- 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 [...]
- New Board Members at Liberty Humane: Liberty Humane Society’s interim Board of Directors appointed three permanent members at a meeting last night, in hopes of moving the troubled Jersey City shelter forward. The three new members are Michele Perotta, John Hanussak and Althea Bernheim.
- Cunningham Supports Charter Changes: State Sen. Sandra Cunningham is one [...]
- Epps Contract Confusion: With a public hearing on superintendent Charles Epps’ new contract on tap for tomorrow at 6 pm, local school officials say they can’t release the terms publicly until the county superintendent of schools signs off on the new pact. But county Superintendent Timothy Brennan says the public needs to weigh in [...]
- New Assemblyman: Jason O’Donnell talks to the Journal about his new jobs as Bayonne’s director of Public Safety and the Assemblyman representing the 31st District, which covers Bayonne and part of Jersey City. O’Donnell is replacing former Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, who pleaded guilty this summer to campaign finance fraud.
- Cammarano Sentenced: One of the [...]
- Push for More Public Comment on Gas Pipeline: Mayor Healy and NY/NJ Baykeeper are asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the public comment period on Spectra Energy’s proposed natural gas line through Jersey City and Bayonne. The company has until August 24 to file an updated pipeline route, but the public comment [...]
- Cardwell Still on MUA Board: In spite of a City Council resolution seeking his removal, longtime political operative Joe Cardwell, who was arrested on corruption charges last summer, is still sitting on the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority board. His attorney argued that Jersey City should wait for the completion of Cardwell’s trial before [...]
- O’Donnell Will Replace Chiappone: Bayonne Democrat Jason O’Donnell has been unanimously chosen to replace 31st District Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone by roughly 200 committee members of the Hudson County Democratic Organization. Chiappone resigned earlier this month after pleading guilty to campaign finance fraud charges in June.
- Beldini Asks to Remain Free During Appeal: In an [...]
- Schundler Recommends National Superintendent Search: State education commissioner Bret Schundler is personally calling Jersey City school board members to say it’s not too late to conduct a nationwide superintendent search, and he’s called Superintendent Charles Epps to inform him that he’d be recommending such a search to board members. The Wall Street Journal also [...]
On the morning of July 23, 2009, federal agents began knocking on doors all over Jersey City, arresting politicians and other public officials and taking them to the federal courthouse in Newark.
The process of bringing the accused to trial has progressed slowly throughout the last year; a year that has brought resignation, death, court [...]
- Labor’s Reaction to Furloughs: Local labor leader Chuck Carol, president of Jersey City Public Employees Inc., says the furlough plan unveiled Friday by the Healy administration is pointless if it will not prevent layoffs.
- Jersey City Plant Comes Online with Peak Energy Use: With 90-plus-degree temperatures forecast all week, electric companies are turning [...]
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