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The Bayonne and Jersey City school districts are in the midst of conflicts over whether or not to retain their superintendents of schools. Jersey City schools superintendent Dr. Marcia Lyles appears to have the support of Mayor Steven Fulop. In Bayonne, many thought Dr. Patricia McGeehan was going to be replaced by a newly-elected Board …
Editor’s Note: This month marks the 32nd year of the In Tune with June! column. Bette Midler is a woman to admire. There’s a special reason. It’s not because she has won 3 Grammy Awards, 4 Golden Globes, 3 Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award. It’s because “The Divine Miss M,” singer, songwriter, actress, …
A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll shows that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lead their respective parties in New Jersey. The results may well be an indication of who will serve as presidential candidates in November. But the poll also showed that nearly half of those surveyed did not like the choice of candidates. Among Republican voters and …
Conspiracy theorists are at it again, claiming that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia was murdered. This is because Scalia was found with a pillow over his head. Medical reports claim he died of heart failure. Leave it to the most deluded to come to the most ludicrous conclusion. But his death may signal the end …
Mayor Dawn Zimmer has been largely absent when it comes to selling her controversial plan to rebuild Washington Street to the public. She stayed for five minutes at one meeting to introduce the project, and didn’t bother to show up at all for Monday’s big public meeting, at which many people (even her own supporters) …
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The Jersey City Board of Education apparently still has not resolved the vote to reappoint Vidya Gangadin as president and John Reichart as vice president during its reorganization meeting last month, one of several legal and procedural controversies yet to be settled. First, in what appears to have been a ploy to maintain control of …
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Gov. Christopher Christie appears to be spending way too much time out of New Jersey in his pursuit of the GOP nomination for president. Fortunately, he changed his mind about staying out of the state during the blizzard of 2016. Unfortunately, he again miscalculated when blasting the mayor of North Wildwood. Mayor Patrick Rosenello claimed …
The pending reappointment of Frank Raia to the North Hudson Sewerage Authority went off the rails in Hoboken on Wednesday night. Among City Council members loyal to Mayor Dawn Zimmer, the Raia reappointment apparently caused a lot of panic behind the scenes as they scrambled to keep from being embarrassed. A deal was in the …
If Frank “Pupie” Raia ever actually believed he would retain the Hoboken seat on the North Hudson Sewerage Authority, then I have a few bridges to sell him. Possibly punishing Raia for backing out of the 3rd Ward council race against Councilman Michael Russo, Mayor Dawn Zimmer may turn to one of her own loyalists …
The Hoboken City Council reorganization meeting was so saccharine some people might have needed a dose of insulin just to get through it. To begin with, you had Councilman David Mello nominating Councilwoman Jennifer Giattino for council president – the sole nominee. This comes at a time when Mello has yet again been passed over …