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Jersey City’s Liberal Cannabis Policy Meets Resistance in the Heights 

Jersey City’s the sky’s the limit policy on marijuana dispensaries is suddenly meeting with resistance in the Heights, where residents are concerned about issues ranging from teen smoking to aesthetics. As of March 13, the city’s Cannabis Control Board has approved 44 marijuana dispensaries including a disproportionate number — 14 — in Ward D.  In […]

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Longer Trains to Debut Today on Newark-World Trade Center PATH

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced that, starting today, PATH will operate nine-car trains on the Newark-World Trade Center line for the first time in its 100-year history. Gradually over the next 12 months, says the interstate agency, PATH will place increasing numbers of nine-car trains in service and, by the beginning of […]

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FOLSP Rips Governor Murphy for Cancellation of Liberty State Park Event

The group Friends of Liberty State Park is blaming Governor Murphy for the sudden cancellation of an event scheduled for tomorrow at which a long-awaited revitalization plan for the park was to be unveiled. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced the event during a press conference last Thursday. This morning, a spokesperson for the […]

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Unpaid, Overworked and Understaffed, 911 Workers Complain of “Hostile Work Environment”

Despite a rising chorus of complaints from the public, Jersey City’s 911 communications center continues to be mired in dysfunction. This is according to multiple employees of the Jersey City Public Safety Communications Center who, fearing retaliation, spoke to the Jersey City Times on the condition of anonymity. The Jersey City Times also reviewed internal […]

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Jersey City Awarded $8.1 Million for Traffic Safety Improvements at 33 Intersections along Summit Avenue

Jersey City will receive over $8.1 million in federal funds for safety improvements along Summit Avenue. The improvements will involve 33 intersections from Route 139 to Secaucus Road.  The project, funded by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), will include upgraded traffic signals at 19 intersections, pedestrian signal upgrades, high-visibility crosswalks, curb extensions, and […]

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Ten Connected to Marion Gardens Gang Charged in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Ten members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were charged today for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Myron Williams, aka “Money,” aka “Tunchi,” 29, and Andre Alomar, aka “Dre8,” 21, both of Newark; and Herbert Thomas, 48; Roger Pickett, aka […]