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Photos: Steve Gold City Hall’s council chambers were packed last night with supporters of the McGinley Square East Redevelopment Plan, including throngs of construction workers lining the back wall and a handful of representatives from St. Peter’s College, who all greeted the unanimously passed plan with loud applause. The months-long plan went through numerous revisions, [...]

- JC Woman Dies in Car Crash: A 20-year-old Jersey City woman was killed in a two-car accident that also injured three other people and held up traffic for several hours near the Bayonne/Jersey City border yesterday morning. – ‘Exodus’ Program for Former Inmates: The Jersey City-based re-entry program provides a variety of daily services [...]

- JC Man Gets 10 Years in Murder Cold Case: A 54-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after recently admitting his role in the 1978 murder of five teenagers in one of the state’s longest-running cold cases. – Occupy New Jersey: An Occupy Wall Street offshoot will begin protesting [...]

Local officials and hospital leaders are mostly mum on serious allegations of fraud against a California-based company currently in negotiations to buy Christ Hospital, as many observers see the sale as the only way to keep the ailing hospital afloat.

To the Editor: On Wednesday I voted to change retired workers’ health benefits from the traditional plan to direct access. It was not an easy decision for the five council members who voted in favor. I understand the fears of those dedicated retirees, who worked hard and long for their benefits. I had the traditional [...]

Jersey City public employee retirees will continue to have their health care paid for by the city, but now under a new plan that’s stirred the unions and many on the City Council into questioning the fairness of the decision.

- FEMA to Visit HudCo Over Weekend: Officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency will arrive in Hudson County by tomorrow to assess damage done by Hurricane Irene. The assessment, according to a FEMA spokesman, will be used to determine how much federal money will be doled out to Hudson County to help offset costs [...]

Emotions ran high during last night’s two-hour hearing in the Holland Tunnel Administration Building on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s controversial plan seeking substantial bridge and tunnel toll hikes and a $1 boost in the PATH fare.

The Port Authority’s billion-dollar toll hike proposal is on a fast track through public hearings today and slated for approval by the Port Authority board Friday. But look for Gov. Chris Christie and his New York counterpart, Andrew Cuomo, to slam on the brakes.

- PATH Fare & Toll Hike: The Ledger asks: was Gov. Christie truly caught off guard, as he says he was, by the Port Authority’s proposal to hike bridge and tunnel tolls by $4 and raise PATH fares by $1? Meanwhile, Sen. Robert Menendez is calling for an audit of the Port Authority. And Gov. [...]