- JC Woman Dies in Car Crash: A 20-year-old Jersey City woman was killed in a two-car accident that also injured three other people and held up traffic for several hours near the Bayonne/Jersey City border yesterday morning. – ‘Exodus’ Program for Former Inmates: The Jersey City-based re-entry program provides a variety of daily services [...]
Less than half a year after it began tending to an earth box farm on Kearney Avenue, it appears the Friends of the Lifers Youth Corporation will soon have to find somewhere else for its innovative farming program after a falling out with the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency.
- Fulop, Stack & the HCDO: Sources tell Politicker that the Hudson County Democratic Organization wants to gently offload Mayor Jerramiah Healy in 2013, but worries that state Sen. Brian Stack might be wooing Ward E councilman Fulop, who could possibly get the backing of the organization in his run for mayor in 2013. – [...]
- 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: [...]
A bill that would require any person arrested on suspicion he or she committed a violent crime in New Jersey to provide a sample of their DNA to the police was cleared today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. The proposal, which is sponsored by Hudson County Assembly members Joan Quigley and Vincent [...]
Reading through the new report “Crime and Punishment in New Jersey,” one almost has to conclude that the only consistent thing about the Garden State’s penal code is its irrationality.
- PATH Security Breach: A man slipped into the PATH tunnel this weekend near the World Trade Center and walked all the way to Jersey City, before saying he had left a bomb in the tunnel. – PATH Crash: The federal agency investigating the crash of a PATH train Sunday in Hoboken says it will [...]
- Port Authority Security Review: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will hire an outside consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of security at its facilities, which include the PATH system and the Holland Tunnel. – Early Release Changes Move Forward: State lawmakers are getting on board with Gov. Christie’s effort to [...]
- School Vouchers: It didn’t get the attention of the justices’ ruling for private school vouchers in 2002, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week allowing vouchers by tax credit could have more impact on what has become the dominant approach to school choice in New Jersey and other states. – NAACP: A new [...]
- BOE Candidate Forum: The central administration of Jersey City Public Schools came under attack at last night’s question-and-answer forum for the 10 candidates running for three open seats on the Board of Education. – St. Aedan’s: Parishioners of St. Aedan’s Church on Bergen Avenue say they were caught off guard by news their church [...]
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