SoundMachineJC

SoundMachineJC t1_j2dgcdu wrote

Reply to comment by oatmealparty in Year-end Update on the Loews Jersey Reno from FOL by ludlowfair

>And I'm glad the Loews fought to get an agreement that keeps some dates for community events and arts, because the original plan to just turn it over to a multi billion dollar company with little oversight and barely any events for community use was ridiculous.

Huh? The original 2014 AEG deal that was sadly cancelled because the FOL would not give up their lease had a guaranteed number of community events in it.

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SoundMachineJC t1_j2anrhy wrote

Reply to Year-end Update on the Loews Jersey Reno from FOL by ludlowfair

We all should have been enjoying live entertainment for the last 8 years and  most likely a  quicker comeback of Journal Square with new restaurants, bars, shops, etc.
 
But no….…..
  
AEG Live set to take over Loew's in Jersey City
Published: Jun. 26, 2014, 8:35 p.m.
 
By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
 
AEG Live, one of the globe's largest concert promoters, is set to win a contract to take over management of the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, and the firm pledges to bring "top talent" to the Journal Square theater.
…
“Mark Shulman, AEG's vice president and general manager, said the firm hopes to make the Loew's "a hub for the entire area." Programming should begin in late 2015, after renovations are complete, according to Schulman.”
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AEG, which will partner with New Jersey City University and Mana Contemporary to offer 40 community events annually.

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SoundMachineJC t1_j1uu91l wrote

Reply to Are No Parking Signs Just Decorations? (Greenville) by strangemotor123

Kind of related you said you were from Philly.  I love watching this show…crazy stuff. I feel
for the people trying (multiple times) to get their cars out of the car pound.  
 
PARKING WARS
About the Show
Viewers get behind-the-scenes on-the-street perspective, as employees of Philadelphia Parking Authority go on their daily rounds, frequently dealing with irate locals as the workers issue citations, boot vehicles and tow cars. The series also follows the ticket-writers and booters of Detroit’s Municipal Parking Department.
 
https://www.aetv.com/shows/parking-wars

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SoundMachineJC t1_j0e91rm wrote

Reply to PATH train...on Rt 1-9? by malina118

 PATH’s $1B improvement plan, set to deliver longer trains, new cars, tap and go fare payment    

Updated: Mar. 21, 2022, 7:16 a.m.|Published: Mar. 20, 2022, 4:30 p.m.

 By     Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com 

Before the pandemic turned commuting upside down, PATH embarked on a $1 billion improvement program in June 2019. This year, riders will start to see the results, starting with longer platforms to ease overcrowding by allowing use of longer nine-car trains.. 

The end of 2022 will see the arrival of the first of 72 brand new railcars and in 2023, the rest of those cars will be delivered. PATH will embark on a pilot after that to test a new tap-and-go fare system to pay by chip embedded credit or debit card or smartphone. 

To get it done, PATH general manager Clarelle DeGraffe turned to Damian McShane, PATH assistant director of capital improvements, who worked with her on rebuilding the World Trade Center site before coming to the railroad.

 “Today, the nine car program is alive, it is well and it is advancing. We’re looking to see limited nine-car train operation by the end of this year, by end of December,” said DeGraffe. “A lot of work had gone in to preparing for that and Damian has led the team in that effort.” 

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/03/paths-1b-improvement-plan-set-to-deliver-longer-trains-new-cars-tap-and-go-fare-payment.html

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SoundMachineJC t1_izxwle3 wrote

Reply to Anyone else got this from Veolia? by apache1989

(some what related if you didn’t already know….)
 
Making your water bill easier to swallow? Jersey City customers will start paying monthly in January
 
    Published: Dec. 09, 2022, 12:57 p.m.
By    Joshua Rosario | The Jersey Journal
 
The “long-haul” effects of COVID-19 aren’t just physical.
 
With the number of Jersey City water customers falling behind on their payments nearly doubling, the city’s Municipality Utilities Authority (MUA) and Veolia are transitioning residents’ water bills from quarterly to monthly billing — a move officials say will help property owners pay down their debt.
 
The Municipality Utilities Authority (MUA), the agency responsible for managing the city’s water and sewage systems, and Veolia, which distributes the city’s water, each posted a notice on its websites explaining the new billing cycles that will take effect in January.
 
“It will benefit people who may struggle to pay their quarterly bills by syncing with all the other monthly household bills and in smaller, more manageable amounts,” city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said.
 
A light was shone on the issue in October when Jersey City increased the tax levy in its municipal budget at the 11th hour to account for an $18 million shortfall in payments from the MUA — the result of the growing number of water customers in arrears.
 
Veolia officials say 3,371 accounts were past due as of Nov. 21, which represents roughly 9% of its 38,000-plus clients in Jersey City.
 
(more)  
 
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/12/making-your-water-bill-easier-to-swallow-jersey-city-customers-will-start-paying-monthly-in-january.html

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SoundMachineJC t1_izcw9ar wrote

Reply to Have you seen: Blue Toyota CH-R w/ White Roof in the Heights? by zmchiban

1010 WINS
News
Man, 36, in critical condition after NJ hit-and-run crash, driver sought
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (1010 WINS) — New Jersey police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a vehicle responsible for a hit-and-run crash that left a man in critical condition on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old victim was struck while crossing Griffith Street and Sherman Avenue in Jersey City around 4:35 p.m., authorities said.
 
Emergency responders transported the man to Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition.
 
The driver fled the scene and was last spotted on Palisade Avenue in the area  of South Street. The vehicle is described as a compact SUV with a white roof.
 
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information
will be kept confidential.
 
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/man-in-critical-condition-after-nj-hit-and-run-crash

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SoundMachineJC t1_iz0i3s0 wrote

Reply to Can someone explain Jersey City's tax department's policies on interest accrual on property tax payments? Because I am very confused at what just happened. by [deleted]

Just fyi I am pretty sure after the  10 day grace period you will be locked out of paying by credit card online. You will have to go to the tax department in person and pay
with cash or a bank check.
 
You will also be put on the naughty  list  (tax lien) list that gets published in the local
newspapers every 2 weeks. They only do that for 4th quarter late payments.
 
Happen to me a few times because I just forgot to pay the 4th quarter bill.  Even after you pay your name is still published they don’t clean up the list for publishing.
 
Being on that list is no fun neighbors start rumors that you are losing your house … “is everything all right the  Anderson’s? I heard they are losing their house”. Also investment sharks start calling your house.

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SoundMachineJC OP t1_iya5f83 wrote

Reply to Thieves steal $500K of jewelry, cash in violent smash-and-grab robbery in Jersey City by SoundMachineJC

NBCnews NY  report  wow owner says he had no insurance…. 
"No insurance for any of the product...we never thought [it would happen] because the street is safe, always cops here," said owner Waheed Akbary.
  
Thieves Steal $500,000 Worth of Jewelry, Cash in Jersey City Smash-and-Grab: Police
 
By Erica Byfield • Published November 28, 2022 • Updated on November 29, 2022 at 1:56 am      
 
 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/thieves-steal-500000-worth-of-jewelry-cash-in-jersey-city-smash-and-grab-police-ny-only/3974791/

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SoundMachineJC OP t1_iy7wtuz wrote

Reply to Thieves steal $500K of jewelry, cash in violent smash-and-grab robbery in Jersey City by SoundMachineJC

(as mentioned on the other tread the Newark Avenue robbery  is so similar to the Iselin one in June.  One guy in white all others in black, gloves, tells people to lay on floor, getaway vehicle a type of Mercedes, someone pointed out that a Charger is also there like in the Newark Avenue robbery. (creatures of habit?) Too bad they didn’t have their surveillance cameras working maybe
could have picked something up to tie it to the Iselin thugs.)  
 
Jewelry store owner traumatized after brazen smash and grab robbery in New Jersey
 
By Eyewitness News via WABC logo
Monday, June 13, 2022
 
 
ISELIN, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police are on the hunt for suspects in a brazen smash and grab robbery at a jewelry store in New Jersey.
 
It happened around 7:45 p.m. Friday at Virani Jewelers on Oak Tree Road in Iselin.
 
Police say that as the store was nearing closing time, an armed group of people wearing masks and gloves followed an employee through the front door.
 
 
https://abc7ny.com/virani-jewelers-jewelry-story-robbery-iselin-new-jersey/11954841/

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SoundMachineJC t1_iwwbx8t wrote

Reply to What is wrong with people? by BeMadTV

(here is the Jersey Journal piece but it is a pay for piece.  Nice picture of decorated house…sad)
How the Grinch tried to steal one Jersey City street’s Christmas spirit
 
    Updated: Nov. 18, 2022, 3:53 p.m.|Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 3:51 p.m.
 
By    Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal
 
“Then he growled, with his Grinch fingers nervously drumming, ‘I must find some way to keep Christmas from coming!’” — Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas
 
The Christmas villain did not pay a visit to New York Avenue in Jersey City this week, but someone — perhaps also with a heart two sizes too small — did their best impression.
 
A homeowner whose Christmas display is an annual winner in a countywide contest says his labor of love was vandalized by someone who snipped the wiring on multiple strands of expensive LED lights outside his home.
 
Edward Roman said it takes a good month for he and his husband to erect the elaborate display at 413-415 New York Ave., and he was stunned when they found the damage Thursday morning.
 
“We go bigger every year,” said Roman. “We do it for the neighborhood, for the kids. ... It’s disheartening to see this happen because it makes you not want to continue doing it.”
 
The couple started creating the display on Nov. 1, and it’s still incomplete, Roman said. Now he has to practically start over.
 
The dazzling display is a perennial champion in the Hudson Media Group’s Best Christmas Decorated Home Contest that covers Jersey City, North Bergen and Bayonne.
 
Roman said at least three strands of the lighting were damaged. “They are $50 to $75 each. I have to un-connect everything to see how much damage was done. There may be more strands cut that I don’t even know about.”

 
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/11/how-the-grinch-tried-to-steal-one-jersey-city-streets-christmas-spirit.html

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SoundMachineJC OP t1_ivkx9jy wrote

Reply to Election Day 2022: Polls in N.J. are now open. What you need to know about the mid-term elections. by SoundMachineJC

Sorry looks like they just made the nj.com piece a “Subscriber Exclusive”. You would think they would have left it open for everyone on Election Day.
 
WHEN ARE POLLS OPEN?
 
Polls across New Jersey are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. As long as you are in line by 8 p.m., you are allowed to vote.
 
The same goes for if you’re dropping off a vote-by-mail ballot in a dropbox. The dropboxes are locked at 8 p.m., but if there’s a line at that time you’ll be able to drop your ballot in the box.

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