Michele Massey, long the preferred choice of At-Large Councilwoman Viola Richardson for her former Ward F seat, as well as Mayor Healy’s nominee, was elected unanimously to the vacated seat at Wednesday night’s Council meeting by the eight seated council members. Massey will hold the position until next year’s election on November 6th, 2012, when [...]
Last week when Mayor Healy announced he would be nominating Michele Massey, the executive director of the Monticello Community Development Corporation, for the vacant Ward F council seat, he cited her experience working towards neighborhood revitalization. And when At-Large Councilwoman Viola Richardson, Ward F’s previous councilwoman, explained why she had submitted Massey’s name to Healy, [...]
Mayor Healy Requests President Obama Intervene to Stop Spectra Pipeline: Citing President Obama’s decision to postpone the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, Mayor Jerramiah Healy has crafted a letter to the White House requesting a similar executive intervention in Jersey City’s fight to re-route Spectra Energy’s proposed natural gas pipeline. Mayor Healy Announces Nomination for [...]
Jersey City Board of Education Selects Interim Superintendent: The Jersey City Board of Education has tapped Associate Superintendent Franklin Walker to be the 29,000-student district’s interim superintendent until a permanent replacement is found for the departing Superintendent Charles T. Epps Jr. Look for more from JCI later today. Two Weeks Left to Fill Ward F [...]
Election Results Delayed: Vote totals for Tuesday’s Jersey City special election have been stuck at 95.05 percent of precincts reporting since Tuesday night, and the complete count will stay unknown until at least Monday. Two voting-machine cartridges are still in the machines themselves, and they can’t be retrieved without a court order, Hudson County Clerk [...]
Election day results are in and all that’s left before Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and fellow election winner Rolando Lavarro can take their new seats is for Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert to certify the results. Netchert is expected to do so on Monday, November 14th. But with Richardson moving to the citywide position, [...]
A bill sponsored by Sen. Sandra Cunningham designed to encourage banks to open branches in underserved areas cleared the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday. The bill, called the Banking Development District Act, would create a system by which banks establishing a branch in a designated neighborhood would become a depository for up to $10 [...]
As part of PPG Industries’ community outreach in Jersey City surrounding its cleanup of chromium-contaminated sites, it offers a professional paint-training school for Jersey City residents. This fall’s class begins next month, and open houses for those interested begin this weekend. The free class is aimed at helping low- and moderate-income Jersey City residents obtain [...]
The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) announced Friday that it has signed a long-term lease with the McDonald’s Corporation for space at the MLK HUB retail center in Ward F. The space, formerly occupied by Burger King, was one of several vacancies at the shopping center that on-site manager Ryan Struggers discussed in our June [...]
Jersey City’s farmers market season is in full swing, with markets currently running on most days of the week. But for folks who don’t live in the Downtown area, the options aren’t quite as robust. But this weekend a new non-Downtown market will be added to the mix in Ward F, where fresh food options [...]
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