Gov. Chris Christie’s School Plan Focuses on Urban Districts: The Christie administration’s new accountability system for public schools will save its strongest measures for urban districts like Jersey City. Look for more from JCI today. Former Deputy Mayor May Be Sent to Prison: Jersey City’s former deputy mayor may have to report to prison today [...]
Snowtober: A pre-Halloween nor’easter dumped three to five inches on Hudson County over the weekend, left upwards of 7,500 residents without power, and kept the phone lines at fire and police stations ringing off the hook with reports of downed trees and power lines. In a radio interview this morning, Gov. Chris Christie said that [...]
- A 27-year-old Jersey City woman was stabbed to death in her Montgomery Street apartment yesterday and her 9-month-old baby boy was sent to the hospital with multiple stab wounds. There was no sign of forced entry to the apartment and there is no known motive for the attack; investigators are still searching for a [...]
- A Costa Rican woman who is wanted for murder in that country, but was arrested in the U.S. last year, has filed a federal lawsuit over negligent health services at the Hudson County jail, where she remains as she awaits extradition to stand trial. The woman alleges she didn’t have access to a doctor [...]
- Despite the fact that he has been indicted, state Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, who represents Bayonne and part of Jersey City in the 31st District, says he expects to be re-elected to a new term on Tuesday. And chances are he will, as he’s running on the Hudson County Democratic Organization ticket. (Jersey Journal story [...]
- County Plaza, the new social services center on Cornelison Avenue that opened this spring, has been cited by state Office of Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) officials for not having a fire prevention plan on hand and having boxes that were blocking two exits. “They need to have a little bit more [...]
- City clerk Robert Byrne says that the electronic voting machines used by Jersey City could make it easier for At-Large City Council candidates to avoid a runoff election. As long as one candidate in the field of 13 receives more than 50 percent of the vote, none of the candidates face a runoff, and [...]
The Hudson County Public Art Commission has issued a call to artists for proposals of public art projects at the new Hudson County Plaza complex. The complex, which is set to open this Spring, will house most of the county’s administrative offices and family services agencies. The site, pictured above, will be at the main [...]
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