As part of the package of fare hikes and service cuts NJ Transit unveiled in April, weekend and holiday service on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will change for good beginning this Saturday, meaning a longer trip for some Heights residents heading to New York City.
The streamlining of the train routes leaves the light rail with [...]
- More Cuts Likely at Library: With a 17.5 percent cut in state aid and $1.7 million less from Jersey City this year, Jersey City Free Public Library director Priscilla Gardner is looking at ways to cut back on a small budget. In the last year, the library has already laid off part-time staff, closed [...]
- Montgomery Gardens’ Future: Jersey City Housing Authority executive director Maria Maio confirmed yesterday that Montgomery Gardens is the next Jersey City public housing project to get the HOPE VI treatment, with most of the 434-unit high-rise complex slated to be leveled and will be replaced by a seniors building and 60 to 90 other [...]
For today’s federal holiday, we’ll just be bringing you a news roundup. On Tuesday we’ll be back in full swing.
- Reminder: City offices are closed today, and there is no street sweeping or parking meter enforcement. Garbage pickup will proceed as usual.
- Chiappone Hasn’t Left Office Yet: Nine days after Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, who [...]
- County Budget Introduced: The Hudson County freeholders have introduced a $463.3 million 2010 budget; the amount to be raised by taxes will be $269.35 million, a 4.8 percent increase over last year. Officials say that will lead to an unspecified rise in property taxes in Jersey City. The budget did not include freeholder Bill [...]
The Port Authority says that PATH ridership declined by 1.9 percent during the first three months of 2010, from 17.4 million passengers during the same period of 2009 to 17.1 million passengers this year. The 2009 figure was already a 2.3 percent drop from the same time period in 2008; that had been the first [...]
The Port Authority, NJ Transit and NYC’s MTA are rolling out a trial run of a tap-and-go payment program that begins today.
The new payment system will be available at 11 of 13 PATH stations (not 9th Street or Christopher Street) as well as on the number 6, 80 and 87 bus lines in Jersey City. [...]
- Judge Denies Motion to Toss Corruption Case: A federal judge has declined to throw out charges against former Jersey City housing inspector John Guarini, who is charged with five extortion-related counts in connection with last summer’s federal corruption probe.
- $7.2 M Award in PATH Lawsuit: A Hudson County jury has awarded $7.2 million [...]
- Unions Claim Port Authority is Jeopardizing Security: Police union officials are publicly accusing the Port Authority of jeopardizing security at its Hudson River crossings and spending unnecessarily on overtime by understaffing the department. Agency officials deny the accusations, pointing to billions of dollars spent on security in recent years and staffing levels at the [...]
- High School Sports Axed at County Tech: As part of the Hudson County Schools of Technology’s $45.7 budget passed late last week, the entire athletics departments at County Prep in Jersey City and High Tech High School in North Bergen have been eliminated.
- JC Trying to Get Out of Water Deal: In the 1920s, [...]
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