Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 412
» View hbindependent.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-35
•
Next >
-
Pocono charter school founder admits tax evasion
SCRANTON — The Rev. Dennis Bloom, the embattled founder of a Pocono charter school, admitted Thursday in federal court he failed to report a $180,000 transfer of property from his Coolbaugh Township church into his own name. Bloom, a former police...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Education, Internal Revenue Service, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Toll increases for Susquehanna crossing hard to swallow [Editorial]
Get ready to help pay for road construction elsewhere in Maryland. The tolls are going up at the state Transportation Authority's two Susquehanna River bridges – I-95 and Route 40 – and it's pretty clear the money will be used to subsidize...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Travel, Washington, DC, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Manhattan (New York City)
-
No. Virginia airports authority says lobbying ban doesn't apply to it
Bob Calhoun, a former state lawmaker said last week the Virginia Port Authority violated the spirit of a lobbying ban he helped craft in 1994. Calhoun for seven years worked as the state lobbyist for another Virginia-based transportation authority,...Tags: Freedom of Information Laws, Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Congress, Lobbying
-
Walter E. Woodford Jr., highway engineer
Walter E. Woodford Jr., a state highway engineer and executive who supervised road construction projects from Ocean City to Garrett County and headed the building of the second span of the Bay Bridge in 1973, died of congestive heart failure May 22 at the...
Tags: Port Deposit, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Anglicanism, Ocean City, Road Transportation
-
Port reorganization creates storm at VIT
Daily PressThree board directors of the Virginia Port Authority's nonprofit operating company stepped down in protest ahead of a corporate restructuring plan that would strip them of their authority. The resignations, which happened at a Virginia International...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Bob McDonnell
-
Keever leaves Va Port Authority
Jeff Keever, a top official at the Virginia Port Authority, left the agency. His last day was Wednesday. His departure was confirmed by a port authority spokesman. Keever had served in a government relations role as the authority's liaison to the...Tags: Politics, Regional Authority
-
New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Employees, One World Trade Center, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch
-
World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...Tags: Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center, New York City, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Today (tv program)
-
Board approves $285,000 for consultant to tell police how to better run department
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday unanimously approved $285,000 for city police to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. Despite the protests of competing...
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Boston, Politics, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Safety of Citizens
-
About 400 U.S. flights delayed as sequestration takes hold
Sequestration is starting to frustrate air travelers. About 400 flights were delayed Sunday because of air traffic controller furloughs, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and a few more interruptions were reported Monday, though the nation's air...Tags: Kennedy Airport, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Republican Party, Air Transportation, U.S. Congress
-
City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: Harvard University, Safety of Citizens, Crime, Law and Justice, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Maryland State Police
-
Back Story: Buildings are gone but not forgotten
Gregory J. Alexander and Paul Kelsey Williams have combed through photo archives, and the result of their labors is "Lost Baltimore," which is a painful reminder of notable buildings that fell victim, for the most part, to fire or urban renewal. They...
Tags: Entertainment, Environmental Issues, Baltimore Hotels, Business, Endangered Species
Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 11, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 10, 2013
| Daily Press
May 31, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 30, 2013
| Daily Press
May 30, 2013
| Daily Press
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 16, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 4, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey topic gallery.
