Yes, you can still get arrested for weed | Opinion

EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider, NJ.com’s B2B cannabis industry trade journal and events vertical, is hosting a business meetup Feb. 17 in Jersey City. Tickets are limited.

By David L. Nathan

As a psychiatrist in Princeton for 24 years, founder of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR), and steering committee member of New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform (NJUMR), I have seen first-hand how destructive the war on cannabis has been to public health.

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/02/yes ... the-more-act-opinion.html

N.J. legal weed growers brace for layoffs, ‘destroying product’ if consumer market doesn’t open soon

EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider, NJ.com’s B2B cannabis industry trade journal and events vertical, is hosting a business meetup Feb. 17 in Jersey City. Tickets are limited.

Like many of New Jersey’s residents who voted to legalize weed for adult consumers, the state’s largest growers say they’ve been eager for the market to open.

In fact, they say they’re bursting at the seams with marijuana — and now, they’re worried they’ll have to take drastic measures if things don’t speed up.

https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2022/01/n ... ket-doesnt-open-soon.html

Murphy says he’d rather be right than fast as N.J. may delay recreational weed sales

EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider, NJ.com’s B2B cannabis industry trade journal and events vertical, is hosting a business meetup Feb. 17 in Jersey City. Tickets are limited.

Gov. Phil Murphy, who successfully pushed to legalize cannabis for recreational use, said he wasn’t concerned that the state may not meet a Feb. 22 deadline for selling weed to the public.

“I’d rather get it right than get it fast,” Murphy told NJ Advance Media on Sunday. “They’re doing a really good job. They want to do a job that’s different and better than any other state that’s ever done it, in particular as it relates to addressing inequities, which has been a central theme of mine.”

https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2022/01/m ... reational-weed-sales.html

Family of John Sheridan asks authorities to explore possible link between deaths and murder-for-hire-plot

A seven-year-old case that led to stunning murder-for-hire charges against a New Jersey political consultant this week bore striking similarities to the 2014 deaths of John Sheridan, a major figure in New Jersey state politics, and his wife Joyce, say family members, who are now asking investigators if there might be a link.

In a letter Friday to the state Attorney General, the Somerset County prosecutor and to federal authorities, Sheridan’s son, Mark, requested that the evidence tied to one of the figures involved in the murder-for-hire case that came to light on Tuesday be examined to determine if there is a connection to his parents’ deaths.

https://rumble.com/vtcunm-dan-bongino- ... m-leaving-youtube....html

Now that Jersey City has agreed to upgrade water and sewer lines, how will city pay for it?

Now that Jersey City has agreed with two federal agencies to replace, repair and upgrade its sewer and drinking water systems, next comes the hard part.

It’s not just the 10 years of construction on busy Downtown streets that people are sweating. It’s paying the bill that may keep residents and local leaders up at night.

The price tag to reshape the aging systems — some city sewer lines may still be wooden — is more than $1 billion, city and federal officials said Thursday.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/now- ... will-city-pay-for-it.html

Here Is the Most Expensive Home For Sale In Jersey City

More than 60,000 square feet of space for sale in this home.

Jersey City agrees to $1 billion plan to improve drinking water, combined sewer system

WASHINGTON — Jersey City will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade the city’s drinking water system and improve its municipal combined sewer system under an agreement with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), federal officials announced Thursday.

The agreement, with the city’s Municipal Utilities Authority, is expected to significantly reduce the amount of pollution being discharged into the Hackensack River, Hudson River and Newark Bay, and benefit many Jersey City neighborhoods that face environmental justice challenges.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/jers ... ombined-sewer-system.html

N.J. legal weed sales won’t start in February; state to miss key deadline

EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider, NJ.com’s B2B cannabis industry trade journal and events vertical, is hosting a business meetup Feb. 17 in Jersey City. Tickets are limited.

While promising to open New Jersey’s legal cannabis consumer market, the state won’t meet a self-imposed deadline originally set for late February.

Jeff Brown, the executive director of the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission, said a number of factors are still in the way before the doors can open, including lack of municipal buy-in.

https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2022/01/n ... te-cannabis-official.html

Man who robbed Jersey City grocery store three times in six days is nabbed by waiting police officer

A man who assaulted the owners and robbed a Jersey City grocery store three times in six days was captured by a waiting police officer when he came back a fourth time.

Store surveillance video taken Friday night at Augie’s Grocery Deli shows the violent perp jumping across the counter, just as he had the previous three times between Jan. 10 and Jan. 16. Only this time instead of getting away with cash or merchandise, the robber was stunned when off-duty Police Officer Maurice Johnson — who had stopped by to check on the store — jumped out from the back of the store.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/man- ... iting-police-officer.html

With legal weed market to open soon, N.J. cannabis industry buzzing ahead of big networking event Feb. 17

The state hasn’t yet opened New Jersey’s legal cannabis marketplace, but it has been awarding operating permits as well as accepting more applications to grow and sell.

Set up last year to provide the rules and regulations for the industry to operate under, the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission has been working toward opening the adult, general consumer market by February 2022. We may know more this week after the CRC’s upcoming public meeting on Jan. 27.

https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2022/01/w ... working-event-feb-17.html

Jersey City resolution would increase number of city council aides

The size of the Jersey City councilmembers’ staff will grow to keep pace with the growth of the city’s population.

The city council will consider a resolution Wednesday to increase the number of full-time aides that each councilperson is allowed and increase their salary ranges. Jersey City grew to more than 292,000 residents, according to the 2020 Census report and now meets the minimum size requirement by state law to expand to up to four full-time aides.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/more ... f-city-council-aides.html

Ward commissioners approve new Jersey City map after 3 hours of public comment against it

By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View

The ward commissioners were set to host a hybrid meeting last Friday evening, but ended needing to be rescheduled when the Zoom capacity could only handle 100 people and could not be adjusted on the fly.

Commission Chair John Minella said the commission had to address a significant population difference between Ward E, which has 69,524 people, and Ward D, which has 40,733 people, well beyond the 10 percent deviation between a municipality’s least and most populous wards set by the state.

https://hudsoncountyview.com/ward-comm ... ublic-comment-against-it/

Ward Commission approves new boundaries in Jersey City, despite complaints from the public

The Jersey City Ward Commission voted to approve a new map for the city’s six wards despite nearly unanimous opposition from members of the public at Saturday’s public meeting.

Hudson County Board of Elections commissioners Peter Horton, Janet Lawra, Daniel Beckelman, Daniel Miqueli, City Clerk Sean Gallagher and mayoral aide John Minella voted yes. Board of Elections Commissioner Paul Castelli abstained, hoping to take a vote a later time after more consideration.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/ward ... ints-from-the-public.html

$300K cops: Police in Hudson County capitalize on overtime and off-duty work

Being a police officer in Hudson County is a lucrative deal, if you are willing to put in the extra hours.

Four police officers across the county — Williams Lyons of North Bergen, Kelly Chesler in Jersey City, Michael Kelly of Jersey City, and Robert Farley of North Bergen — earned more than $300,000 each in 2019, while hundreds of others supplemented their base pay by the thousands of dollars.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/the- ... me-and-off-duty-work.html

City Council seeks to expand Jersey City cannabis control board from 3 to 5 members

The City Council is looking to expand the three-member Jersey City cannabis control board to five members.

The city council introduced an amended ordinance to expand the cannabis control board to include two additional members, one appointed by the mayor and another appointed by the council president. The two selected to join the control board will serve three-year terms.

The cannabis control board is responsible for approving applications for cannabis retail establishments (wholesaler, manufacturer, cultivator and retailer), distributors and delivery. An amended ordinance, passed in August, established the control board, regulations and licensing for the cannabis industry in the city.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/jers ... -from-3-to-5-members.html

Jersey City Council OKs $3.75M COVID-19 vaccination contract with Bespoke Health

The Jersey City Council approved a resolution awarding a $3.75 million contract for Bespoke Health to administer COVID-19 vaccinations for the year at last night’s meeting.

https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-ci ... ract-with-bespoke-health/

Jersey City man fatally shot man 3 months after leaving prison, prosecutor says

King had been in New Jersey state prison from May 2014 to March 2017 and again from Feb. 18 to July 26 last year on robbery, drug-dealing, tampering and weapons offenses, according to state Department of Corrections records.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/01/jers ... after-leaving-prison.html

Opposition mounts to $4.7B plan to widen the highway to the Holland Tunnel

Jersey City officials and a coalition of Hudson County bike groups have opposed the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s plans to widen the Hudson County extension through Bayonne and Jersey City to the Holland Tunnel and replace the aging Newark Bay bridge.

The opposition is based on concerns the project won’t alleviate congestion and would create more traffic and air pollution from vehicles cutting through Bayonne and Jersey City neighborhoods when traffic backs up on the extension.

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/01/opposi ... o-the-holland-tunnel.html

N.J. hires firm to track legal weed ‘from seed to sale’

Barstool Pizza Review - Low Fidelity (Jersey City, NJ)

https://www.barstoolsports.com/video/3 ... y-nj-presented-by-datchat

Election Day 2021: The biggest winners and losers in the Jersey City, Hoboken municipal elections

With two critical municipal elections in the books for Jersey City and Hoboken, let’s take a look at who the biggest winners and losers were on Election Day.

https://hudsoncountyview.com/election- ... oken-municipal-elections/

Amazon sets its sights on Jersey City for office space expansion

Jersey City offers microbusinesses $1.5M in COVID relief

By: Gabrielle Saulsbery
November 2, 2021 2:15 pm

Small businesses in Jersey City have access to another $1.5 million in COVID-19 Small Business Microenterprise Grants, Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Economic Development Corp. announced Nov. 1.

The city-funded program will provide upwards of $50,000 for business-related costs incurred throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to businesses with five or less employees whose owner’s income doesn’t exceed 80% of the city’s area median income limit.

Applications will open on Nov. 8.

https://njbiz.com/jersey-city-offers-u ... elief-to-microbusinesses/

Jersey City school Superintendent Franklin Walker to retire in January

Jersey City public schools Superintendent Franklin Walker is retiring as of January, ending a 48-year career in the school district.

Board of Education Trustee Marilyn Roman confirmed Monday Walker’s decision to retire. Walker sent a letter to members of the board Friday.

“It is difficult to take,” Roman said. “I would have hoped he would have been able to stay, but I know because I retired myself from the school district a number of years ago.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/11/jers ... to-retire-in-january.html

Hudson County voters, act in kind and turn your backs on Murphy | Jersey Journal non-endorsement

Hudson County voters should skip the top of the ballot this election and send a loud, clear message to Gov. Phil Murphy that his silence on the proposed Liberty State Park Protection Act is unacceptable.

Murphy apparently thinks the Democratic stronghold on the Hudson is a given – or, worse, inconsequential to his pursuit of a second term.

How else can you explain his refusal to endorse a piece of legislation that would protect one of the few green spots on the Hudson County map?

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/10/hud ... rnal-non-endorsement.html

Officials break ground on Jersey City science, tech campus

By: Daniel J. Munoz
October 22, 2021 2:26 pm

Construction is starting on a $300 million, 12.5 acre science and innovation campus called SciTech Scity immediately adjacent to the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City that is meant to attract start-ups to New Jersey’s second-largest city.

This first phase is slated to open by early 2024 and is part of a larger 30-acre “City of Tomorrow” campus across the Hudson River from Manhattan which will include the Liberty Science Center, according to a statement released earlier this month.

https://njbiz.com/officials-break-grou ... city-science-tech-campus/

Jersey City Councilman-at-Large Lavarro releases game show-themed ad with ‘Jeopardy!’ champ

Jersey City Councilman-at-Large Rolando Lavarro dropped a game-show themed ad this morning, with lifelong city resident and former “Jeopardy!” champ Elise Nussbaum coming out in support of his re-election.

https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-ci ... d-ad-with-jeopardy-champ/

Spears has $4K on hand for stretch run of Jersey City mayoral race

Lewis Spears has $4,100 in campaign cash to spend on his quixotic quest to unseat Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop in the Nov. 2 election, according to his latest campaign report.

The report, filed late with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, shows that community activist raised nearly $20,000 since July, and he spent nearly $16,000.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/10/spea ... ey-city-mayoral-race.html

What is it? New 80-foot-tall woman’s head spotted along the Hudson River

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- The “Water’s Soul” sculpture stands at 80-feet tall, being the artist Jaume Plensa’s biggest piece of art to date and has been slowly put together since August, leaving many onlookers curious. It will have a grand opening ceremony on Thursday in the Newport development on the Hudson River in Jersey City tallest public sculpture to date and is now permanently installed in the Newport development on the Hudson River in Jersey City.

https://www.silive.com/news/2021/10/wh ... ong-the-hudson-river.html