Share/Save An $80 million budgetary shortfall and subsequent austerity cuts got your free library system in a bind? Well, here’s a chance to wrangle up another $3,000 for Jersey City libraries in a friendly rivalry between Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop, Mayor Jamel Holley of Roselle and Councilman Anibal Ramos of Newark. The politicians are [...]
Share/SaveJersey City Tenth on List of Most Artistic Cities in US: Jersey City for the first time made the Atlantic’s list of top artistic cities in America, placing tenth. Jersey City Rallies Against School Vouchers: Some 50 people rallied yesterday at a Jersey City school against proposed state legislation that would use public money to [...]
Share/Save Environmental scientist and Jersey City native Tom Belton will be reading from his new book, Protecting New Jersey’s Environment: From Cancer Alley to New Garden State, Saturday at 11am in the NJ Room of the Jersey City Free Public Library. Belton’s book, which was designated as a 2011 Honor Book by the Council for [...]
Share/SaveEmbankment Decision: The Jersey City twittersphere was abuzz with news that the Zoning Board voted last night 5-0 to deny an application to demolish the historic 6th Street Embankment. Expect more from JCI later today. Off-Duty Jersey City Cops Subdue Airline Passenger: When a hysterical passenger aboard a Hawaii-bound flight made a dash for the [...]
Share/Save- Port Authority: Chris Ward, who jump-started development of the stalled World Trade Center site and memorial and oversaw a significant toll increase on the Hudson River crossings, intends to resign next month as executive director of the Port Authority, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile, in other Port Authority news, lawmakers from both [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
While the latest developments inside City Hall show signs of promise for some restored funding to the Community Awareness Series, the founder of the 34-year-old program alleges that the budget cuts are not related directly to the library’s fiscal health, but are instead a matter of personal and political payback — a charge library officials deny.
Share/Save- Spending Guidelines for Abbott $ Lacking: Jersey City and the other 30 former Abbott districts know a windfall is coming their way, their share of the $447 million in aid awarded by the state Supreme Court in its latest ruling in the epic Abbott v. Burke case. They even know, thanks to fairly accurate [...]
Share/Save- Library Funding: The City Council reached a consensus last week to add $95,000 to Mayor Healy’s proposed 2011 budget for the Jersey City Free Public Library, giving the library a nearly $7.5 million spending plan. – Kids Disappear from After-School Program: A Jersey City man is furious with Jersey City public schools after his [...]
As the fallout from the city’s budget problems continues to wreak havoc on the budget of the Jersey City Free Public Library, a large number of residents turned out at Wednesday’s public budget hearing to support the library system, and now four council members are threatening to hold up Jersey City’s 2011 budget unless the administration backs off its plan to cut library funding.
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