Get an important first look at local BOE ballots

When you go to vote, its usually a good idea to look at the ballot online before you vote. That way you won't be flummoxed and or flustered for you can't find your candidate. The Jersey Journal has a list of all the local BOE ballot orders with asterisks pointing out who is an incumbent.

If you're a Jersey City, Bayonne, Hoboken, Guttenberg, Kearny, Secaucus, and West New York,voter and plan to vote in your next board of education election, go take a look. 

Huge Cuban Day Parade today in North Hudson

A Cuban Day Parade, far bigger than the one they simply stopped having in New York City, in part because of the attendance at the one west of the Hudson River will step off today at noon. The parade, expected to draw upwards of 450,000 people will begin at James J. Braddock Park, 79th Street and Bergenline. It will pass through North Bergen, Guttenberg, West New York, and Union City.

What a gorgeous day on tap for it kids, get out there and enjoy all the fun. The festival after the parade will run until 10 pm.

That alarm you may or may not hear today in Bayonne is the Emergency Broadcast Network

While everyone else in Hudson County WILL hear the sirens from the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management between 2-3 pm today, Bayonne may not. That's why they test folks, as last time they ran the test sirens they were barely audible in Bayonne. The good news is we DID hear them here in Jersey City. So that sound you hear today (and tomorrow in Kearny, East Newark and Harrison) is just a test......we hope.