The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority hired Dan Becht to serve as the executive director for a mere $100,000. “The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority pledges to operate and maintain its sewerage and water facilities in a fashion that will protect the public health and environment of all its constituents. It will always strive to […]
Three cheers to everyone involved for striking a deal with the owners of the Newport Mall– Jersey City residents can now get a dollar discount for parking in the mall garage. The discount was negotiated by Councilman Steven Fulop who was hoping to get his name in the local newspapers. Residents will have to present […]
One of the new developments in Hoboken’s backwater has promised space for artists, many former residents at 111 First Street in Jersey City. For now it seems the developers are hoping that the artists will help bring in higher rents for the luxury developments they are building. After all, at least for now, the many […]
Amid rumors of living in a real estate bubble, the Hudson Bergen Light Rail is being credited with further inflating property values along its route. Hoboken’s seedy underbelly below the Palisades has been cited as an example of how the rail line is bringing revitalizing to many areas that otherwise would still be decrepit industrial […]
Today you should be voting between 6AM and 8PM. The big choice on the ballot is for the next Governor of New Jersey. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, is a Hoboken resident. Doug Forrester, a Republican, is not a Hoboken resident. The real question that’s burning in our mind is that if Corzine wins, will he […]
If you are one of those people who are disgusted by Hallmark’s unveiling of Christmas tree ornaments in July, then we’d advise avoiding Downtown Jersey City until you think Christmas decorations are appropriate. We’ve noticed, and Genius Lessons has captured in pictures the conversion of the downtown into a Christmas wonderland. We expect the Easter […]
After weeks of discussing the use of eminent domain to seize a local bar for use by a Roman Catholic High School, the city has relented and decided to allow the bar to stay.
Hoboken’s PATH station is not particularly pedestrian friendly, or at least, for pedestrians not willing to make cars stop for them [experience shows us that cars will stop if you walk in front of them]. A traffic light has been erected at Hudson Place to allow pedestrians to cross. Meanwhile, another “pedestrian friendly” initiative is […]
Hoboken’s recent controversial rent control ordiance changes may very well be reversed by a referendum in the near future. Former mayoral candidate Dan Thumpson delivered 70 pages of signatures to the clerks office. That’s 1,500 people who support a referendum. The changes to rent control ordinances which limit tenants’ ability to collect reimbursements for illegal […]
JCVibe is reporting that the PATH is scheduled to get new rail cars with a number of features most subway systems have had for decades, but which have been lacking on the under appreciated PATH for sometime. The new cars will be close cousins of the cars running on the MTA’s 4,5,6 line. That’s as […]
