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![SUE YA LATER -- "American Idol" has asked Hoboken to stop using the name "Sinatra Idol" for its singing contest, which began in 2009.](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/383/assets/L44Z_AK9O_06hsummerevents_2.jpg "SUE YA LATER -- "American Idol" has asked Hoboken to stop using the name "Sinatra Idol" for its singing contest, which began in 2009.")
SUE YA LATER -- "American Idol" has asked Hoboken to stop using the name "Sinatra Idol" for its singing contest, which began in 2009.
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According to a press release from the city of Hoboken, the producers of American Idol, the hit TV show that has launched many singing careers, have threatened the city with a lawsuit for copyright ...
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The Hoboken Fire Department extinguished a 2-alarm fire at 166 Sixth St. on Monday, Sept. 24. According to Chief Brian Crimmins, a neighbor of the three-family house called in the fire, which was i...
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Hoboken will launch several new initiatives in the coming months to help the city’s homeless population.
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Mayor Ravi Bhalla announced last that after nine months of work with the local Homeless Task Force, government agencies, private companies, and non-profits, several new programs will be launched in...
A MOVING CEREMONY – Songs, poetry and the reading of the names of the perished were part of this year’s 9/11 ceremony.
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An eerie fog hug over Lower Manhattan and the waterfront on Sept. 11 as people gathered across the river -- at the foot of Grand Street in Jersey City -- to commemorate the horrific and yet heroic ...
PROTESTING AGAINST ICE – Protestors lined up in Liberty State Park in early September urging Hudson County to cease housing federal immigrant detainees. The Freeholders are expected to vote on Oct. 11 to modify the contract
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Even though Hudson County has agreed to revisit its approval of a contract with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after protests from immigrant rights group, the freeholders will not vo...
A HALF CENTURY OF SERVICE – Robert Knapp was honored by the Jersey City Council for his 50 years of public service. Knapp has worked for the Hudson County Office of Health and Human Services since 1968, and served as acting director in 1981 before being named chief investigator for the welfare fraud. He has also serves a special assistant to Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham and as Cunningham’s legislative aide.
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Voters to decide on Polish statue In a divided vote, the City Council has decided to let voters decide whether or not the Katyn Memorial statue should be moved from its current location on Exchange...
Kites were the word at the Weehawken Waterfront Park on Aug. 22.
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Kite-flyers of all ages came out to the 10th annual Weehawken Kite Night at Waterfront Park on Aug. 22. Officials try to run three nights a year—one in April, another in summer, and a third in fall...
Gov Phil Murphy, Sen. Robert Menendez (at podium), Rep. Albio Sires, and other elected officials gathered near the Portal Bridge in Secaucus on Sept. 4 to urge President Trump to fund the badly-needed Gateway Project.
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No-one disagrees that the 107-year-old North River Tunnel, carrying thousands of Amtrak and NJ Transit passengers between New York City and New Jersey each day, could use some renovations. But desp...
A STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCE – Golden Door International Film festival will hold its opening gala on Sept. 20 at the historic Landmark Loew’s Theater.
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What do the “Brady Bunch,” “The Sopranos,” and “Real Housewives of New York” have in common? Stars from those shows as well as a host of other movie industry professionals are expected to attend th...
No recreational green for sale here, after the Secaucus mayor and Town Council adopted an ordinance at their Sept. 11 meeting.
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Whether Gov. Phil Murphy makes good on his promise to have the state legislature legalize recreational marijuana, it won’t matter much in Secaucus. The mayor and Town Council adopted a zoning ordin...
Secaucus Environmental Director Amanda Nesheiwat with Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, at the Hudson County Rise for Climate Justice and Jobs event in Jersey City’s Lincoln Park on Sept. 8.
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Secaucus High School offering PSAT test in October On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Secaucus High School will be offering the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/ National Merit Scholarship Qual...
Outgoing HCST Superintendent Frank Gargiulo with his children, wife, and grandchildren outside the new county campus named in his honor on Sept. 7.
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Teenagers in Hudson County have a new place to go to high school, as the new High Tech High School opened in Secaucus on Wednesday, Sept. 5, with a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 7. High Tech was moved ...
Pieces of art from the Newark-based Animodules were set up along the waterfront where attendees posed for photos. The organization is considered “Newark’s official peace ambassadors.”
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Fall is festival season in Bayonne. The second annual Bridge Arts Festival took place on Saturday, September 8, which will be followed by the Bergen Point Fall Festival on October 13. The Bridge Ar...
A woman was “doored” on Broadway last week, injuring her leg.
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On September 12, Carlos Pimetel and his mother were riding south on Broadway to check out a store in Bergen Point when a driver opened a car door while the two were approaching. His mother was “doo...
The Hudson County Board of Freeholders will vote on October 11 to end its agreement with ICE, which pays the county to house immigrants in the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
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Hudson County Freeholders seem to be bowing to pressure from criminal justice and immigration advocates. County Executive Tom DeGise said the county would initiate a “path to exit” by 2020 of its a...
West New York’s Health Dept. is no more, after town commissioners voted for a shared services agreement with North Bergen last month.
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The West New York Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance last month to dissolve the town’s Health Department and enter a shared services agreement with North Bergen, a move the town claims wil...
North Bergen’s annual 9/11 ceremony was held at Braddock Park this year. See briefs for more information, (Photo by Art Schwartz)
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North Bergen celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 There’s an event almost every day during Hispanic Heritage Month in North Bergen. From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the township wil...
Outgoing HCST Superintendent Frank Gargiulo with his children, wife, and grandchildren outside the new county campus named in his honor on Sept. 7.
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Teenagers in Hudson County have a new place to go to high school, as the new High Tech High School opened in Secaucus on Wednesday, Sept. 5, with a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 7. High Tech was moved ...
Gov Phil Murphy, Sen. Robert Menendez (at podium), Rep. Albio Sires, and other elected officials gathered near the Portal Bridge in Secaucus on Sept. 4 to urge President Trump to fund the badly-needed Gateway Project.
Sep 16, 2018 | 0 | 178 |
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No-one disagrees that the 107-year-old North River Tunnel, carrying thousands of Amtrak and NJ Transit passengers between New York City and New Jersey each day, could use some renovations. But desp...
From left to right: NJ Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel, Food and Water Watch Organizer Matt Smith, Hackensack Riverkeeper Bill Sheehan, and Paula Rogovin, of the Coalition to Ban Unsafe Oil Trains, speak out against the proposed North Bergen power plant at Iglesia De Dios En Cristo La Senda Church on Aug. 29.
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Chants of "Meadowlands power plant, we say, 'No!' Meadowlands power plant's got to go!" filled Iglesia De Dios En Cristo La Senda Church on 75th Street in North Bergen on Aug. 29. It was the latest...
A STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCE – Golden Door International Film festival will hold its opening gala on Sept. 20 at the historic Landmark Loew’s Theater.
Sep 16, 2018 | 0 | 202 |
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What do the “Brady Bunch,” “The Sopranos,” and “Real Housewives of New York” have in common? Stars from those shows as well as a host of other movie industry professionals are expected to attend th...
Gov Phil Murphy, Sen. Robert Menendez (at podium), Rep. Albio Sires, and other elected officials gathered near the Portal Bridge in Secaucus on Sept. 4 to urge President Trump to fund the badly-needed Gateway Project.
Sep 16, 2018 | 0 | 178 |
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No-one disagrees that the 107-year-old North River Tunnel, carrying thousands of Amtrak and NJ Transit passengers between New York City and New Jersey each day, could use some renovations. But desp...
From left to right: NJ Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel, Food and Water Watch Organizer Matt Smith, Hackensack Riverkeeper Bill Sheehan, and Paula Rogovin, of the Coalition to Ban Unsafe Oil Trains, speak out against the proposed North Bergen power plant at Iglesia De Dios En Cristo La Senda Church on Aug. 29.
Sep 16, 2018 | 0 | 165 |
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Chants of "Meadowlands power plant, we say, 'No!' Meadowlands power plant's got to go!" filled Iglesia De Dios En Cristo La Senda Church on 75th Street in North Bergen on Aug. 29. It was the latest...
A STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCE – Golden Door International Film festival will hold its opening gala on Sept. 20 at the historic Landmark Loew’s Theater.
Sep 16, 2018 | 0 | 202 |
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What do the “Brady Bunch,” “The Sopranos,” and “Real Housewives of New York” have in common? Stars from those shows as well as a host of other movie industry professionals are expected to attend th...
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