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SECAUCUS โ Beginning at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb 21 through 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb 22, Route 3 eastbound will be closed from the Meadowlands/Route 120 in East Rutherford to Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus to permanently repair the bridge. This work was originally scheduled for last weekend, but was postponed because of the weather. Crews will …
Due to severe ice at the midtown/pier 79 and World Financial Center (WFC) terminals, riders should expect possible delays and/or closures. The following changes were in effect on Thursday morning, Feb. 20: โข ๏ Hoboken 14th to WFC โ Not running at this time. As an alternative take the ferry to midtown/pier 79 and bus downtown …
HUDSON COUNTY — Residents woke up this morning to temperatures of 2 degrees, with the wind chill even colder. Some of them also woke up to their Florida friends on Facebook complaining that it’s in the forties and they don’t have any sweaters. Cry me a river. The weekend should warm up, with temps in …
โA recent Modern Healthcare article http://www.modernhealthcare.com/ * noted: โExperts and consumer advocates have faulted the Obamacare insurance exchanges for not providing clear, accurate and up-to-date information to consumers about which providers are in the health plans offered on the exchanges. Experts say in the future, exchanges will have better technological tools to offer accurate provider …
BAYONNE โ The origination of the four-alarm Presidents Day fire that displaced 14 people on West 34th Street has been announced by the Bayonne Fire Department. โThe fire investigator determined that the 34th Street fire originated in the rear basement of building number 12,โ said Bayonne Fire Chief Gregory Rogers on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The …
BAYONNE โ The city of Bayonne planned to open its warming center on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 9 p.m. because of the severe temperature drops predicted for Thursday night into Friday morning. The warming center, located at the Fire House Recreation Center, 597 Broadway near 27th Street, will remain open through 8:30 a.m. on Friday, …
Hackensack Riverkeeper has joined the Bergen County-based Coalition to Ban Unsafe Oil Trains in calling for substantive changes in the way oil is shipped so that people and their waterways are better protected. Each week Florida-based CSX Corporation sends as many as thirty 100-car freight trains loaded with upwards of 3.5 million gallons of Bakken …
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NORTH BERGEN โ U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker announced $2,651,275.80 in federal Sandy relief grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agencyโs (FEMA) Public Assistance grant to repair the Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and a police station in Mantoloking damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The grant awarded $1,222,154.10 to Palisades Medical Center to …
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HOBOKENโThe last major roadblock in the path of the Hoboken-Weehawken bike share has fallen, and the program is expected to roll out in the next three months, though perhaps not as soon as originally planned. German manufacturer NextBike has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission, paving the way for its hybrid โsmart bikeโ technology …
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JERSEY CITY โ Nearly 900 more Jersey City children and teenagers will now be able to play baseball when Berry Lane Park opens thanks to a $173,500 grant from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund to install Musco Lighting equipment and a scoreboard at the facility as Mayor Steven M. Fulop continues to expand recreational programming throughout …
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