Weekend PATH Fire Strands Customers: An electrical fire near the Journal Square PATH station Saturday evening knocked out the entire system’s rail service in New Jersey and New York for roughly five hours, Port Authority officials said. After Election Upset, Mayor’s Influence Questioned: Mayor Jerramiah Healy’s council candidates lost despite support from the Jersey City [...]
The Hudson County Improvement Authority (HCIA) is once again offering mobile paper shredding and selling discounted compost bins this Saturday in Jersey City. The agency allows Hudson County residents (the service is not open to businesses) to come and shred up to 40 pounds of personal, confidential or sensitive documents for free, though it asks [...]
The Hudson County Improvement Authority’s (HCIA) annual Compost Bin/Rain Barrel Sale Day is this weekend, with the agency offering deep discounts on two tried-and-true tools to go greener at your home. The HCIA is offering a Earth Machine compost bin (30 inches high and 36 inches wide) for $30 (it retails for more than $150), [...]
Hudson County’s annual Earth Day celebration — which is this year themed “A Billion Acts of Green” — is slated for Saturday in Liberty State Park. This year, the event features a 5K Run and a 5K Walk that both begin at 10 am, followed by a full day of live entertainment, information on environmental [...]
Representatives from two businesses are taking issue with one part of Jersey City’s proposed plastic bag regulations, telling the City Council last week that the measure would be detrimental to business — without having any real environmental benefit.
For the second year in a row, the Hudson County Improvement Authoriity (HCIA) is selling compost bins at a deep discount to encourage residents to cut down on their food waste. The sale is this Saturday, May 1, at Lincoln Park from 9 am to 3 pm. The HCIA will be selling The Earth Machine, [...]
Illustration: N.I After winter overstayed its welcome, it’s refreshing to see the signs of spring starting to poke through: birds are chirping, trees are budding, grass is greening, and the worms are churning. That’s right. As we speak, worms are working overtime churning in urban gardens all over Jersey City. Despite being underpaid (or paid [...]
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