- The state Division of Pensions and Benefits will reportedly conduct an investigation into the two high-paid city employees who retired, cashed in huge one-time pension payouts, and came back on the city payroll. Meanwhile, the trio of state bills designed to reform the pension system were unanimously approved by the state Senate yesterday; they [...]
- At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges yesterday, as did suspended building department employee John Guarini and political operative/Municipal Utilities Authority commissioner Joe Cardwell. Vega*’s trial is set for Feb. 24. Meanwhile, former city planning aide and Ward E City Council candidate Guy Catrillo is due to be the first [...]
In early November, a car crashed into the Downtown urban style and design boutique Bred in Jersey, forcing the owners to close up shop for a while. At the time they told our Tipsheet that they hoped to re-open by the end of the month after redesigning the store.
Weeks turned into months, and the [...]
Jersey City’s newest live music venue, the Red Bull Air Show, Smith & Chang’s General Store and Art House Productions’ annual snow ball: We take a look at it all in the latest Tipsheet column.
- Big news out of Trenton yesterday as the state Senate defeated a marriage equality bill by a 20 to 14 vote. Advocates say they will now take their fight back to the courts. The Journal has some reaction from locals, and the Record has more. Meanwhile, John Bohrer gives us a quick sketch from [...]
- The autopsy is in: “Acute valium toxicity” was what killed longtime Jersey City political consultant Jack Shaw just days after his arrest in July’s federal corruption sweep. Shaw, who is rumored to have been cooperating with the feds, was found dead in his Paulus Hook apartment on July 28. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio [...]
- State legislation that would give local governments the opportunity to defer half of their pension payments for a second straight year stalled in legislative committees Monday, with Democrats unable to muster the support to muscle the bill through. The bills, sponsored by Jersey City’s Joan Quigley in the Assembly and Sandra Cunningham in the [...]
A shift in the retail scene here in Jersey City began earlier this month when Iris Records owner Steve Gritzan announced that Dec. 12 would be the last day for retail hours at his Brunswick Street store. The response was swift with tearful crate diggers near and far asking: “Why?” Another likely response, this time from some neighbors, was: “There’s a record store on Brunswick Street?” Little did they know, there had been for 13 years.
- - The state has lifted a freeze on more than $12.4 million in N.J. Council on the Arts grants; local organizations affected are the Jersey City Museum, Schola Cantorum on Hudson, the Actors Shakespeare Company at NJCU, the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consoritum, which puts on the Black Maria Film Festival, and Hudson [...]
Not too long ago, I assigned JCI contributor Tad Hendrickson a piece on Iris Records, the somewhat legendary record store on Brunswick Street in the Village section of Downtown Jersey City. In particular, I told him, we were interested in how Iris has managed to stay open for 10-plus years on a strip of Brunswick [...]
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