The Pittsburgh Paints Trade School, which is operated by PPG Industries as part of its community outreach in Jersey City, is getting ready to begin a new 16-week free course that will teach Jersey City residents from low-to-moderate income households how to become a professional commercial painter.
A high school diploma or GED is required to [...]
Do you live within 400 feet of one of PPG’s chromium-contaminated sites in Jersey City? (Not sure? Check the sites here.) Are you worries about chromium contamination in your home?
If so, you should head to Thursday’s workshop being put together by the city, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and PPG (known collectively [...]
Officials have confirmed a meeting next Thursday, Dec. 17, to discuss potential health studies in the chromium-polluted areas being cleaned up under a settlement between the city, the state and PPG Industries.
Site administrator Mike McCabe says he is currently reviewing chromium-related health studies and consulting with experts to determine whether or not to [...]
Residents will get a chance tonight to come out and hear what court-appointed site administrator Mike McCabe has planned for the cleanup of a handful of chromium-contaminated sites in Jersey City — most notably the large property at 880-900 Garfield Avenue, where PPG Industries processed chromite ore until 1963.
The meeting is the first of [...]
- The Jersey City political scandal du jour continues to twist and turn in new ways. Ward C councilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez, whose Jersey City residency is being challenged by losing opponent Jimmy King, did not receive a New Jersey driver’s license until June 15. In our eyes, this by itself is no big deal. [...]
In the wake of the city’s final approval of the settlement it, along with the state, negotiated with PPG Industries to clean up chromium-contaminated land along Garfield Avenue and in other spots around the city, the community group GRACO announced today that it is joining the federal lawsuit against PPG brought by the Interfaith Community [...]
At 824 Garfield Ave., the Jersey City Incinerator Authority stores salt for roads in the winter. But new tests show toxic materials have been stored there for several years as well. How did they get there, and why didn’t the city notice them until yesterday?
Editor’s note: When JCI’s usual City Council correspondent was forced to miss this week’s meeting at the last minute, photographer Steve Gold stepped it up and stayed for nearly all of the marathon meeting (he left City Hall around 12:20 am after a 6:30 pm meeting start) to file this special photographic edition of the [...]
- The City Council voted 8-1 last night in favor of approving a settlement with PPG Industries to clean up chromium-contaminated land along Garfield Avenue and elsewhere in Jersey City. Ward E councilman Steven Fulop was the lone “no” vote.
- The City Council also voted to approve an amendment to the Crystal Point luxury condo [...]
- At tonight’s meeting, the City Council will consider the revised proposed settlement between the city, the state and PPG Industries to clean up chromium contaminated land along Garfield Avenue. The city held a public hearing on the newest version of the settlement on Monday night, and has further amended the agreement to include a [...]
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