- Snowstorm: Many of Jersey City’s streets were still not plowed as of yesterday afternoon, angering some residents and forcing ambulances to take special measures. “The ambulances couldn’t use the side streets because they were too blocked with snow, so they had to park on the main streets and carry people to the ambulance,” a [...]
- Health Benefits for Retirees: Jersey City police and fire union representatives are threatening the City Council with litigation if it goes ahead with plans to limit lifetime health benefits to only those workers who have 25 years of service in the city. – New Mural Downtown: At the urging of the Jersey City Mural [...]
Remember: All city offices are closed for Veterans Day, and street sweeping is canceled. Garbage and recycling pickup will proceed as usual. – Lavarro Starts Fundraising for 2011 Council Run: Community activist Rolando Lavarro, who narrowly lost his bid for the Ward A council seat in 2009, is gunning for the At-Large seat that will [...]
Jersey City is awash in mural projects these days, from the Jersey City Mural Arts Program to the Walls That Talk Mural Arts Program. Most recently, the city’s Cultural Affairs division and the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) are also shepherding a citywide mural project, the Jersey City Street Art Initiative, and they are looking [...]
- Students Not Graduating: About 2,900 New Jersey high school seniors did not graduate last month because they did not pass the state’s alternate high school exit exam, known as the Alternate High School Assessment. Students in about 65 districts were affected, including Jersey City, Paterson, New Brunswick, East Orange, Newark and Union City, according [...]
- UEZ Mayors Plot a Strategy: Representatives from the state’s Urban Enterprise Zones met yesterday at Liberty Science Center to discuss Gov. Christie’s proposed budget, which freezes UEZ funds altogether, and talk about how to push back. – New Charges Against Manzo? Additional charges may be in store for former Assemblyman and mayoral candidate Lou [...]
- COAH Updates: The state Senate is set to vote today on a bill overhauling the state’s affordable housing system by abolishing the state Council on Affordable Housing. Jersey City housing advocates are urging state Senators to vote against the measure. Meanwhile, Gov. Christie on Friday rescinded a February executive order that had halted COAH’s [...]
- The defense rested its case Friday in the federal corruption trial of suspended deputy mayor Leona Beldini, as the judge warned Beldini’s attorney not to argue in his closing argument on Monday for jury nullification. The jury is expected to get the case today. MORE: Here are two reports from the Journal; Bob Braun [...]
- Stompbox is — as usual — the standout blog this week on matters of political substance. Though not too many in the JC blogosphere took on the local public corruption scandal (maybe we’ll hear more from them next week?), Tris’s description of the heartbreak and disappointment it brings is right on the money. At [...]
Avid readers will remember that earlier this week the Independent started running a Flickr feed of photos tagged “Jersey City” on our homepage. In addition, each week we will select a few great shots from those and highlight them in our Photos of the Week. Here’s the first batch — enjoy. (If you don’t use [...]
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