Despite a loss of about $12 million in revenues and program cuts, those managing programs inside Jersey City’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) say they are forging ahead, doing the best they can in keeping areas viable for businesses.
- New Ward B Candidate: The Rev. Earlin Thomas says he is running for the Ward B City Council seat in November’s special election against incumbent David Donnelly. Among his main concerns: jobs and crime.
- Brawl Leaves Man on Life Support: A 22-year-old Warren man remains on life support after being brutally beaten outside Downtown [...]
- New Fire Chief: Deputy Chief Darren Rivers will be promoted to fire chief either later this week or early next week, according to the Healy administration. Rivers, who will be the first black fire chief in Jersey City history, took over on a provisional basis at 12:01 am today from Chief Michael O’Reilly, who [...]
A vote on the controversial contract of superintendent Charles Epps was postponed by the Jersey City Board of Education Thursday for a second time this month, shifting the focus of the meeting away from the contract and back to the day-to-day struggle to improve Jersey City schools.
- Schundler’s Fall: Gov. Christie fired Education Commissioner Bret Schundler on Friday just days after New Jersey was denied federal Race to the Top funding, in part because of a clerical error. For his part, the former Jersey City mayor defended himself Friday against any perception that he had lied to Governor Christie about the [...]
- SEC Looking into Jersey City Hedge Fund: Yorkville Advisors, which recently reported $864 million of assets under management, has disclosed to investors that it provided information to the Securities & Exchange Commission at the direction of securities regulators.
- Decapitated Body Remains Unidentified: Homicide detectives have not yet been able to identify the decapitated, decomposed [...]
- Epps Contract: The Board of Education will not vote on superintendent Charles Epps’ controversial new contract at its meeting tonight after all. The contract must still be approved by the state before coming back to the board; state officials aren’t sure when their review will occur.
- Dual Office Holders: Hudson County’s Nick Sacco and [...]
- Fire Chief to Retire: Although he’s only been chief for 2.5 years, and at 49, wouldn’t be forced to retire for another 16 years, Jersey City Fire Chief Michael O’Reilly is calling it quits on September 1. He blames personnel shortages within the department for his departure, though Gov. Christie’s proposed changes to the [...]
- Parking Lot Replaces Housing in Developer’s Plan: The Jersey City Planning Board has approved a Bayonne-based developer’s plans to construct a 436-space parking lot at Grove and 18th streets. Ten years ago, the same developer won Planning Board approval to build two 43-story towers on the site, but the project never got built. The [...]
New Jersey will receive $39,638,152 in federal stimulus funding to help create a new wireless public safety broadband network designed to improve how first responders communicate during emergency situations. The network will be for use by public safety organizations in the state’s Urban Area Security Initiative region, which includes Hudson County as well as Bergen, [...]
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