That the economy is worse off today than it was ten years ago may not surprise many, but the extent of our current economic woes, as outlined in a new report issued by the New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), is eye-opening all the same. Take some examples from “The State of Working New Jersey 2011: [...]
Monday’s first Occupy New Jersey general assembly at the Grove Street PATH plaza was more subdued and more productive than last week’s attempt at an occupation of the Goldman Sachs building at 30 Hudson Street, which brought out hundreds of police, private security, protestors, and media, and ended the same day with a brief march on City Hall.
Just when I thought I had nothing left to learn in this whole maddening adventure, life stepped in and once again said: “Hey lady, the joke’s on you.” A wonderful friend took all of my blogs and edited them into a play. Woo-hoo, I wrote a play! Well actually I wrote of series of blogs [...]
By 10:30 pm last night, Alexander Waight was home, recording a post-mortem for yesterday’s Occupy New Jersey protest in Jersey City. “Good evening brothers and sisters,” he began, speaking into his camera. “As you know, Occupy New Jersey was not as successful as we thought it would be, but it was still successful in the long run.”
As the Occupy Wall Street protest in Lower Manhattan nears the two-week mark, Creative Grove’s Laura Dejean is lending a hand by collecting supplies for the activists this Friday. Dejean says protesters particularly need water, drinks, prepared food, medical supplies, fruits, weather ponchos and batteries, though she will take over anything you think they might [...]
- Lawsuit Settlement: Jersey City is set to shell out $15,000 to settle a claim by a disabled city worker who says she was denied a handicapped parking space and then disciplined for complaining about it. – HCCC Expansion: Hudson County Community College officials are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow for the school’s newly opened [...]
- Missing Woman Case: Police have found the remains of a missing Heights woman in a concrete-filled drum in her basement, and her husband has now been charged with killing her. Authorities now say she was likely strangled and then folded into a cement-filled container. – Combined Sewer System: The federal Environmental Protection Agency says [...]
- Earning Less in Hudson County: According to American Community Survey estimates being released by the U.S. Census Bureau today, the 2010 median household income in Hudson County was $54,817, a 5 percent decrease from 2009′s $57,732. The state’s median household income dropped by 2.7 percent. – JCFD Radio Troubles: The recent move of Jersey [...]
Local officials and hospital leaders are mostly mum on serious allegations of fraud against a California-based company currently in negotiations to buy Christ Hospital, as many observers see the sale as the only way to keep the ailing hospital afloat.
Sunday’s the day when the Port Authority’s massive toll and PATH fare hike plan begins to go into effect. Beginning at 3 am, a single PATH ride will rise to $2 on its way ultimately to $2.75 by 2014. In addition, the rates for unlimited SmartLink cards will rise, to $65 for a 30-day pass [...]
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