Share/Save The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) will receive three federal grants through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) brownfields program, which helps local groups and municipalities clean up sites that are unable to be developed due to toxic pollution. The JCRA’s grants, which total $600,000, are part of $2.3 million in grants to New Jersey [...]
Share/Save- There are runoff elections for Wards A and F today — polls opened at 6 am and will stay open until 8 pm. Check back here tonight for results. – The Assembly Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved legislation that would allow cities and towns to implement their own residency restrictions for convicted sex offenders. [...]
Share/SaveIn the May 12 election, the race for Ward F’s City Council seat was one of two in which the leading vote-getter failed to cross the 50 percent-plus-one threshold required for outright victory. Incumbent Viola Richardson received the most votes — around 40 percent of the total — with Ron-Calvin Clark finishing second in a [...]
Share/Save- In the course of outlining his agenda for his next term (see next item), Mayor Healy told the Journal he’d like to make legal the thousands of illegal apartments in the city to increase the tax base. But city planning director Bob Cotter says the move might put huge strains on his department — [...]
Share/Save- A 27-year-old man was shot in the back on Monday night in Greenville at later died at the Jersey City Medical Center. – Two Jersey City cops were arrested in separate incidents at the Jersey shore over Memorial Day weekend. Brian McGovern was charged with simple assault, while Kevin Cieslak was charged with a [...]
Share/SaveRemember: City Hall is closed today, and there is no street sweeping. Trash collection proceeds as usual. Enjoy your Memorial Day. – Ward F City Council candidate LaVern Webb-Washington, who fell just two votes short of second place (and the chance to enter a runoff with incumbent Viola Richardson), will challenge the results in Superior [...]
Share/Save- One runoff race for the City Council seems to be set after provisional ballots were tallied, but another will likely involve a recount. In Ward A, incumbent Michael Sottolano will face off against Rolando Lavarro, who edged out Andre Richardson by 30 votes. In Ward F, however, only one vote separates second-place finisher Ron-Calvin [...]
Shouts, hugs and handshakes filled Casino in the Park Tuesday night as supporters of Mayor Jerramiah Healy relished their candidate’s victory. With 30,657 votes cast, Healy won — and avoided a runoff — with 52.9 percent of the vote. Absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be tallied.
Share/Save- City clerk Robert Byrne says that the electronic voting machines used by Jersey City could make it easier for At-Large City Council candidates to avoid a runoff election. As long as one candidate in the field of 13 receives more than 50 percent of the vote, none of the candidates face a runoff, and [...]
Share/SaveThe mayoral get-togethers are all done, but there are a number of forums for council candidates coming up this week. – Monday, May 4, at 6 pm: A community coalition hosts a forum for Ward F council candidates at the Lincoln High School auditorium (60 Crescent Ave.). – Wednesday, May 6, at 7:30 pm: The [...]
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