, where health insurers are piloting new models tied with incentives for improving the quality of care.
New Jersey Muslims find Depth of NYPD Spying Unsettling: News that the NYPD had documented the lives of Muslims in Newark – including where they live, work and pray – gave a deep and some say disturbing glimpse into the extensive surveillance operations in New Jersey’s Muslim communities and institutions.
Gov. Chris Christie Condemns Anti-Whitney Houston Emails: Gov. Chris Christie told a town hall Wednesday that online disparaging comments made about Whitney Houston and his decision to lower flags for her after she died were reprehensible.
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Melissa Surach is the managing editor of Jersey City Independent. She's also a writer and comedian who was born and raised in Jersey City, a Fiction MFA candidate at the New School and drinks way too much beer.
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