Police in New Jersey are very proud of their 1,100 bag searchs yesterday. Meanwhile, flaws in the system persist. For instance, at Grove street PATH, police were checking bags to passengers entering one side of turnstiles, but not the other. Still no bombs have been found.
The Hudson Light Rail claimed its first victim yesterday when a northbound train ran a woman over. Hair and the woman’s hand were seen along the tracks. Meanwhile, NJ Transit officials insist that had the woman been subjected to an invasive bag search, she would be alive today.
At the beginning of this month, we reported that Fresh Direct had arrived in Jersey City at select addresses. We saw our first truck dropping off the goods this weekend. Apartment Therapy currently has a Fresh Direct Poll asking how often people use the service, and why they hate it if they don’t. We’ll admit […]
The light rail ambles down Essex Street in Jersey City.
After just one day of searching bags, police found explosives in a duffle bag. Of course, the explosives were fireworks. While technically illegal, the fireworks are not exactly the major threat everyone was expecting to find. Meanwhile, officials were very pleased to have search more than 1,000 bags during the morning rush. To put this […]
Hoboken will be getting a swimming pool care of developer Tarragon URSA in an attempt to bribe the city into letting it redevelop vacant, contaminated industrial sites. The West Side of Hoboken along the newly laid Hudson Light Rail is prime real estate for new development. Mostly old industrial buildings, we have to wonder why […]
Dojo Mojo has again graced us with a list of events going on in and around the area. Of particular interest is Hudson Restaurant Week where you can eat cheap at a number of fine establishments.
One of our reader’s last week was kind enough to send us his latest real estate experience with the Toll Brother’s new building, Maxwell Place. “Most units are over $800/sqft. With some of the nicer high-floor waterfront views nearing $1000/sqft. 1BR units for over $1m… who knows, maybe in 2010 when it’s actually done the […]
In light of recent bombings in London, regional transit authorities have decided to start random searches on all mass transit riders. We’d like to take a moment to mourn the passing of an old friend: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, […]
C-Town’s refrigerated units were too hot to store food and hundreds of pounds of food was tossed away for improper storage. When will we get a real grocery store?
