The blue shirts scattered like cockroaches in the kitchen when I aimed my point and shoot camera in their direction. “Nobody wants to see my ugly mug,” says one of the Spectra Energy reps at yesterday’s Open House in the gym at PS #9 on Mercer Street.
Texas-based Spectra, which wants to build a natural gas [...]
An appeals court is weighing arguments from a group of Tea Party activists in New Jersey who want to recall Sen. Bob Menendez. The groups were in court this week, asking an appeals panel to let them continue to collect names on a recall petition while the court determines if they can even recall Menendez. [...]
Now that’s how you do a snowstorm. 48 hours of steady falling snow can do wonders for a city. Before it turns to hard gray slush, the blanket of white and the hush it brings can fool you into thinking that this little town is something close to heaven. Granted, you gotta be a little [...]
The public hearing on the municipal budget began around 7 p.m., with the first of what would be 30-some-odd speakers. Slightly after 7 p.m. I was on my way out the door. I know this rankles a few of you. How can he report on a meeting he didn’t even stay to watch. I could [...]
Thursday’s indictment of former Newark Deputy Mayor Ron Salahudddin may yet prove to be a blow (or not) to the Cory Booker reelection campaign, but the mayor’s response to the announcement is something Booker’s buddy, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, might’ve been wise to study. If only the U.S. Attorney’s office had announced the Sullahadin [...]
We asked last week if Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy felt that he should apologize to JC residents for the actions of close friend and former Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini and other Healy Team members during the spring of 2009. Here’s the mayor’s response:
It’s safe to say the heat is now on high. Today’s quasi-conviction of former Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini, while not a home run by any standard, confirms that stink is in the mayor’s inner circle. (In case the dozen or so guilty pleas in this case hadn’t already done that.) Whether you believe that an [...]
We used to walk to Journal Square from Downtown. When I was a kid, the Square had three movie theaters, any number of restaurants and several record stores where you could spend an entire Saturday, noon to past sundown. The Loews Theater holds a special place in my heart, as you know, and my first [...]
Public Protests Tax Increases in Jersey City from Speak NJ on Vimeo.
Not satisfied with a meager 300 (estimated) people who showed up for the last city council meeting, the forces of reform are gathering for another round of rallies aimed at stopping this pending municipal tax hike. (They’re calling it a tax revolt.) Once again, [...]
NJ.com’s Brian Donohue is a veteran of Jersey reporting (Jersey Journal, Star Ledger). He’s covered everything from the last great Hudson County scandal (Where have you gone, Bobby J.?) to “I am a gay American.” He’s been at the Ledger for some time now and hosts “Ledger Live” on NJ.com. He finally found a way [...]
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