- 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 [...]
- Port Authority, ARC Tunnel & Christie: When New Jersey taxpayers were on the hook for billions in potential cost overruns tied to building a Hudson River transit tunnel last year, Gov. Christie stepped in and canceled the project to protect taxpayers. Christie said last year it would be “unthinkable” to ask state taxpayers to [...]
Ah, summer in Jersey City: Coco helado, farmer’s markets, Groove on Grove, films in Van Vorst Park. Standing outside Torico’s waiting and waiting for the renovations to be finished so I can get my cinnamon ice cream fix. Let’s not forget the power outages, drunk people yelling outside your open window at 2 in the [...]
Photo by Stephen Marks/Hudson County Division of Planning The Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance and the city are hosting a public meeting this Wednesday to give residents an update on the progress at the urban oasis that calls the Heights home. Specifically, the meeting is designed to give an overview of a project, begun two [...]
On Wednesday, there was a fire at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Manhattan that caused the facility to shut down, allowing raw sewage to begin flowing into the Hudson River around 5:15 pm. With the sewage leak not yet abated, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is urging that “individuals refrain [...]
The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) will spend more than $52 million on sewer repairs and upgrades and pay a civil penalty of $375,000 after repeated violations of the Clean Water Act, according to a settlement with the federal government made public today. The MUA has violated the landmark environmental law by releasing untreated [...]
The public can finally get a glimpse at the massive wetlands restoration project in the western part of Lincoln Park, as the Lincoln Park Nature Walk is now open. The project covers 31 acres on a former landfill site, and is expected to increase bird and fish populations in the Hackensack River. It was funded [...]
- Tax Bills: Last week Jersey City residents started receiving their most recent quarterly property tax bills in the mail, and some people don’t like what they see. – The State Budget & NJ’s Cities: The state’s cities may bear the biggest brunt of the Gov. Christie’s budget cuts. – School Vouchers: The controversial Opportunity [...]
- Corruption: The corruption trial of former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell began yesterday in federal court in Newark, with prosecutors alleging that Elwell knew he was accepting bribes, and not campaign contributions, from a confidential informant. Meanwhile, government informant Solomon Dwek has been arrested on car theft charges in Baltimore. – Doc Indicted in Murder [...]
It turns out that $87,944 is the number it’s going to take to bring Hudson Regional Health Commission (HRHC) to a City Council meeting to explain why Reliable Wood Products, a processing plant for wood recycling, has not done enough to address concerns about the odor emitted from its work. The City Council last week [...]
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