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School Closings Due To Heat – June 10, 2008

If the forecast is accurate, tomorrow (Tuesday, June 9, 2008) will be the last day for the heat wave. Due to excessive heat, some schools in NJ had an early closings for today.
Tomorrow is not a different story. Some NJ schools will close early, some won’t even open.
Unfortunately for students who have no plans of [...]

Burger King to Close?

Burger King McGinley Square Branch. Map not cllickable.

Two Burger Kings in Jersey City (one in McGinley, the other in MLK Drive Hub Shopping Center) may close on June 15 if the opertor -Mr. Paramjit “Peter” Suri – fails to make his royalty payments.
The news said it’s not a problem bringing another restaurants or establishment to [...]

Bankrupt: Linen ‘n Things

Linen ‘N Things Store in Toms River

Just saw on the news: Linen ‘N Things filed for bankruptcy. Good thing I was able to cash my rebate from them last month.
From the AP:
…Linens ‘n Things, which operates about 589 retail stores in 47 states, is the latest retailer to be hit by the weakening retail environment [...]

Campaign to Save Caritas Academy

Samantha, a student of Caritas Academy created a video to promote her campaign to save the school from closure. Caritas Academy is one of Jersey City Catholic Schools that will shut down at the end of this school due to poor enrollment.
In the four-minute long video, Samantha talked about her objectives to generate funds [...]

Online Petition for Hudson Catholic Regional High School

Hudson Catholic Regional High School was reportedly closing at the end of this school year (June 23, 2008)

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UPDATE (05/07/2008) : Hudson Catholic Regional High School will stay open for next year!
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A lot of Jersey City residents that I talked to were dumbfounded when they learned about the eventual closure of Hudson Catholic High School. Like [...]