Jersey City will honor a handful of developers, organizations and individuals next week at its fourth annual Green Awards ceremony in City Hall. “The Green Awards is our way of thanking and recognizing the City’s green pioneers,” Mayor Jerramiah Healy says. “These awards are part of a community of trail blazers who are lending our [...]
Jersey City officials say the federal regulators charged with approving Spectra Energy’s proposed natural gas pipeline are simply taking the Texas-based energy giant at its word when it comes to possible safety and environmental impacts that Jersey City could face from the pipeline.
Mayor Healy speaks at today’s press conference; he is surrounded by members of the Jersey City Parks Coalition and a number of city agencies. On this year’s Make a Difference Day, the Jersey City Parks Coalition, several city agencies and scores of volunteers plan to plant 17,000 daffodils and tulips at 80 locations throughout the [...]
- 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 [...]
- Port Authority: The Port Authority will re-evaluate the 10-year, $25 billion capital plan that prompted the agency to dramatically raise PATH fares and tolls in order to prioritize projects and scale back those that do not produce revenue — a month after that plan was approved. – Mistrial in Murder Case: The murder trial [...]
The Hudson Transportation Management Association (TMA), a nonprofit organization that works with county government to lessen traffic problems and encourage transportation alternatives, is encouraging Hudson County residents to go car free (or reduce vehicle use and go “car lite”) this Thursday as part of the worldwide CarFree Day. “Instead of driving, walk your kids to [...]
- 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 [...]
This map shows an overview of the pipeline project; for a more detailed look at the proposed pipeline’s path through Jersey City, click here. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has announced the dates and locations of four public meetings on the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that it issued earlier this month regarding Spectra Energy’s [...]
Should Jersey City allow Texas-based Spectra Energy access to test environmental and soil conditions before federal officials approve its proposed natural gas pipeline that will snake through the city? The administration says that, while it is still “adamantly opposed” to the controversial pipeline, doing so may keep the pipeline route from going through environmentally sensitive [...]
In a new request for proposal (RFP) issued by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the agency is asking private businesses to propose a plan for managing and operating concessions, catering and event services at Jersey City’s 1,212-acre Liberty State Park (approximately 600 acres of land and 600 acres of water), one of the most [...]
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