- The New Jersey Uniform Crime Report for the first six months of 2008 shows a 5 percent decrease in violent crimes but a 3 percent rise in overall crime in Hudson County over the first six months of 2007. – Mayoral candidate Lou Manzo is profiled in today’s Journal. He says he’s running for [...]
- The woman who gave birth to a stillborn boy whose body was discarded with the trash at Christ Hospital last December has filed a lawsuit against the hospital and several of its employees. The suit alleges the delivery room doctor “deviated from the standard practices of medicine” and that the hospital fraudulently concealed evidence [...]
We’d been combing through state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) reports all week when we noticed this morning that Politicker’s Matt Friedman beat us to the punch on the fundraising race. Friedman focused on the mayoral campaigns, though, so we thought we’d cite his story and add some other interesting nuggets from the latest filings. [...]
- The Jersey City school district will receive $23.3 million in federal stimulus money, and several charters in the city are also receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars. – The future of the proposed 9/11 memorial at Liberty State Park remains uncertain due to a pending legal dispute, a larger-than-expected price tag and a daunting [...]
With last week’s filing deadline for petitions now passed, Andre Richardson formally kicked off his campaign to unseat Ward A Councilman Michael Sottolano this afternoon, saying he intends “to bring real leadership, new ideas and new hope” to the Greenville ward. “I’ve spent the last two years meeting and talking with friends and neighbors throughout [...]
Photo: Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force This week in Washington, when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States, it signified to many leaders in Jersey City that change was on the way in America. “It’s a turning point for the United States,” state Sen. Sandra Cunningham says. “It [the [...]
Citing “unfavorable weather conditions”, Andre Richardson announced yesterday via email that he is postponing the Canvass Kickoff Event that marks the beginning of his campaign for the Ward A council seat. The event was to have taken place today, but has been rescheduled to Saturday, Jan. 10 from 12-4pm. Participants are asked to meet at [...]
We’ve received an email (appended below) from Andre Richardson confirming that he will run for City Council in Ward A. At the moment, we don’t have much info on him other than a few unconfirmed details. He will be throwing a kickoff party and outreach event on Saturday 12/20 from 11:30-4. Location info is not [...]
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