Voters from both parties will choose candidates in the June 5th primary for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. Menendez is a Democrat who was first appointed to the senate in 2006 and is seeking his third six-year term. He is opposed by a community newspaper publisher, Lisa McCormick.
Robert Hugin, a former executive of Celgene paramedical company, is being challenged for the Republican nomination by Brian Goldberg, a construction company executive who ran unsuccessfully in the U.S. Senate primary four years ago.
While the massively self-funded Hugin is expected to easily defeat Goldberg in the GOP primary, the Democratic primary between Menendez and McCormick could be significantly closer, even though Menendez has a large campaign war chest. Click here for more.
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Hoboken residents can sound off at a public hearing hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss NY Waterway’s application for a permit to utilize the former Union Dry Dock site, according to the city administration’s Deputy Chief of Staff Jason Freeman. The date, time, and location have not yet been scheduled.
This comes after the state Department of Environmental Protection granted NY Waterway’s application for a permit to operate a repair, refueling, and maintenance homeport at the former Union Dry Dock site in uptown Hoboken.
The permit will allow NY Waterway to install two barges, replace piles, install ramps, and allow for two movable fuel truck containment systems. Click here for more.
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North Bergen will supply emergency medical services to Guttenberg after the Board of Commissioners passed a resolution at their May 23 meeting.
From June 1 through May 31, 2019, North Bergen’s EMS division will give emergency medical and ambulance transportation services to its much smaller neighbor. Guttenberg requested the assistance, a reflection of the cooperative services between both towns. Guttenberg sends all of its students to North Bergen High School, another shared services agreement extending back for decades.
Emergency technicians will bill Guttenberg residents’ insurance policies for any work, as they already do in North Bergen. Click here for more.
