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”Honoring Our HEROES”A Military & Musical Veteran’s Day Tribute Sunday –NOV 11th– 1 pm

Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Memorial Park

                                         

435 NEWARK AVENUE, JC

A FREE public event with special Honored Guests, Military & Civic Associations, musical tributes by Hudson View Entertainment & special friends, Refreshments.  Sponsored by Office of Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, the JC Council, the JC Office of Cultural Affairs & Friends of the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Memorial Park.  (Call 201-707-0738 or 973-204-9888 for more info)
www.jerseycitycemetery.org

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City of Bayonne Update- Public Information Center Established to Assist with FEMA Applications due to Superstorm Sandy

Hurricane Update Message from Mayor Mark A. Smith, Thursday, November 8, 2012
Release Date: 11/08/2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has established a public information center at the Bayonne Community Museum, 229 Broadway (at 9th Street), to assist with applications for FEMA assistance and provide information on the FEMA claims process. FEMA representatives will be there from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, including Saturday and Sunday. Residents will be assisted on a walk-in basis. Please take advantage of this important service.
Power has been restored to almost all of the city, but we continue to press PSE&G to complete the restoration. If your home is still out, please advise our emergency operations center at 201-858-7183 or 201-858-7184.
Governor Christie has issued an administrative order imposing water use restrictions on cities like Bayonne, because of limited capacity at the Passaic Valley Sewage Commission, due to storm-related damage. All non-essential water usage is discouraged. Bayonne’s water quality has not been affected by the storm, and remains safe to use for all purposes.
The state of emergency declared at the beginning of the storm will end at 6:00 p.m. tonight (Thursday, November 8). The emergency operations center will remain open until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning (Friday, November 9). After that time, please report any issues to the Bayonne Police Department at 201-858-6900.
Most gas stations, pharmacies, and supermarkets are operating on normal schedules. Gas is generally available on an odd/even rationing basis.
Please be safe and let us know how we can help.
Mayor Smith and Assemblyman O’Donnell Announce Availability of Business Assistance Services
Release Date: 11/08/2012
Bayonne Mayor Mark A. Smith and Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell announced that business assistance services are available for those affected by the storm. Services available include financial support, information on temporary space, and technical assistance for impacted businesses. Information for all services is available from New Jersey’s Business Action Center (BAC) by calling 1-866-534-7789, or by visiting the state business website, www.newjerseybusiness.gov.
Services include:
– Guarantees of up to $500,000 for commercial lines of credit to businesses that need access to cash to improve their damaged property while awaiting insurance proceeds, with all related New Jersey Economic Development Authority fees waived. – Grant awards for businesses to assist with on-the-job training costs for new workers hired specifically to assist in disaster-related activities, such as landscaping and tree removal, construction, insurance claims, building supplies sales, materials transport, utility work, call and claims centers staffing, and infrastructure clearing and repair. – Availability of the Business Resource Centers at any of the currently operational local One-Stop Career Centers across the state as temporary hubs for businesses to access telephone and internet services, as well as for job seekers and displaced workers seeking workforce development and unemployment assistance – Temporary Hubs for Affected Business to Access Telephone and Internet Services. – The availability of Disaster Unemployment Benefits to provide income security for those displaced workers suffering temporary storm-related job loss – Dispatch of Rapid Response Team members to identified Disaster Recovery Centers to assist displaced workers.. – Availability of services through the New Jersey Youth Corps to assist non-profit, public, and governmental entities in a variety of ways for disaster relief and clean-up.
In addition, BAC’s Business Call Center is also the one-stop resource for more information on how to get businesses back up and running. The Call Center staff can assist with the following services:
– Arranging business facility inspections for buildings suffering major flood damage, as such conditions require structural integrity inspections before utility service can be restored. These inspections are handled in local code enforcement offices and by local code enforcement officials. Anticipating an enormous increase in such work, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has mobilized all qualified personnel to assist local governments in this effort. – Advocating for businesses seeking information from local utilities to restore electric, phone, gas, and water services. – Advocating with insurance carriers to file and expedite claims. – Providing information on how to qualify for federal recovery assistance. – Connecting businesses to the other county and local business services and to the services offered by the Small Business
Administration and Small Business Development Centers that include assistance with insurance claims, as well as loans and business plan revisions.
For more information about best practices in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, please visit www.ready.nj.gov for continual updates
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President Obama Wins Re-Election

At 11:18 pm EST  last night Ohio put  President Obama over the top to win a second term as President of the United States.  In the end, the President had reached over 300 electoral votes to Romney’s 206 after all but Florida’s votes were counted .

In a speech to cheering,  flag waving, and dancing  Chicago supporters and to a watching nation the President said  the American people have “picked ourselves up”in the past  and fought back during tough economic times, and added  “The Best is yet to come.”

 

 

Challenger Mitt Romney in a gracious concession speech told his supporters to “Pray for President Obama and urged the political winners on both sides of the aisle  to put partisan bickering aside and “reach across the aisle” to tackle the nation’s problems.

President Obama said that he intends to sit down with Governor Romney in the coming weeks.

Here is how we voted by the states:

President  Obama won: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Maine, Maryland Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,  New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,  Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.

Mitt Romney won: Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky,  Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,  Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina,  South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming.

Flordia results are still not in as of this writing.

President Obama is leading in the popular vote with near 75% of the precincts reporting  by 25,000 votes

 

 

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And Now it’s Up to U.S.

 Today - Tuesday, November 6th is election Day.

For the past few  years both these men have been running for President of the United States.

They have made all their speeches, had all their debates, spoke to the people of the United States about their programs, their promises, their agenda  for the next 4 years. No more can be said by them, we haven’t already heard.  Now it’s up to us.

Tommorow we have the power, to change who sit’s in the Whitehouse or who remains. It is our day to be heard.  Whatever your political affliation -use this day to be heard.

Vote because hundreds of thousands of men and women who served in our Armed Forces  died defending this country and defending our freedom to vote -their not here to vote -but you are and you should.

Vote for them. Use your right to Vote!

 

 

 

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New Jersey National Guard soldiers helping Hoboken residents -Afermath of Superstorm Sandy

Spc. Jesse de la Cruz, center on truck, assists in evacuating a toddler at a rescue mission at Hoboken, N.J., Oct. 31. New Jersey National Guard soldiers from Foxtrot Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion, were the first company from the NJNG to arrive in Hoboken. They successfully completed more than 25 missions, which included rescues and delivering food and water to local shelters. In addition, de la Cruz rescued a pregnant woman going into labor, who was held up in her home for two days without food, water, and electricity. The unit immediately transported her to the shelter hospital for medical treatment. (U.S. Army photo by Chaplain (Cpt.) Andre Ascalon/Released)

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BREAKING NEWS: Serious illness reported to the NJ Poison Experts from using charcoal grills indoors to cook with or heat homes.

(Newark, NJ) – November 5, 2012 —Experts at the NJ Poison Center are warning residents against the use of charcoal grills in the home. Over the weekend, two (2) people were admitted to a NJ hospital after using a charcoal grill in the house for the purpose of either cooking with it or using it to heat their home. Both were suffering from significant carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. One resident was barely responsive when emergency services arrived; both adults required the use of hyperbaric oxygen. Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Serious illness reported to the NJ Poison Experts from using charcoal grills indoors to cook with or heat homes. →

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Remaining Power Outages in Bayonne (as of Sunday morning, November 4)


Release Date: 11/04/2012
Citywide east of Broadway from Linnett Street to the City Line (including Avenue E, Prospect Avenue, Avenue F, South Cove Commons, Bayonne Crossing Shopping Center, The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, The Alexan, Hook Road, and Lincoln Community School
Avenue C between West 29th Street and West 43rd Street
Kennedy Boulevard between West 23rd Street to the City Line (including the Hudson Plaza Motel and the City Line Shopping Plaza)
Avenue B between West 36th Street and West 52nd Street
Avenue A between 15th Street and West 37th Street
Entire Gregg-Bayonne Hudson County Park
Newman Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets
6th Street between Avenue C and Newman Avenue
All of 16th Street
West 19th Street between Kennedy Boulevard and Newark Bay
West 18th and West 22nd Streets between Avenue A and Newark Bay
West 20th, 21st, and 23rd Streets between Kennedy Boulevard and Newark Bay
West 24th through West 27th Streets between Avenue C and Newark Bay (including the trailer park, Park Road, and Bayonne High School)
Entire span of 28th through 42nd Streets
West 43rd Street between Avenue B and Newark Bay
West 44th and 45th Streets between Avenue C and Newark Bay
West 46th through West 48th Streets, and West 50th Street between Avenue B and Newark Bay
West 49th Street between Avenue C and Newark Bay
Entire span of 51st, 54th, and 58th Streets
West 52nd Street between Avenue B and Newark Bay, and between Avenue C and Avenue E
West 57th Street between Avenue B and Newark Bay
Joan Ree Terrace
Sunset Drive
Colonial Drive
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CITY OF BAYONNE -HURRICANE SANDY UPDATE Sunday afternoon, November 4

 Bayonne remains under a state of emergency. A mandatory overnight curfew remains in effect from 6:00 p.m. until further notice. For your safety, residents are instructed to remain at home or in secure locations as much as possible over the next several days.

Electric power: Today, Sunday, November 4, PSE&G informed that City of Bayonne that they expect to restore electric power to most of Bayonne by the latter part of Monday, November 5. Please call PSE&G at 1-800-436-7734 to emphasize that power is still out in your neighborhood. Continue reading CITY OF BAYONNE -HURRICANE SANDY UPDATE Sunday afternoon, November 4 →

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Sally Deering’s Blog Superstorm Sandy

DAY 5: LET’S PAUSE FOR THE PAWS

By Sally Deering

http://sallydeering.wordpress.com

(Liberty Humane Society cares for homeless animals post Superstorm Sandy.)

(Weehawken, NJ) Surviving Superstorm Sandy is like riding “The Time Machine” and landing in 1974 during the gas shortage. As of 12 noon today, motorists began lining up for gas rationing. And although we’re moving in the right direction, there’s still so much to be done to get back that ‘normal’ feeling. Continue reading Sally Deering’s Blog Superstorm Sandy →

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