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This city knows when property revals hit hard, hundreds
of homes will be fore sale, and this is just a way to suck more money out of people before they leave JC ----- M- F'rs STOP DEVELOPER TAX ABATEMENTS NOW!!!!!
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Our system was already installed when we purchased our home, so no installation costs, but we use Guardian for our monitoring. We pay approx $29/month with all taxes/fees included. And unfortunately we have had to use ours. Luckily the alarm scared off the would-be burgler before he could penetrate the dead bolt, but we were incredibly impressed with Guardian's service. The police were at our home in under 5 minutes and we were notified immeidately.
And now that we are moving and can't take our contract with us to our new locations, they are allowing us to transfer the remainder of the contract to the new owners with no charges.
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[Why not try cooking for your kids at home? Problem solved for everyone. Some of my favorite memories were at the dinner table and it's something I hope to pass on to my children. Just a thought.]
I shouldn't bite, but I will - to put a nutritious meal seven days a week for a family is a tour de force, whether you are a stay-at-home parent, work at home or not, part-time or full-time, doesn't matter. Most weeks, I'm very happy when I resort to takeout/go out to eat only once. It's our well-deserved break.
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I don't have kids, but it doesn't seem like anyone is trying to avoid having to cook for their kids from home. I think it's more a matter of wanting to have the option of being able to engage in social activities with people in your peer group.
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We use Slomins. Service is ok. Definitley get the service contract as they have had to come out and fix things a few times especially with the conflicts between verizon and their system. Our salesman, promised us many things he couldnt deliver on and then disappeared. we have a victorian bay window which he said would count as one window on the install and that he could get the window glass break sensors included. needless to say, when we found we couldnt get him, we already signed the contract and we didnt know until it was all installed and they just said "too bad, you signed the contract!" point being if the sales rep promises you something and that they can get you something make sure it is written on the contract. not even a seperate sheet would count. Good luck.
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hello all!
I'm going to see a place tomorrow and I'm hoping I can get a little info before I go. The place is on Gifford Avenue between Kennedy and Bergen. Any thoughts on that neighborhood? What are the schools like? Thanks a ton, Diana
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A drug dealer who grew up in church and distributed turkeys on Thanksgiving . . . Hmmn . . . sounds familiar . . . Ah, yes - channeling Frank Lucas - has anyone seen American Gangster?
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Why not try cooking for your kids at home? Problem solved for everyone. Some of my favorite memories were at the dinner table and it's something I hope to pass on to my children. Just a thought.
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You could be right, but my suspicion is that the market is just so small that, a lot of times, owners of restaurants have to have other jobs to support their restaurants. I've expressed skepticism about franchises in the past, but maybe something else that would work would be if we had some kind of mini Au Bon Pain or a mini version of Panera-like chain restaurant that could avoid dumping a week's worth of salt in every meal.
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I'm the awkward mother of a lovely but very active small child who, after 5 years, is just getting to the point that I can take her to a casual restaurant without wreaking too much havoc. I completely agree, theoretically, with all of the people here who want parents to keep better control over their children in restaurants, but, in practice, I'm not good at it. If there are any people from Abbey's here: sorry about the glass that broke last Friday. I hope the $5 extra tip I gave on top of the regular tip was the right amount, and, if not, sorry again. Anyhow, one thing that turned me into a pariah on this site about three or four years ago is that I suggested that it would be great if one entrepreneur (or maybe a consortium of several restaurants) could either create one kiddie playroom/child-friendly restaurant (e.g., a Chuck E. Cheese aimed at guilt-ridden Gen X parents who buy wooden Brio toys and try to serve their children reasonably healthy food) or else create a kiddie playroom in which parents of small children can bring in (or, ideally, accept deliveries of) food from other area restaurants. Example: Maybe A Sound Start could open in the evenings for, say, $10 per kid, and arrange it so that a lot of different downtown restaurants would deliver food there on an expedited basis, and maybe the restaurants could pay Sound Start a $1 per meal in exchange for the extra business. That way: - Restaurants would have a tool for getting parents of active kids out of their dining rooms without being mean to the parents and shutting out eager paying customers. - Parents would have some place to go to eat if they feel like getting out of their homes and away from their television sets. - Parents would have a chance of seeing other parents and kids would have a chance of seeing other neighborhood kids without anyone having to deal with the social anxiety of arranging a playdate. - If the playroom/dining room weren't preparing enough food that it had to apply for a restaurant license, maybe that would cut out a lot of red tape costs. Of course, one obvious possible drawback to my suggestion is that it might not be legal for a business to do this without going through huge amounts of red tape and paying huge amounts for insurance, and another possible drawback is that there might not be enough parents parents who are desperate enough to get away from their homes to make the business viable in this particular neighborhood. But my understanding is that Williamsburg has at least one kid-oriented restaurant, so maybe this is the sort of business that could work once Grove Point and Liberty Harbor North fill up. Anyhow: I'm not suggesting that Ox should be this business, just wishing some other business would be this business (if it is actually feasible).
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That was at a time when people were living as long, as healthy, as lean and thin, as tall, as poor, as clean, as rich, as interested in culture, as learned, and as happy (that is, as not depressed) as in some parts of today's Africa and South Asia. They have skyscrappers in Lagos, you know?
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Did it hurt? It's only a year or so since I have been asking, and avoiding this answer for so long can only raise more questions. Of course we are told to focus on preservation, and we shall do that. But what if, at some strategic moment, Pro Arts will "admit" they "can't" hold on to the land, in exchange for some cheap apartments? As for the City, I don't know what to make of it, but there is a consensus on this board that it is a corrupt administration. Moreover, it is not the sort of corruption where you will pay for favours - that will not be a great problem, as it will increase the subsidized housing price to the market level and will cut the incentive for corruption. Apparently, the biggest trouble with this administration would be that they will certify as artists all their cronies, nephews and dogs.
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2-STATE 'GANG' KILLINGS
Cops asking if 3 Pennsy murders have link to 2 possible gang executions here Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Police in Easton, Pa., are looking into the possibility that a triple murder there last week is connected to the recent murders of a Jersey City man in West Orange and a Newark man in Jersey City's Arlington Park, because all three have connections to the Bloods street gang, officials said yesterday. "We are looking to see if those (New Jersey) murders are connected to our murders," said Easton Police Capt. David Ryan. On Thursday, Alphe Rene, 21; Aleah Hamlin, 19; and Chanel Armour, 23, were all murdered execution-style in an Easton apartment. Ryan said police have found evidence of "specific gang ties" at the murder scene and they are looking into the possibility that they are "associated with or feuding with Bloods in New Jersey." In fact, Rene was in Arlington Park on Nov. 27, the day of both the West Orange and Jersey City shootings, according to Easton police. But Ryan said that no direct connection has yet been made between the Easton murders and those in New Jersey and police are also following other leads. He added that police do not know the motive for the Easton shootings. The Morning Call newspaper reported that keys belonging to the man killed in Arlington Park - James Singleton, 21, of Newark - were found in the Easton apartment. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said yesterday that he has no knowledge of the keys being connected to anyone. Early in the morning of Nov. 27, Devin Rodriguez, 20, of Jersey City, was killed at the Hutton Arms garden apartments in West Orange near Route 280. A 19-year-old Jersey City man was also shot in that incident and remains hospitalized at University Hospital in Newark, officials said, adding that his condition has been upgraded to serious from critical. Both West Orange victims were shot in the head, officials said. Later that same day, Singleton was fatally shot in Arlington Park. Police believe Singleton was the gunman in the West Orange shootings and have charged Calvin Vallejo, 21, of Jersey City, with killing Singleton in retaliation. Vallejo, who is being held on $350,000 cash bail, was a friend of Rodriguez, DeFazio said. A revolver found in Arlington Park after Singleton was killed is the gun used in the West Orange shootings, DeFazio said, adding that Singleton was shot with a semiautomatic handgun and that weapon has not been recovered. Singleton is believed to have been a member of the Bloods and the 19-year-old is believed to be affiliated with the gang, DeFazio said. "They were all premeditated, calculated murders," DeFazio said. At 12:43 a.m. Thursday, the three Easton victims were killed in a second-floor apartment and Lakindel Spring, 21, of Newark, formerly of Jersey City, who was reportedly in the shower at the time of the killings, ran outside. He was picked up later and charged with giving police a fake name, Ryan said. Ryan said Jersey City and West Orange police are involved in the investigation, as are the Hudson and Essex county prosecutors' offices.
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Soft county re-entry, higher pay after school job went up in smoke
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By KEN THORBOURNE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Less than three months after one arm of county government pressured Jersey City resident Phillip Flood II to resign due to a marijuana bust, his mother, Hudson County Register and Jersey City Councilwoman Willie Flood, hired him as a $38,000-a-year data processing systems programmer, officials said yesterday. It was the first of two government jobs Flood II has landed thanks to his mother. On Nov. 20, Willie Flood hired him as her aide, earning Flood II another $15,000 a year. The marijuana arrest occurred on Feb. 15, officials said. Initial charges included six counts, including possession of a controlled dangerous substance and being under the influence of drugs, but was downgraded to disorderly person offenses and remanded to the Jersey City Municipal Court, where on July 19 Flood II pleaded guilty to one court of possession of marijuana, said Trial Court Administrator Joseph Davis. Flood II was placed on one year probation and given $708 in fines and penalties, which he paid by Sept. 25, Davis said. The arrest triggered Flood II's suspension at the Hudson County Schools of Technology, where he had been working since July 2001 as a data entry and Web site employee, county officials said. Flood II finally resigned the $35,000-a-year post in August, said county spokesman Jim Kennelly. The final call to put Flood II back on the county payroll on Nov. 13 was made by his mother, Willie Flood, Kennelly said yesterday. "As a constitutional officer, she (Flood) is the appointing officer," Kennelly said. "She is the ultimate authority over who is hired or fired in her office." The marijuana bust wasn't Flood II's first brush with the law. In the face of a theft by deception charge by the state Attorney General's Office last year, Flood II agreed to repay the state nearly $13,000 in unemployment insurance the state said he fraudulently collected between Aug. 4, 2001 and Aug. 23, 2003. Flood never entered a plea and entered pre-trial intervention so no crime was entered on his record, said Attorney General spokesman Peter Aseltine. Flood II didn't return calls to comment. Willie Flood called her son "a very industrious and bright man." He "grew up in the church" and helped distribute turkeys this past Thanksgiving, she added.
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Gang unit cops target drug crew; 1 arrest
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By PAUL KOEPP JOURNAL STAFF WRITER One alleged gang member was arrested and another slipped away from police Monday night after cops sneaked into a building on Lexington Avenue in Jersey City where drugs were being sold on the front porch, police said. According to police, the bust was part of an ongoing effort by the Police Department gang unit. According to reports, Curtis Felder, 23, and Shyquan Bethea, 19, were distributing drugs on the front porch of a building on Lexington between Bergen Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard shortly before 11 p.m. Monday when cops decided an officer would approach them while other officers, who earlier had surreptitiously taken positions in a vacant apartment on the building's third floor, would leave their hiding places, reports said. But before they acted on the plan, Felder walked up to the third floor and entered the darkened apartment, where he saw one of the officers standing in the shadows, police said. The officer, who was familiar with Felder, identified himself and said, "Don't move, Curtis," reports said. According to police, Felder ran out the door and struggled with the officers in the hallway. At the same time, Bethea ran up to the third floor to escape officers arriving at the building, threw down a large plastic bag and became involved in the fight, police said. Bethea eventually entered the vacant apartment, and slammed the door on the arm of one of the officers, before fleeing on a rear fire escape, reports said. The bag he dropped was found to contain 45 vials of suspected cocaine, and a search of Felder yielded 18 more vials of suspected cocaine, as well as $236 in cash, police said. Felder, of Bergen Avenue, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute near a school, aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, burglary and weapons offenses, reports said. A warrant was issued for Bethea, of Lexington Avenue, reports said. According to reports, Bethea, known as "Little Shy," is a past member of the Lex Mob street gang and a current member of the Bloods gang and Felder, known as "CJ," is a member of the Lex Mob.
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Cafe Nia is closed on Mondays - which I find odd for a cafe/coffee shop. (of course, I like eating out on Monday nights - not that easy in JC.) But I do want to point out that Baker Boys tried several times to be open for dinner and it went nowhere. I don't think that the area is that different yet. I think the problem there is also the lack of sufficient seating and a real kitchen.
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Really? the liquor store section doesn't have a separate entrance? I've never been there...
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No one else has a problem with a government entity deciding what is and what is not art?
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Wow, one of five states with this stupid rule. I didnt realize how bad it was. If we cant get supermarkets and restaurants with licenses, can we at least get 24 hour bodeges and liquor stores so the city isnt dry at 10pm. It ends up giving NYC more business in the long run which essentially does hurt all liquor business in NJ. Dummies.
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New Jersey's liquor laws are problematic and anti-competitive. On one hand, I certainly see a problem in urban areas selling alcohol in mini bottles and pints to bums; when the liquor store across from my office closed a few months ago, the beggar / wino / bum population vanished the very next day. But as a consumer, I really wish alcohol was easier to obtain, had more competition, better selection, and more competitive pricing. Also, I would love to see some restaurants with liquor licenses that allowed the sale of beer & wine, but not hard liquor. I think a lot of restaurants over extend themselves obtaining a liquor license when all they really need or want to do is serve wine and beer; restaurants derive a huge amount of profit from liquor sales, and I'd venture to say restaurants without liquor licenses often lose customers looking for a glass of wine with dinner. But the high cost of full liquor licenses pressures smaller restaurants into either not having a liquor licenses or also including a full bar.
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the a&p in hoboken has a huge selection of wine/liquor/beer which you can just bring up and pay at the regular cash registers
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If they are going to subsidize artists it should be in areas such as Journal Square not a couple blocks from the new TRUMP towers. It should be "REAL" redevelopment zones, not the WALDO lofts where we know the real estate value is going to sky rocket over the next 5 years.
Anyway, these so called starving artists are far from starving and some are no more of an artist than myself. I say get a day job all of you artists and pay full price like the rest of us schlups!!!!!!
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Although I support this law, it would cause a lot of pain for a lot of small business owners. I don't buy the enforcement argument though. In all of the liquor stores in JC, I see 15 year olds go inside all the time to buy candy or soda or whatever.
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No. I don't think every structure built before 1995 needs to be preserved. But I think a building like 143 Newark Avenue has/had the potential to be an amazing piece of restored and preserved architecture. 141 Newark Avenue probably needed more work, but could have been equally amazing if properly restored. The brick and terracotta work on those buildings is quite literally impossible to replicate. However, I think something like a 14 foot high stone wall in the middle of residential neighborhood is out of place. It was out of place when it was built, and its out of place now. Also I don't think every industrial warehouse needs to be preserved; I would agree the castle-like Butler Brothers has some merits to it, but not necessarily a building like the Cooke warehouse.
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Which politicians promised that the Federal Income tax would only affect the richest 1% of the population, and when exactly did "they" do this? Read your history books or wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1913#Income_tax
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so everything else you have posted - opposing accepted historic preservation and redevelopment practices was sarcastic?
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the property is not located within a historic district.
however, the city approved the blight study for the area btwn Grove to Jersey, Newark to Columbus containing this property and a redevelopment plan is in the works.... Quote:
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you can buy beer and i think wine coolers at supermarkets and convenience stores in nyc in nj, some supermarkets such as wegman's and shoprite have liquor stores adjacent to their supermarkets but otherwise its not legal.
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It would be ok IF IT WASN'T HER DRUG DEALING SON.
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