Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Assemblyman Chiappone and wife indicted Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that New Jersey Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D-31st Dist.) and his wife were indicted Wednesday on charges that they allegedly conspired to funnel more than $8,000 in state-issued paychecks for a legislative aide and a purported aide into their own personal bank accounts and into Chiappone’s …
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The opening of school, shorter days, and colder weather will be the least of people’s worries this fall. That honor goes to the H1N1 virus, also known as “swine flu,” the illness that claimed the lives of about 500 people in the United States and infected over 47,000 this past spring. According to the Centers …
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An old railroad embankment will continue standing for now, despite the property owner’s desire to tear it down and build a development. The owner of the Sixth Street Embankment, Steve Hyman, has vowed to appeal the city’s denial of his plans in state court and to sue Jersey City for violating his “civil rights.” At …
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Playful, almost hallucinogenic images of hairy monsters and a skateboarding boy cover the wall on the side of the Hudson County Art Supply building on Coles Street in downtown Jersey City. They’re part of a mural by noted artist and Jersey City resident Ron English and West Coast artists Bigfoot and Jason Maloney. The mural …
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Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega won a council-at-large seat in the May 12 municipal election, running with seven other candidates on Mayor Jerremiah Healy’s election slate. But that victory seems fleeting in light of his arrest on July 23 as one of the 44 religious and political leaders in New Jersey and New York …
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Indictments begin for arrested politicians Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra Jr. announced on Thursday that Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini (pictured with her attorney Brian Neary) and Edward Cheatam, former Jersey City Board of Education member and Hudson County government employee, were both charged with extortion in a one-count indictment. Both were among …
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The operative word at Wednesday’s City Council meeting was reform. The City Council voted to introduce, by a 7-0 vote, a redeveloper pay-to-play ordinance that would ban political contributions from developers who wish to do redevelopment within Jersey City for one year prior to entering into a redevelopment agreement. This ordinance had been introduced by …
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On Aug. 4, also National Night Out, Gov. Jon Corzine announced at a press conference the number of homicides in New Jersey for the first six months of this year is down 24 percent from the same time period in 2008. There were 158 reported homicides across the state from January to June 2009, compared …
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Every election leaves behind reminders. There are, of course, those elected officials serving in office. More innocuously, signs, stickers and other visual aids of past campaigns tend to become detritus blending into a city’s landscape on lampposts, walls and other surfaces. “Healy 2009” yellow mayoral election signs are a great example. But traveling around Jersey …
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Ever taken a taxi from Jersey City to Newark Airport? Ever felt like it has cost too much? The Jersey City Division of Commerce is looking at a policy of setting flat rates for taxis operating in Jersey City that make trips to airports in the metropolitan area – Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy. _____________ The …
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