Share/Save – An appeals court has ruled against The Friends of Liberty State Park’s challenge to prevent the state’s planned “Empty Sky” 9/11 memorial from being built on the park’s waterfront. The group, which filed a petition arguing the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) didn’t allow enough public comment on the memorial, was told [...]
Share/Save- The big news of yesterday was that planning aide Guy Catrillo and Health and Human Services deputy director Maher Khalil pleaded guilty to the federal corruption charges against them. In his plea, Khalil said he was passing the alleged $30,000 in bribes he took from a purported developer along to council president Mariano Vega* [...]
Share/Save- The Journal‘s editorial looks at the soon-to-be-passed 2009 Hudson County budget; the paper says the tax burdens on municipalities will be increased (Jersey City’s will be up $2.1 million — the 2008 levy was $85.3 million). Bayonne’s tax burden will reportedly be increased 10 percent. The paper argues that none of this had to [...]
Share/Save- A Jersey City man was shot in the head and killed early Monday morning near the intersection of Grant and Rose Avenues. This is the city’s 12th homicide of the year. – Cops say that less than 48 hours after the state Division of Youth and Family Services placed a 4-year-old boy in a [...]
Share/SaveYou are probably thinking, “what an odd thing to say” — people generally find a way to honor the memories of the 9/11 victims, their families, and the event itself. But that is not what is happening in New Jersey. Once again, Liberty State Park has been drawn into the heart of a controversy with [...]
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