County Register, Jersey City Councilwoman defends self against nepotism charges

Jersey City Councilwoman and Hudson County Register Willie Flood must think the average person in Jersey City and Hudson County has the IQ of a 9-year-old.
In a most bizarre interview with The Jersey City Reporter, the councilwoman and register offered lame excuse after lame excuse as to why she hired her son, Philip Flood Jr., [...]

St. Peter’s College locked down after e-mailed bomb threat

St. Peter’s College was on lockdown for a substantial portion of the day today, after an e-mailed bomb threat caused school officials to take drastic measures. It appears the threat was unfounded. Here’s what the college said on its Web site:

We are pleased to state that the Jersey City Police Department has completed a thorough [...]

What an interesting week we just had!

What an eventful week this has been. From Tuesday’s Super Bowl Parade through the Canyon of Heroes to the Super Tuesday Primaries and beyond, this past week was one that should go down in the history books as one of the more eventful ones in a long time. Here’s a quick look at some of [...]

Live election results from Hudson County: Hillary cruising as of 8:45 p.m.

Click here for a live look at election results from Hudson County. As of 8:45 p.m., it appears Hillary Rodham Clinton is cruising by thousands of votes over Barack Obama. The Hudson County Democratic Organization, for the most part, backed Clinton. HCDO Chairman Jerry Healy backed Obama.
Meanwhile, CNN projects McCain will win Delaware, and [...]

Rudy’s awful miscalculation

Watching the results from tonight’s Florida Primary election has been more than fascinating, but no so much by who is ahead in the changing vote tally, but because former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is right now in a neck-and-neck battle with former Arkansas Gov. Michael Huckabee — for third place.
For reasons I [...]

Attorney General’s Office subpoenas Hudson Sheriff’s Office

The Hudson County Sheriff’s Office was served with a subpoena Friday, and the state Attorney General’s Office removed three van loads of records, The Observer has learned. Sources who asked not to be identified say one van took records from the Hudson County Court Building, on Newark Avenue in Jersey City, and two vans [...]

On Willie, Stevie, Stevie, Rudy and more

Say, did anyone take a look at the video posted on this site of Hudson County Register Willie Flood fleeing Fox 5’s Arnold Diaz, when he tried to interview her as to how she could hire her son to two paid positions in her two elected offices? Flood ignored Diaz’s questions, covered her face with [...]

Hudson Register Willie Flood inducted into ‘Hall of Shame’

Hudson County Register Willie Flood has been inducted into Fox 5’s Arnold Diaz’s “Hall of Shame,” after he got word she hired her son to be her aide as a Jersey City councilwoman and to a data-processing position in her county office.
In his segment tonight, Diaz asked Flood to answer questions as to how she [...]

Where did all the cats come from?

This was certainly an interesting week. Nothing was more bizarre, though, than the fire at 82 McKinley St. in Nutley early Wednesday morning.
Ironically, I already had an appointment at the Nutley Fire Department with Deputy Chief Fred Scalera. He and I were to be working on a story about the department’s HAZ-MAT and Arson units. [...]

Will central booking work?

If anyone ever tells you there’s not much going on in Hudson County, let that person know he or she is lying. There is never a dull moment in this county, from West Hudson to North Hudson, to Jersey City to the suburbs in Bayonne (sorry, I couldn’t resist that last one).
Therefore, once a week, [...]