PSE&G Project Angers Residents: A number of residents along St. Paul’s Avenue in Jersey City say a PSE&G upgrading project is wreaking havoc in their neighborhood. The Big Dig: As part of national Make a Difference Day, young and old participated in the Big Dig on Saturday, an all-out effort to plant 17,000 flowers across [...]
- Goya: New Jersey awarded an $82 million tax break to Secaucus-based Goya Foods Inc. Tuesday, to keep the nation’s largest Hispanic-owned food company from moving 369 jobs a few miles over the New York state border and instead have it build a new facility on County Road in Jersey City. MORE from the Ledger [...]
- Epps Leaving: The big news at last night’s special Board of Education meeting was that superintendent Charles Epps will be leaving the district this December and the board will undergo a national search to replace him. We’ll have our full story on this up later today. – Guarini Pleads Guilty: John Guarini, one of [...]
- AAA Sues Over Toll Hikes: The AAA has filed suit against the Port Authority over the agency’s recent toll hikes. – Manzo Looks to Have Corruption Charges Tossed: The attorney for former Jersey City Assemblyman and failed mayoral candidate Lou Manzo argues in a motion filed in federal court yesterday that all corruption charges [...]
- Toll Hikes: A lesser-known aspect of the toll hike that took effect Sunday: peak periods were extended by an hour. – Murder Suspect Arrested: A 19-year-old Jersey City man on the run since July when he allegedly killed a man with three gunshots to the back was arrested yesterday in a Grant Avenue building [...]
- Beldini: A day after former deputy mayor Leona Beldini lost her appeal, the U.S. Attorney’s Office yesterday asked a federal judge to revoke her bail and send her to prison. – Webb-Washington Indicted: Jersey City housing activist and former City Council candidate LaVern Webb-Washington was indicted yesterday for defrauding her campaign fund in connection [...]
- Beldini Appeal Denied: The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied former Jersey City deputy mayor Leona Beldini’s appeal of her conviction last year on federal bribery charges. – Candidate Filing Deadline Mixup: Candidates hoping to run this November for two vacant At-Large seats on the City Council were scrambling yesterday after they [...]
- The Port Authority’s PR: A review of the timing of the Port Authority announcement on the toll hike, the timing of the vote, the avalanche of press releases on behalf of contractors, unions and consultants, and the rapid-fire schedule of hearings shows New Jerseyans are being hit with an unprecedented PR blitz intended to [...]
- Corruption in HudCo Sheriff’s Office? The board that oversees the state’s police and fire retirement system voted unanimously last month to ask the Treasury Department to investigate two former Hudson County Sheriff’s chiefs for allegedly collecting pensions from the pension fund while at the same time working jobs covered by the fund. – Spectra [...]
- King Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud: After a federal court tossed out the most serious charges to which he had already pleaded guilty, Jimmy King yesterday admitted to a single count of mail fraud in connection with the largest federal corruption sting in New Jersey history. – HudCo Judge Sues State Over Pension/Benefit Changes: [...]
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