ShareSave Representatives from Jersey City Medical Center’s American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 2254 came to Wednesday night’s City Council meeting because after over two years of negotiation they still have not seen a raise to keep up with rising costs and they say they need help. Everything went up food rent … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveU.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg DNJ and Robert Menendez DNJ have come back from Washington with 998640 for the Jersey City Housing Authority to construct a new Head Start facility in the city. Head Start is one of the great success stories in American educationsaid Senator Lautenberg a member of the Transportation Housing and Urban … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveWhen Mayor Jerramiah Healy presented his 2012 Calendar Year Municipal Budget Mayor to the Council at Tuesday night’s caucus meeting some Council members or anyway Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop was prepared with questions about what was and what wasn’t included in the budget. These concerns ranged from money for additional police consolidation of the … (Read more at JC Independent)

It was called a bailout and a doublestandard a deal for a friend and unjustifiable but only by four council members out of nine. And so Hudson Palisade Urban Renewal LLC the owners of the once dilapidated but now fixed up 70 year old building at 325 Palisades Avenue got their new tax abatement that they say will save the building. (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSave The new mediaadvertising startup CodeSquare got its start from an offhand remark between friends 8212 an appropriate beginning for a business model that takes its cue from social media. As Salvatore Salpietro tell it his friend and future business partner Austin Jenkins noticed a painting of Marilyn Monroe hanging on Salpietro’s wall and told … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSave54 Vote by Jersey City Council Approves Revision in Tax Abatement for Condos on Palisade Avenue After a heated prolonged debate last night the Jersey City City Council approved a measure revising the tax abatement for a residential complex on Palisade Avenue a revision that Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop called a ‘bailout’ for the … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveThe Jersey City Board of Education’s final ‘town hall’ meeting on its superintendent search is slated for this Saturday in the Heights and school board officials are making one final push to have as many interested parties as possible fill out its survey on the search. The board has hired the firm West Hudson AssociatesHazard … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveTax abatements an exemption from traditional tax payments meant to encourage development in economically risky areas run a fine line between encouraging development and running afoul public opinion. While the incentivizing PILOT fees or payment in lieu of taxes are often used to lure new businesses and create jobs few issues have been … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveA new therapeutic arts workshop series is coming to Jersey City from therapist Jeanne Moren a licensed counselor of over 25years who has been holding communitybased workshops that encourage more meaningful and productive lives. ‘The Artist’s Way Workshop Discover 038 Recover Your Creative Self will be held every Wednesday from 630pm8pm starting March 7 and … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveYesterday in the span of an hour and a half the Jersey City Police Department the local news media and 495 Productions all discovered what the next six weeks hold for the corner of Grove and Mercer Streets where Snooki JWoww and City Hall all intersect. 1130 a.m. ‘I’m working press.’ Dick Corkery a longtime … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveLess than a week after Mayor Jerramiah Healy presented his State of the City address touting accomplishments and acknowledging financial hurdles he presented his 2012 Fiscal Year budget to the City Council the numbers that make the speech’s talking points work. There are challenges he said including only receiving the same amount of state aid … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSave To the Editor Before New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed the marriage equality bill that passed both houses of the State Legislature on Friday I hope a member of his staff handed him a copy of an article appearing in the Baltimore Sun last week containing some unexpected news. It turns out that while … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveThe Jersey City Medical Center is now home to Hudson County’s first and only statecertified Cardiac Electrophysiology or EP Lab which allows cardiologists to diagnose and treat irregular heartbeats. The lab which opened earlier this year and is run by Dr. Roy Sauberman lets electrophysiologists ‘see’ into a patient’s beating heart 8212 using sophisticated cardiac … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSaveMayor Jerramiah Healy Says New Fiscal Year Budget Provides for no Rise in Taxes Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy told the City Council yesterday that the 2012 municipal budget will provide taxpayers with a flat municipal tax levy for the second year in a row. Grant to Help Find Decent Employment for 32 Hudson County … (Read more at JC Independent)

ShareSave Arthur Bruso A Narrow World No. 8 Three Structures for Capturing Light 3 color photographs 17 X 7 inches. Curious Matter cofounder Arthur Bruso has released the fourth book in the Association Sublimation series A Narrow World. The book includes more than 70 photobased works of art along with an introduction and essays … (Read more at JC Independent)