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HONORING THE CHAMP – Artists Nicholas Macchia, Melanie Arroyave and Nestor Uraga take a break during initial work on the mural.
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BAYONNE – Work has begun on the mural honoring hometown hero Chuck Wepner that will be unveiled on March 21 in the city. The Bayonne Community Development Department-sponsored piece is being painte...
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LOOKING FOR ANSWERS--The nearly full house in Council Chambers for Monday’s special meeting on Hoboken’s new flood pump contained residents from both the condo complex that abuts the pump site and the northwest neighborhood whose chronic flooding it will address.
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From the moment Mayor Dawn Zimmer called a special meeting to vote on a resolution issuing bonds for a wet weather pump station in northeast Hoboken this past Monday, the event appeared destined to...
The city of Hoboken will go to trial in September to set the final selling price of this parking lot, which the city acquired through eminent domain in 2013. Mayor Zimmer hopes to turn the lot into a park.
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Both Hoboken and the former owner of the property slated to become a new southwest park have appealed an assessment of the property value by a panel of county commissioners, setting the stage for a...
HOBOKEN TALE – Nicholas Wey (left) is one of the actors who will bring to life Louis LaRusso’s “Marlon Brando Sat Right Here” this Sunday. Former “Sopranos” star Vincent Pastore (right) is directing the production.
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Louis LaRusso II was a struggling playwright living in his mother’s old townhouse on Willow Avenue when he realized the secret to his success was right beneath his nose. “My problem as a writer was...
TRAILER ISSUE – Aging trailers near schools could cost taxpayers a pretty penny if all the repairs are made
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With trailers housing classrooms at nearly every school in the district, the Jersey City Board of Education is reviewing its options for replacing or doing away with those that are in the worst sha...
TOP OF HIS GAME – Mayor Steven Fulop gave the State of the City Address
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Mayor Steven Fulop touted the successes of his administration over the last year before a packed house in the City Hall council chambers in his second State of the City address on Feb. 24. “My goal...
A HELPING HAND – Mayor Steve Fulop joined Post Commander Tony A. Goodson, CarePoint CEO Dennis Kelly and Jeffery Conord, business development manager for CarePoint in unveiling new access agreement for veterans’ healthcare
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Ever since the day World War II ended 80 years ago, soldiers returning to Hudson County have had to go to a Veterans Administration hospital in East Orange to get officially-sanctioned healthcare. ...
Weehawken resident Steve Day founded ideaMachine and Whiteboard Animation Studio about four years ago to create online video ads.
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When theater major Steve Day moved to New York City from Kansas, his goal was to become a Broadway director. As is so often the case, it didn’t quite work out that way. Instead he wound up founding...
‘SERVING’ HIS COUNTRY – Badminton national team member Mike Foo shows High Tech High School students the art of serving the shuttlecock, the projectile used in badminton.
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The world got a bit smaller and friendlier for the students and Badminton Club members at High Tech High School – a countywide public school -- last month, when they were visited by the USA and Tha...
UNDER A CLOUD – Two men connected to supplying landfill for the Hudson County Golf Course have been charged with extortion.
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A federal investigation begun more than three years ago has led to the arrest of two Jersey Shore men in connection with what authorities say was an alleged scheme to extort payments from suppliers...
A UNITED FRONT – Political figures from throughout Hudson County and New York City gathered at the Weehawken ferry terminal to support legislation that would curb tourist helicopter traffic
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With the doors to the Weehawken ferry terminal closed against the cold wind on Feb. 18, you almost couldn’t hear the helicopters buzzing overhead. But you could feel them as their vibrations shook ...
Stores selling live poultry are subject to state licensing and inspection. This store is in West New York.
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If you live in North Bergen, it’s time to get rid of those chickens you’ve got living in a coop in your back yard. Otherwise, thanks to a new ordinance adopted by the town, you could be fined betwe...
Aaleah Oliver won the first round at High Tech High School before moving on to the regional competition.
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“When people think about poetry they think about dead poets. They think about Shakespeare,” said Aaleah Oliver, the 16-year-old High Tech High School junior who will be competing in the statewide P...
UP, IN THE SKY – The connector bridge which feeds travel to and from the turnpike entrance to Route 440 will be widened to two lanes each way later during the construction project.
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The massive overhaul of the Bayonne New Jersey Turnpike exchange is moving forward with preparation work for the construction project that will take years to complete. Though the official groundbre...
MAKING A POINT – Peter Franco, a Davis Administration critic, discusses city hiring at the Feb. 18 City Council meeting.
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City hiring in the new municipal government continues to be raised as an issue by a former political opponent of Mayor James Davis. Peter Franco, campaign manager for candidate Anthony Zanowic earl...
NEW MEMBERS – Raymond Greaves and Mary Jane Desmond are sworn in by Board Secretary Dr. Gary Maita.
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In the end, it came down to a short learning curve and two people who have a head start on that curve. On Thursday, Feb. 26, former Bayonne City Council members Raymond Greaves and Mary Jane Desmon...
North Bergen Town Administrator Chris Pianese proposed a 2015 town budget that included level taxes with no increase this year.
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The North Bergen commissioners introduced the town’s $86.7 million budget on Feb. 25, which will not cause a municipal tax increase in 2015. A homeowner with a property value of $140,000 will pay a...
A UNITED FRONT – Political figures from throughout Hudson County and New York City gathered at the Weehawken ferry terminal to support legislation that would curb tourist helicopter traffic
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With the doors to the Weehawken ferry terminal closed against the cold wind on Feb. 18, you almost couldn’t hear the helicopters buzzing overhead. But you could feel them as their vibrations shook ...
Stores selling live poultry are subject to state licensing and inspection. This store is in West New York.
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If you live in North Bergen, it’s time to get rid of those chickens you’ve got living in a coop in your back yard. Otherwise, thanks to a new ordinance adopted by the town, you could be fined betwe...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – The Harmony Foundation has rented space at 600 Meadowlands Parkway for a medical marijuana dispensary. Construction work is underway while they work through the state application process, which requires both a permit to grow and a permit to dispense product.
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Harmony Foundation in Secaucus is one of six Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) authorized in March 2011 to grow and dispense the herb in New Jersey – two each in the northern...
A UNITED FRONT – Political figures from throughout Hudson County and New York City gathered at the Weehawken ferry terminal to support legislation that would curb tourist helicopter traffic
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With the doors to the Weehawken ferry terminal closed against the cold wind on Feb. 18, you almost couldn’t hear the helicopters buzzing overhead. But you could feel them as their vibrations shook ...
DONATION – The West New York Cuban Lions Club every year commemorates the birth of José Marti by offering a full complement of baby items to the first baby born on the anniversary of Marti’s birth, Jan. 28, 1853, at Palisades Medical Center, of Spanish speaking parents who are in need of this donation. This year’s baby is Brian Cruz. From left to right are Manny Reyes, Lions past president; the hospital’s head nurse; Nikki Medero, director of Palisades Hospital Medical Center; Luis Garcia; Olga Garcia holding newborn Brian Cruz, and the proud parents, Ottoniel and Berta Cruz.
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Altercation between two homeless men leads to stabbing A 42-year-old homeless man was taken into custody early Sunday, Feb. 22 in North Bergen after allegedly stabbing a 39-year-old homeless man in...
A UNITED FRONT – Political figures from throughout Hudson County and New York City gathered at the Weehawken ferry terminal to support legislation that would curb tourist helicopter traffic
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With the doors to the Weehawken ferry terminal closed against the cold wind on Feb. 18, you almost couldn’t hear the helicopters buzzing overhead. But you could feel them as their vibrations shook ...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – The Harmony Foundation has rented space at 600 Meadowlands Parkway for a medical marijuana dispensary. Construction work is underway while they work through the state application process, which requires both a permit to grow and a permit to dispense product.
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Harmony Foundation in Secaucus is one of six Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) authorized in March 2011 to grow and dispense the herb in New Jersey – two each in the northern...
DONATION – The West New York Cuban Lions Club every year commemorates the birth of José Marti by offering a full complement of baby items to the first baby born on the anniversary of Marti’s birth, Jan. 28, 1853, at Palisades Medical Center, of Spanish speaking parents who are in need of this donation. This year’s baby is Brian Cruz. From left to right are Manny Reyes, Lions past president; the hospital’s head nurse; Nikki Medero, director of Palisades Hospital Medical Center; Luis Garcia; Olga Garcia holding newborn Brian Cruz, and the proud parents, Ottoniel and Berta Cruz.
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Altercation between two homeless men leads to stabbing A 42-year-old homeless man was taken into custody early Sunday, Feb. 22 in North Bergen after allegedly stabbing a 39-year-old homeless man in...
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Friday, March 6, 2015
Jersey City Ballet Pre Professional Program
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Gallery Exhibition: Hon Eui Chen - After the Sun
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