Posts Tagged ‘Hudson County Improvement Authority’

Monday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Today is the federal holiday honoring the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. City office and the parking authority are closed; here are some celebrations in the area.
- Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is urging federal officials not to close immigration detention operations at the Varick Federal Detention Facility in [...]



Urban Gardening & Composting Bring a Green Groundswell to Jersey City

By Becky Hughes • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Featured, News

Illustration: N.I
After winter overstayed its welcome, it’s refreshing to see the signs of spring starting to poke through: birds are chirping, trees are budding, grass is greening, and the worms are churning.
That’s right. As we speak, worms are working overtime churning in urban gardens all over Jersey City. Despite being underpaid (or paid in dirt) [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- Interstate Waste Services has filed a lawsuit alleging the Hudson County Improvement Authority violated local public contract laws when it awarded the county’s garbage disposal contract to Advance Enterprise, the second lowest bidder.
- The family of a woman who died last year in Hudson County jail is seeking answers about her death — but [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- At last night’s City Council meeting, the council spent nearly two hours on the Journal Square Redevelopment Plan, hearing from 21 members of the public but ultimately voting to table the plan for further study. The plan is a massive “visioning” plan encompassing 244 acres that calls for gargantuan high rises, a revamping of [...]