Press Release Article

SECURITY ADVISORY FOR PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES -- BAGS CARRIED BY TRAVELERS USING PATH, PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL AND AIRTRAIN SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO INSPECTION BEGINNING MONDAY, JULY 25

Date: Jul 22, 2005
Press Release Number: 87-2005

Beginning Monday, July 25, bags, luggage and packages carried by travelers using the Port Authority?s PATH rapid-transit system, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark will be subject to inspection by Port Authority Police.


On PATH, searches will be conducted before travelers reach the fare collection area, and travelers not wishing to participate will not be allowed to enter the PATH system. At the bus terminal, checks will be made at the passenger gates, and travelers not wishing to participate will be asked to leave the terminal. On the AirTrain systems, checks will be made at the fare gates, and travelers not wishing to participate will not be allowed to enter the systems. These actions will supplement police protocols at these facilities.


The Port Authority strongly encourages the users of its facilities to immediately report any suspicious activity to its hotline number ? 800 828-7273.

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Port authority website?(nice doggy!)

http://www.panynj.gov/path/security.html

Great work ...THANK YOU !!!!!!

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Don?t worry about the fine citizens that were priced out of the neighborhood coming back. I think they made out pretty well selling their DTJC cribs to all of you ?affluent? types.

Like someone said it could and does happen anywhere in the city. New and old cars a like. It happens in the sleepy NJ burbs also, but doesn?t get much publicity. (Shhhh!) I am amazed at what people leave exposed in their cars. Cell phones, wires, and holders, GPS devices, wires, and holders (and yes that circle mark on the windshield is a dead give away), CD?s in the visor, pens (yes pens), coins in the center console or ash tray, custom seat covers, those nasty beaded seat thing?s (well maybe not them), and even the little stuffed animals and trinkets hanging off of the mirror. THEY WILL TAKE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!!!! (remember the hanging ALF craze? Auto glass companies made a bundle off of him)

Like someone mentioned above about a few bucks being taken. Here?s a JC story..an Italian guy in the neighborhood got a new car. (yes a Caddy what else) For good luck he threw a handful of change on the passenger side floor map. (strange tradition) Two days later his 78 cents was gone along with his $200 side window. Talk about luck!

I go to the burbs a lot for meetings as I walk through the big corporate lots I spy so many things that are on a thug?s shopping list. The employees even get warnings about thugs driving in from the cities to rip off the cars/belongings yet they do NOTHING to protect their cars. (Obviously not from the hood, I bet they don?t even wire/nail down their front porch flower pots and planters) Could you believe they actually leave their car windows open in the hot weather? DING! DING! DING! JACKPOT!!!


If you live in JC this is what you do?.

- Don?t buy a new car?only kidding.

- Buy a steering wheel lock, even if you have an alarm.

- Buy wheel/tire locks , even if you just have standard tires (the good locks from a dealer, cheap ones rust and you can?t get them off)

- Leave NOTHING exposed in your car not even a few pennies. (a few pennies will go far in buying that nice 40 of Colt)

- When you are stopped at a red light in a bad section of JC?err I mean at a red light in JC. Give yourself a half of a car length in front of your car. This way if there is trouble you have enough room to make a Bat-turn and get out of the situation. (isn?t it funny how the city now sets the traffic lights to blinking at night in certain sections of JC. They said it was a pro environment move to save gas. Yeah right!)

- Never leave anything on the passenger side seat or rear seats while driving, no bags, laptop cases, NOTHING!

- If your car gets a small tap from the car behind and the driver waves at you to pull over. Be very careful with your belongings. As you know it?s the old Bump and Rob routine. As the driver is talking to you and has your complete attention his buddy is in your car ripping your stuff off or just plain ripping your car off.

We all know that doing any of the above will not help if the thugs really want your car or a piece of it. I posted this once before, I guy I knew in the heights had his hood and front grill taken off of his car in the middle of the night. Of course no one heard or saw anything! (I SEE NOTHING, I HEAR NOTHING!!!) It wasn?t even a new car; I guess a local body shop had the parts on their shopping list.

Never judge an area of JC by the cars that are parked in it. If you do a drive by (no pun intended) the hood over by PS #14 (Union St) it is THE bad-ass school/area in the JC. You will see Bentley?s, high-end Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguars parked right on the street. Something tells me the owners will never walk out of their front doors and see any damage or anything missing in those rides.

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JC History?

Speaking of smash and grab?s ?.years ago when the Duncan projects were all still standing tall, S&G?s were plentiful. The thugs would target the cars stopped at the red lights on Rt 440(1&9) and Duncan Ave. (near the LP golf range) It wasn?t pretty either, bricks and hammers were used to smash the side passenger windows, a lot of drivers were injured. It was mostly women leaving their bags on the front passenger seat.


Hey new-comers we went big time in the (pre-affluent) 1990?s??we were the champions my friends??you guys missed all of the fun!! Check out this CNN piece from back in the day.

Cars have a way of disappearing in Jersey City

About a third of stolen vehicles are never recovered, and only 18 percent of those are driveable

No. 1 in auto thefts in the U.S.

April 6, 1998
Web posted at: 6:23 p.m. EDT (2223 GMT)

From Detroit Bureau Chief Ed Garsten
DETROIT (CNN) -- If you live in Jersey City, New Jersey, keep an eye on your car. According to the latest list of the top auto theft areas in the United States, Jersey City's metro area is No. 1 .

Roughly one out of every 36 vehicles there was reported stolen in 1996, the latest year for which figures are available. But Jersey City's police director argues that auto theft there is actually declining, and that the study is flawed.

"I mean, I'd be happy to single out Jersey City if we compare it to other cities," says Police Director Michael Moriarity. "But they're not doing that. They're comparing Jersey City with half the state of New Jersey, most of which is very rural or suburban."

Rounding out the National Insurance Crime Bureau's list of the 10 worst places to park your car are: Fresno, California; Miami; Memphis; New York City; Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona; New Orleans; Tucson, Arizona; Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and the Los Angeles-Long Beach area of California.

The NICB says many cars are taken to chop shops and sold for parts, or transported illegally to other countries to be sold either whole or in pieces.

Cinelli Scrap Metal
275 Broadway
Jersey City, NJ 07306

It?s at the foot of Broadway kind of across from the Wilson Carpet guy. This is the place where all of those junk trucks go to cash in their treasure. You know the guys that drive around JC in the pickup trucks with metal piled high on the back.

I think you drive onto a scale with the truck they weigh it, dump your stuff, then weigh the truck again.

I had a few big motors I wanted to get rid of. I put them in my car and drove down to Cinelli. I gave them all to the first junk truck guy I saw.(the guy with the smallest pile) He was very happy..there was a lot of copper wire in the motors!!

Update on Lincoln Park 9-hole(?) golf?.1/13/10

I drove by it on Saturday the guys were working on it. I guess they are working 6 days a week to get it done in time for maybe a spring opening?? To me it looks like they are bringing back the old 9 hole course that was there years ago. (like someone mentioned above) They have about 6 bulldozers and a couple of steamrollers on site. Looks like they put down about four feet of gravel and ran plastic drainage pipes. They are in the process of grading it now.

Nice to see a county project move along so fast. I never thought it would.

JC old-timers go here?.

Hudson Eye Physicians & Surgeons

http://www.hudsoneyemd.com/


(was mentioned a few times already)

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This is true it takes a very long time. I know of two instances where a landlord wanted the tenants out of their owner occupied 2 family houses. I think it took months along with many court dates (time off from work). In those two cases the landlords just wanted the tenants out for other reasons it wasn?t about late rent. It was more for noise, filth, and number of people/pets living in the apartments.

Good luck

Lets not forget this Christmas classic?(it?s on PBS every year, great little story!)


Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghost of Christmas Eve (2001)

Product Description

TOS's THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS EVE - now available for the first time on VHS and DVD - is a unique fantasy trip through the magic of Christmas. Narrated by award-winning actor Ossie Davis, the production takes us on a journey of a runaway little girl's decision to return to her family after she enters a rundown theater for shelter and encounters an old caretaker who guides her on her journey. This magical story - which features appearances from Atlantic recording artists Jewel and Michael Crawford ? was filmed entirely on location at the newly refurbished and historic Loews Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, New Jersey, and includes performances of such tracks as "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Good King Joy," "Christmas Canon," "Music Box Blues," "Promises To Keep," and "This Christmas Day,".


Track Listing:
O' Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night
Good King Joy
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -- Featuring Jewel
Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
Christmas Canon
O Holy Night -- Featuring Michael Crawford
Music Box Blues
Promises To Keep
This Christmas Day
First Snow

(WM thanks for fixing the link in my above post)

If you click on the link the list will come up. You can then click on the movie/show. Then in the left hand column go down to Other Info and click on filming locations a list of places will pop up. (some have good descriptions, most just bring you back to where you were..bummer)

For example ..Under ?.A Bronx Tale?

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
(the boxing match scene is filmed at the armory in jersey city)

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Great site ?Go JC!!!!

this link has a lot

this is what is listed....

Titles with locations including Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Here are the 180 matching titles:

"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972): Taking a Stand TV Episode
"Cops" (1989) TV Series 5.5/10 (151 votes)
"Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" (2006): Big Breakfast TV Episode
"Mercy" (2009) TV Series 6.2/10 (454 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999): Join the Club TV Episode 8.5/10 (268 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999): Kennedy and Heidi TV Episode 9.0/10 (500 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999): Meadowlands TV Episode 8.6/10 (361 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999): Remember When TV Episode 8.4/10 (327 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999): The Ride TV Episode 8.1/10 (250 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999): Walk Like a Man TV Episode 8.7/10 (339 votes)
"The Sopranos" (1999) TV Series 9.5/10 (29460 votes)
1st Regiment, N.Y.V. (1898)
A 1000 Points of Light (2008) (V)
A Beautiful Mind (2001) 7.9/10 (115689 votes)
A Bronx Tale (1993) 7.7/10 (27895 votes)
A Chance to Grow (2000) (TV)
...aka A Baby's Battle for Life (2000) (TV) (USA: alternative title)
A Dangerous Place (2009)
A Mighty Tumble (1901)
...aka Razing of a Brick Building (1901) (USA: copyright title)
A New and Accurate Map of the World (2007)
Aisling (2006)
Albert and Mandy (2007) 6.4/10 (16 votes)
All She Wants to Do (2008)
All That You Love (2008)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982) 4.8/10 (3004 votes)
Analyze This (1999) 6.6/10 (50103 votes)
As Good as It Gets (1997) 7.8/10 (87450 votes)
Assassination of a High School President (2008) 6.9/10 (3495 votes)
Autumn's Eyes (2006) 8.0/10 (23 votes)
Baby It's You (1983) 6.3/10 (833 votes)
Bad Company (2002) 5.3/10 (16554 votes)
...aka Cesk? spojka (2002) (Czech Republic)
Bad Lieutenant (1992) 6.8/10 (11944 votes)
Behind the Scenes: Milking the Chicken (2004) (V)
Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.9/10 (107567 votes)
Being Jon Stewart (2009)
Belly (1998) 4.3/10 (3524 votes)
Bigger (2009)
Blink (2007/III)
Blood Night (2009) 7.3/10 (77 votes)
Bogus (1996) 4.8/10 (2544 votes)
Boys on the Side (1995) 6.0/10 (5397 votes)
...aka Avec ou sans hommes (1995) (France)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) 7.4/10 (7486 votes)
Brothers in Blue (2003) (TV) 4.8/10 (25 votes)
C.H.U.D. (1984) 4.9/10 (2614 votes)
Caught (1996) 5.6/10 (676 votes)
...aka Atrapados (1996) (USA: Spanish title)
Center Stage (2000) 6.2/10 (7517 votes)
...aka Centre Stage (2000) (Australia)
Changing Faces (2001) 9.3/10 (22 votes)
Chota Jadugar (2003) 2.2/10 (19 votes)
...aka Little Magician (2003) (India: English title)
...aka Magic Magic 3D (2003) (India: English title) (India: Malayalam title)
...aka Small Magician (2003) (India: English title)
Chronicles of a Hitman (2006)
Claire Dolan (1998) 6.9/10 (711 votes)
...aka Claire Dolan (1998) (France)
Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) 5.0/10 (1942 votes)
Clown Dad (2008)
Company 'C', 1st Regiment, N.J.V. (1898)
Cop Land (1997) 6.9/10 (32801 votes)
Counting to infinity (2009)
Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982) 5.8/10 (86 votes)
...aka Ruby's Dream (1983) (USA: video title)
Deep Inside (2009) (V)
Demonstrating the Action of the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine in Unloading a Schooner of Iron Ore, and Loading the Material on the Cars (1900) 7.2/10 (22 votes)
Destiny (2004)
Diminished Capacity (2008) 5.7/10 (490 votes)
Don't Drink Poison (2008)
Don't Go in the House (1980) 5.0/10 (854 votes)
Ebolusyon ng isang pamilyang Pilipino (2004) 8.9/10 (35 votes)
...aka Ebolusyon ng pamilyang Pilipino (2005) (Philippines: Tagalog title)
...aka Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title)
Family Business (1989) 5.4/10 (5132 votes)
First Interview (2003)
Form, Space & Murder (1997) 8.5/10 (6 votes)
Funny Girl (1968) 7.3/10 (5080 votes)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) 6.2/10 (5786 votes)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) 7.5/10 (33595 votes)
...aka Ghost Dog (2000) (Australia)
...aka Ghost Dog - Der Weg des Samurai (2000) (Germany)
...aka Ghost Dog, la voie du samoura? (1999) (France)
Girlfight (2000) 6.8/10 (4946 votes)
God Has a Rap Sheet (2003) 5.5/10 (108 votes)
Godzilla (1998) 4.8/10 (55278 votes)
...aka Gojira (1998) (Japan)
Hit N' Run (2007)
I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist (1985) 5.6/10 (28 votes)
Illuminata (1998) 6.1/10 (1066 votes)
...aka Illuminata (1998) (Spain)
In My Life (2009) 6.7/10 (18 votes)
In Till the Night (1996)
Ismael (2008)
It Could Happen to You (1994) 6.1/10 (11553 votes)
Jersey Dyke (2007)
Jersey Girl (1992) 5.8/10 (658 votes)
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) 5.6/10 (3715 votes)
...aka Kank (2006) (India: Hindi title: informal short title)
...aka Never Say Goodbye (2006) (USA: informal English title)
Kiss of Medusa (1982)
Kissing Miss Jones (2009)
Life Shelter (2002)
Looking for Chance (2004)
March (2002) 1.6/10 (7 votes)
Maria Full of Grace (2004) 7.6/10 (15218 votes)
...aka Maria Full of Grace (2004) (International: English title)
...aka Maria, llena eres de gracia (2004) (Colombia)
Marino's (2009) 10.0/10 (5 votes)
May Beetle (2009)
Men in Black (1997) 7.0/10 (112176 votes)
...aka MIB (1997) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Methodic (2007) 4.5/10 (72 votes)
Metro (2010)
Milking the Chicken (2003) 5.0/10 (24 votes)
Minimal Knowledge (2002) 5.2/10 (70 votes)
...aka Murder Reincarnated (2002) (USA: video title)
Moments (2009/I)
Mortal Thoughts (1991) 5.6/10 (3731 votes)
Motive (2003)
Nathan DuPree: The Preginning (2003)
Night-Flowers (1979) 5.7/10 (18 votes)
...aka Night Angels (1979)
...aka Scars (1979) (USA: TV title)
Nipple Nazis (2009)
No Exit (2006/I) 4.8/10 (12 votes)
No Parking (2007)
Nowhere Man (2005) 4.0/10 (147 votes)
On the Outs (2004) 6.4/10 (430 votes)
P.O.E. (2007) 2.8/10 (49 votes)
Pa. R.R. Cliffs, Jersey City (1896)
Palookaville (1995) 6.4/10 (1579 votes)
Panorama of New York from Jersey City (1903)
Paradise Regained (2009)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing. (1997) (TV) 6.7/10 (247 votes)
...aka Path to Paradise (1997) (TV)
Payback (2003) (TV) 5.3/10 (18 votes)
PDA Massacre (2004) 2.9/10 (32 votes)
Penny Dreadful (2005) 5.6/10 (451 votes)
Phish (2006)
Pootie Tang (2001) 4.4/10 (5790 votes)
Pushing Tin (1999) 5.9/10 (15512 votes)
...aka Turbulenzen - und andere Katastrophen (2000) (Germany)
Quantum Heaven (2008)
Quiz Show (1994) 7.5/10 (22809 votes)
Rage of Angels (1983) (TV) 5.6/10 (86 votes)
...aka Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels (1983) (TV)
Ransom (1996) 6.6/10 (36429 votes)
Red Wagon (2003)
Redeeming Rainbow (2007) (TV)
Resurrection (2000) (V) 7.1/10 (15 votes)
Return to Paradise (1998) 6.7/10 (6127 votes)
...aka All for One (1998) (USA: alternative title)
Scratch... Play for Keeps (2009)
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) 5.5/10 (914 votes)
Shaft (2000) 5.9/10 (31167 votes)
...aka Shaft - Noch Fragen? (2000) (Germany)
She Hate Me (2004) 5.3/10 (3890 votes)
Shoot George (2002)
Sid and Nancy (1986) 7.0/10 (8480 votes)
...aka Sid and Nancy: Love Kills (1986)
Silent Madness (1984) 5.0/10 (106 votes)
...aka Beautiful Screamers (1984)
...aka The Nightkillers (1984)
...aka The Omega Factor (1984)
Smokers (2008) (V) 3.5/10 (160 votes)
Sneakers & Soul (2009)
Soaked (2005)
Soap Scum (2005)
Something Wild (1986) 6.6/10 (5091 votes)
Spanglish Girls (2007)
Sparks (1998) 6.7/10 (28 votes)
Stay, Go, Don't Linger (2007) (V)
Steel Legends: Railroads of the Northeast (2000) 8.2/10 (50 votes)
...aka Steel Legends: Railroads of the 20th Century (2000) (USA: alternative title)
...aka Steel Legends: Steam Lives (2000) (USA: director's cut)
Stille (2006/II)
Subway Busker (2010)
Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917)
Thanksgiving (2008) 4.6/10 (14 votes)
That Gringa!: The TV Pilot (2009) (TV)
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) 6.8/10 (2447 votes)
The Colored American Winning His Suit (1916)
The Destruction of Civilization (2005)
The Drip Incident (2006)
The Girl from Monday (2005) 5.5/10 (537 votes)
The Godfather (1972) 9.2/10 (378502 votes)
...aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather (1972) (USA: complete title)
The Hit (2007/II) 5.1/10 (12 votes)
The Honeymooners (2005) 2.6/10 (4884 votes)
The Immaculate Misconception (2006) 8.2/10 (43 votes)
The Impostors (1998) 6.0/10 (3059 votes)
The Interpreter (2005) 6.5/10 (36015 votes)
...aka L'interpr?te (2005) (France)
The Iron Claw (1916)
The Iron Heart (1917)
The Last Days of Disco (1998) 6.1/10 (4929 votes)
The Perfect Holiday (2007) 3.2/10 (1546 votes)
The Pick Up (2009/II) 5.6/10 (7 votes)
The Piles Project (2008)
The Preacher's Wife (1996) 5.2/10 (4145 votes)
The Prisoner (2008) (TV) 6.3/10 (7 votes)
...aka The Captive (2009) (TV) (USA: new title)
The Recoil (1917)
The Resurrection Apprentice (2005) 7.6/10 (18 votes)
The Romantic Journey (1916)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 7.6/10 (77283 votes)
The Scapegoat (1917)
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
The Toxic Avenger (1984) 5.8/10 (6624 votes)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) 7.1/10 (5870 votes)
...aka 13 Conversations (2002) (USA: short title)
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) 5.7/10 (9020 votes)
Two Lovers (2008) 7.3/10 (7535 votes)
Unwound (2003)
Vampire Seduction (1998) 2.8/10 (78 votes)
...aka Vampire's Seduction (1998) (USA: closing credits title)
Van Vorst Park (2005) 9.2/10 (12 votes)
Winter Solstice (2004/I) 6.3/10 (871 votes)
Wise Guys (1986) 5.2/10 (2185 votes)
Zelig (1983) 7.7/10 (12701 votes)

-?Sid and Nancy? ? if you want to see what DTJC was built on watch the last two minutes of the movie. Nice shot of the old Power House. (Wonder if the 2 little homies with the boombox were from JC)

-?The Wrestler? ? scenes shot in the soon to be closed Acme over on Garfield. (wonder if the lady ordering the chicken was from JC, she was great)

(this JJ piece probably doesn?t affect a lot of peeps on this site, but it did ring a bell with me. Nice place to run into to get a few items. If you didn?t know it already the supermarket scenes from the film The Wrestler were shot in the JC Acme. (I see there is a thread about JC movies) I often wonder if some of the people in the scenes were actors or real JC/Bayonne folks. The lady ordering the chicken is great! It?s across from Hudson Lanes Bowling on Garfield.)


Acme to shut supermarket serving Jersey City, Bayonne
Friday, January 08, 2010

Jersey City and Bayonne will lose the Acme supermarket on the border of the two municipalities.

But a grocery store will still occupy the Garfield Avenue location.

Gail Street, director of communications for Acme, said the store is being sold to an independent owner and operator.

Acme will close its doors at the location Feb. 6.

Street said employees will be given a choice of other Acme stores in which they can work.

Employees were notified of the closing yesterday. Signs will be placed in the store to alert customers, she said.

Street said she could not disclose the name of the future owner at this time.

She said the store is the only one in the state being sold.

"We do regular checkups of our organization to see what's viable and what's the most viable for our business," she said. "This is just a regular survey of our inventory."

She said the slow market and several other factors contributed to the company's decision to close the Jersey City location.

MELISSA HAYES

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PS- Don?t know if it was posted but there was an early morning robbery of the DD in the strip mall lot over by that Acme the other day. It took me a while to figure out the ?nearly nine dozen dollars? line. But it turns out later in the piece it says the guy got away with $105 ?get it. Way to go JJ! (I surprised the robber didn?t say ?Gimme all you gots? he must have been an out of Towner)

Hit by robber after opening

A robber stole nearly nine dozen dollars from a Dunkin' Donuts store in Jersey City near the Bayonne border early yesterday, officials said.
Police responded to the store at 2 Garfield Ave. after the 5:20 a.m. robbery. Employees said a short time after opening a man wearing a white mask came in and began placing an order before yelling, "Give me the money," reports said. ???.

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Interesting read over here...I (along with other JC old-timers) have got to get out more!!

I am taking you guys up on the safety of your hood. I will take a tour over the weekend. If you see a 6 foot 9 inch, 300 pound, pale white guy walking around don?t be alarmed. Hopefully you will see me walking around and not laying down taking a dirt nap.

PS ? I better hear some ?Hey how are you doing?? and not the usual JC phases of ?Gimme all you gots!? and ?Roll your pockets!?.

I?ll look up the prices I paid Capital for the roof and permits and post them later on.

I always did the roof myself but as I got older I said screw it let someone else do it. I was surprised how hassle free it was. I thought they were going to lug the supplies up through the house into the attic roof hatch. It turns out I didn?t really need to be home for them to do the work. They called up the day before and said they would be there at 9:00 a.m. They set their latter?s up outside and also set up a winch to get everything on the roof before they began. They never set foot inside the house. Very clean operation.

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Both newbies and oldtimers know that...Dickinson wins hands down!! These three were under ?Dickinson riot? from last year.

?The police presence at Dickinson High School in Jersey City will be beefed up this week and next due to recent episodes of gang violence and rioting, including a machete attack and numerous arrests on Monday, officials said.
Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Charles T. Epps Jr. said yesterday he's "working closely" with Police Chief Tom Comey on the effort. ?

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?A 15-year-old Dickinson High School boy suffered five stab wounds at dismissal time Thursday in what appears to be violence between gangs triggered by a robbery last weekend, police officials said yesterday.
At 3:08 p.m., a "large, rowdy" crowd gathered on the Palisade Avenue side of the school and police got word the conflict was caused by the robbery of a Marion section resident by members of the Goonies/Summit Ave. Mob, reports said. ?

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?Jersey City and Port Authority police swarmed across Journal Square yesterday afternoon in response to a series of fights involving young people - reportedly Dickinson High School students - including one person who was reportedly shot in the arm. The shooting reportedly happened at Van Reipen Avenue about 3:40 p.m., Jersey City police said. Port Authority cops responded first, breaking up several fights they say involved Dickinson students, and arrested seven juveniles and two ?

Like I said somewhere above I used Capital .

No hassle! They got all the permits I didn't need to do a thing. They put the cost of the permits into the final bill. I think there were two needed. One for the normal roof work and one from the fire department because they were flaming the rubber roof down.

A month after the work was done Capital set up an appointment with the city and me to have the roof job inspected. After it was approved they closed out the permit. I think if you never get it inspected by the city the permit stays open and maybe will pop up in the future with a fine.

Good luck.

WOW!!!!


from the ny post)

Updated: Thu., Jan. 7, 2010, 10:47 AM
Stern sidekick in suicide try
Last Updated: 10:47 AM, January 7, 2010

Posted: 12:19 AM, January 7, 2010

Troubled comic Artie Lange landed in the hospital after stabbing himself nine times in an apparent suicide attempt, sources told The Post. Lange's frantic mom called 911 Saturday morning after she entered his Hoboken apartment and found the bloodied funnyman, a law-enforcement source said. Lange sustained six "hesitation wounds" and three deep plunges.

A source close to Lange's management team confirmed that the Howard Stern sidekick stabbed himself, adding that his mother had come to visit him that day to drop off food. Surgeons managed to save Lange despite heavy bleeding. "We all have our demons," Stern said on-air this week, referring to Lange's past battles with addiction. "Artie has given this show tremendous moments of great comedy. He's a tremendous contributor. He is a good man. Don't forget how great he is."

Growing up in JC you knew that anything above JFK Blvd in the Bergen area was not a good area. These are the hot blocks for crime from reading the JJ over the years?Gardner, Belmont, Harrison, and Astor. Story after story.

If you didn?t do so yet and are really interested in Astor Place. (someone mentioned maybe around 30 Astor) Just go to that area around 3:00 pm in the afternoon on a school day. (maybe it won?t be as bad because of the cold weather now). Lincoln High School is at 60 Crescent Ave. PS # 12 is at 91 Astor Place.

I guess you don?t read the JJ. A riot at Lincoln High School during dismissal is common place. So that will be about 1000 kids roaming the area every day.

See if you can talk to any teachers who work in Lincoln or PS # 12 , ask them about the area.

I don?t want to burst your bubble but..PLEASE do more research!!!

Good luck!

This is a very strange happening. I am of course glad she is fine?.but?

- Stopping on a highway at 1:45 a.m. to fix a back seat?
- What happened to the friend she was going to pickup?
- Calls a friend for a ride home instead of the police?

I am pretty sure that Exxon station is the one where an old timer was robbed of a payroll last year. He stopped for gas and was robbed. I can?t remember if he was killed deliberately or fell and hit his head and died. They captured the get away car on camera. Maybe they can get something off of the camera for this odd happening.

I saw this on the HS web site from Feb 2008?someone must know who the retailers are..right? Give them a call.

"In addition to the sales pace, nearly 100% of the 28,000 square feet of ground floor retail space at Hamilton Square is now leased. Tenants include a wide array of boutique shops and services, such as an Equinox style gym, restaurant and bar, noodle shop, bakery, wine shop, ice cream parlor, bike store, pharmacy and a bank branch."



Saint Francis Hospital and the old Medical Center are way too creepy to live in?.. too many ghosts!!!!(my grandmother died in St. Francis if you see her please say hello for me)

That?s a great map, the descriptions are interesting! I forgot about a lot of them. Scary!!

I think the JCPD website left off the 3 ?justified homicides by police? in July 2009. (the two losers in the tragic Officer DiNardo death and the shooting of the person who missed her meds) They also seem to be missing some hit and run traffic deaths.

Click on this JCPD link....(I posted it before...interesting link)

http://www.njjcpd.org/jcpd%20website%20files_004.htm

Go all the way to the right to the 2009UCR drop down box.

It has ALL crime in JC by month/by district - also citywide.

(Jan - Oct 2009 : 19 Homicides) (not bad for a city of 240K)


Newark had 77 Homicides in 2009 , pop. around 250K

Heavy fire, water damage in blaze at Society Hill

(great job containing the fire?.JCFD!!!)(could have been worse)

A fire that started in a furnace area in a townhouse in JC SH complex caused heavy damage to two floors of the three-story building yesterday morning, officials said.

Firefighters responding at 8:13 a.m. to the blaze at 101 Cherry St. found fire in a closet that housed a furnace on the building?s second floor, Fire Director Armando Roman said.

Before the flames were under control at 8:37 a.m. the fire had spread up into the building?s third floor, Roman said.

The second and third floor suffered heavy fire and water damage, but the residents were able to return home, Roman said, adding that the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

- Michelangelo Conte

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Yes I second LSP?..

Please take them to Liberty State Park. Start at the Old Rail Road Terminal and walk along the walkway to the other end of the Park.

You will get a great view of NYC and you will also be a stone throws away from Ellis Island and the Lady.

Have Fun.

PS- the light rail has a stop near LSP, maybe the DTJC peps can give you help with that. I can't.

Hey Vigilante I was only kidding with my first post. The one about you and the bunnies. I was trying to tie in your Vigilante tag and your picture with the dog to the bunnies. I guess it was a joke gone bad. Sorry no hard feelings. I think the below course was also build on a cleaned up landfill.

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Someone asked about the second course in the county?.

This is the link for the 2 second private county golf course it is in Bayonne. The 37 million dollar course.

http://www.bayonnegolfclub.com/#

(how the county/city gave up 2 choice pieces of water front property for mostly non-residents to use is beyond me.)

The Bayonne Golf Club course is beautiful. Don?t know anything about the membership, etc , check the site. I do know they have their own private water taxi (to Manhattan), a helipad, and a driving range (I think you hit the balls into the water) You can get a glimpse of it from the South Cove Common Mall area. There is a water walk way the entrance is next to the 10 East restaurant. (nice of the county to give us a walk way so we can see the course)

I don?t know if you are familiar with that area of Bayonne. The shopping area is over by the Cruise Port and new City View apartment complex.

There are stores and restaurants along with a rail stop across the highway. The ?sane? people of JC do their shopping there. Super Stop & Shop, Staples, Liquor Store, Franks Movie Theater. Great places to eat out a H ouihans and 10 East an expensive Japanese place.

The walkway is worth the trip nice wooden bridges and great views of NYC. ( and the golf course) We usually flip the golfers the bird if we see any. They in turn try to nail us with golf balls. Nice way to get free balls.



For the little ones a new miniature golf course also opened in Bayonne.

Yeah from looking at google and the below piece I found in the JJ from July 2009. They must be going back to the water. (the landfill closure area) I thought they were just going to build on the small 9 hole that was there years ago.



$10.6 mil grant to fix Lincoln Park wetlands

Monday, July 13, 2009
By PAUL TAKAHASHI
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
The tide is turning for the Hackensack River wetlands in Jersey City.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that New Jersey will receive nearly $10.6 million in federal economic stimulus funds to restore a 31-acre wetlands area in Lincoln Park. This represents the single largest grant from the federal agency through the stimulus package.

"These funds will help ensure the future of one of the Garden State's most important natural resources - our coastal wetlands," said U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez.

The grant comes from the $167 million in Recovery Act funds earmarked for marine and coastal habitat restoration.

In the Lincoln Park Wetland Restoration project the former landfill site will be excavated and the material will be dumped to the north, where a golf course is planned by Hudson County. About 200,000 cubic yards of sand will be brought in by the Army Corps of Engineers to cap the former landfill.

The restoration is projected to take 24 months to complete and should improve the river's ecosystem by increasing fish and bird populations.

"The river is surely but slowly getting cleaner," said Hackensack Riverkeeper Bill Sheehan. "It was written off by my father's generation as polluted."

According to Sheehan, who is 60 years old, the fish population has increased from a handful of species when he was a child to about 65 species today. Once the fish population increased, migratory birds also returned. There are now about 265 bird species in the river habitat, Sheehan said.

"This is definitely a boon for the river," he said. "It will clean up the water and provide a wildlife habitat in the middle of a dense urban city."

The NOAA estimates the grant will create between 41 to 46 full-time jobs, officials said.


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You have got to be either 9 years old or 90 years old using the word ?re****? what a class guy I?m sure your mother is proud of you. I can?t even retype the word, I took it out of my vocabulary about 40 years ago.

Who?s the moron? If you actually took my post seriously God help you. Wow! Talk about going over someone?s head!

Oh yeah and that ?Happy Festivus? is way cool!


O-K I n-o-w r-e-a-l-i-z-e t-h-a-t I m-u-s-t p-o-s-t v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y f-o-r y-o-u t-o u-n-d-e-r-s-t-a-n-d??.

D-i-d y-o-u e-v-e-r h-e-a-r t-h-e e-x-p-r-e-s-s-i-o-n ?.

?WHEN PIGS FLY!!?

Just like the county to rip down something that people actually use and enjoy, check those completion dates. Don?t you love the expression ?future plans include?. Where is the golf course going? There is no 18 hole golf course, that was proposed when the county fought to keep all of the PJP landfill. Notice how fast the warehouse is being built.




The park will include soccer fields a quarter-acre extension of the Hackensack River Walkway, an open lawn/fairgrounds, a 1.5 mile-long jogging/walking path, and acres of wildflowers and newly planted trees, officials said.

Jersey City Council approves $12.4M park purchase
By Melissa Hayes/The Jersey Journal
November 10, 2009, 7:31PM

A former landfill is one step closer to becoming a public park.

The Jersey City Council approved purchasing 34.52 acres of the former PJP Landfill for $12.4 million tonight. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is contributing $4 million toward the acquisition and Hudson County gave $1 million. The City Council authorized bonding up to $8.7 million for the remainder, if grants are unavailable.

?It?s about time. I?m glad we?re here today to see this,? Ward B Councilman David Donnelly said Monday night. ?I think the people of Jersey City will have a debt of gratitude if we can make this happen.?

The property is bordered by the Hackensack River and Route 1 & 9, with Hartz Mountain Warehouse to the north and the AMB Warehouse, which is under construction, to the south. It sits under the Pulaski Skyway.

The first phase, estimated to cost $8 million, includes capping the landfill, planting grass and wildflowers and creating access roads. It would be paid for by Waste Management of New Jersey Inc. who is responsible for closing out the landfill, which hasn?t been used for decades.

The council also voted to assume responsibility for future maintenance of the site from Waste Management and CWM Chemical Services LLC. In exchange, CWM will place $1.15 million in an escrow account for maintenance. The city has been pursuing the site for about two years and first contemplated relocating the Department of Public Works and Jersey City Improvement Authority there.

Jersey City Corporate Counsel William Matsikoudis said Waste Management had proposed a plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection that would have capped the landfill but prevented future use.

Under the city?s proposed plan the site will now include soccer fields, jogging trails and a walkway along the river that could connect it to Lincoln Park. There would also be a pedestrian crossing at Route 1 & 9. Future plans could call for a golf driving range and indoor sports facility. Matsikoudis said the initial phase should be completed next year, but the sports fields, trails and restrooms would likely be completed by 2015.

Lawyers and environmental engineers have been working on the plans for some time and professionals presented conceptual drawings during the council?s Monday caucus meeting. Matsikoudis said an exact expenditure was not available, but at least $250,000 was spent on environmental engineering out of the city?s environmental trust fund.

The council has paid Red Bank-based T & M Associates $50,000 for design work. It was set to vote on another $125,000 tonight but tabled the resolution after resident Philip Carrington questioned whether the firm was in violation of the city?s pay-to-play ordinance for donating to Councilman Mariano Vega?s campaign this year.

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PS ? check out the beautiful white AMB Warehouse in the picture, I would love to know how many hands were greased in that deal.


Hey Vigilante ,right the bunnies will be safe in their new home. They are planting ? acres of wildflowers and newly planted trees? . I wonder if the bunnies will glow after they make their journey over to their new home sweet home? Also wonder if they will make it to 2015.

jc4fritz - thanks for the information. I do recall that they were making a park over on part of the PJP landfill. I didn?t know about the plans for the golf. Glad they are not eliminating it, it was a nice place to go to hit out a few buckets. In the summer the city brought in a golf pro to teach the city kids golf. Nice JC program!!

Vigilante- why so angry and negative all of the time? LP Golf was a nice out of the way place to hit a few balls. Maybe you should have taken advantage of it while it was there. Hit a few buckets of balls to get that anger out of your system. But then I guess you would have to change your name from Vigilante to something nicer. Wait let me guess the gravel parking lot and the covered driving slots were not up to par with you. (pun intended) Hey maybe you golf at the Liberty Golf Course seems like a Vigilante would have the money for the 500K membership fee. The real people of JC the 240,000 of us don?t. LP was good enough for us. Ok I did get crapped on a few times by the birds that made nests in the driving stalls ceiling lights. But hey it was good luck.


Vigilante please cover your eyes now I am going to say something nice and caring. Ok ..on a sad note I hope the family of bunnies survive the construction. It was great seeing then hop around.


JC History (if you care) on the LP Golf area I think it was called LP Pitch and Putt. It had a 9 hole golf course, miniature golf with all of the bells and whistles (of the time), and batting cages. It was a great place to go back in the day.

I drove by it and it looks like everything is being bulldozed. I know the county leases it out ? what?s up?

Could the Tiger Woods effect even be hitting the little local golf ranges? Wow!

Al Richard's in Bayonne, they used to be in JC many moons ago down at the Hudson Mall. (any old-timers remember)

http://www.alrichardschocolates.com/