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DRUM ROLL, PLEASE – Names are selected from this drum to determine ballot position. Hide and seek
Voters have to hunt to pick Indy candidates for gov, council

When New Jersey voters take to the polls Tuesday to select their choice for governor, those supporting the Democrat or Republican will easily find their chosen candidate since they can be found i...
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WATCHING – Councilwoman Dawn McAdam said she has been monitoring late-night activity at Feelgood Restaurant and Lounge. Resident complains about bar
Town still needs someone to videotape meetings

A resident’s complaint regarding the Feelgood Restaurant and Lounge took center stage at Tuesday’s Secaucus Town Council meeting. For more than a year, residents who live near the Plaza area have...
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LIT CHIC – Breanne Miqueli, a Creative Writing Contest winner plans to be an English teacher. Students win library fiction contest
Short stories among 70 entries

A tale about a girl who rides her horse through a forbidden forest and another about an elderly woman’s final dream were the winners of the Creative Writing Contest hosted by the Secaucus Public ...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY – As a birthday present, Elsa Arellano took her son Carlo on his first visit to Memphis, Tenn., to see the home of Elvis Presley, the Sun Studios where the King of Rock n’ Roll made his first recordings, and historic Beale Street. Here they pause with the Hoboken Reporter before the gates of Graceland. Reporter on vacation
You can submit photos of yourself and your favorite paper any time!

We are now accepting “Reporter on Vacation” photos year round. So if you get a photo of yourself or your friends and family with one of the Reporter newspapers or the Bayonne Community News , se...
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DECISION MAKER – Richard Steffens said he intends to fulfill all the duties and exercise all the rights given to him as mayor. Four-month mayor makes more appointments
Some criticize Steffens for Walrod decision, others

He may go down as the Secaucus mayor with the shortest tenure in office, but Richard Steffens is determined to leave a legacy. Steffens recently reappointed Kathleen Walrod to a new three-year t...
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ON THE BALLOT – If voters approve ballot Question No. 1 next month, $400 million will be allocated to preserve open space throughout New Jersey. How will you vote on Ballot Question 1?
State would borrow $400M for open space, farm preservation, wetlands

This Nov. 3, voters will be faced with only one ballot initiative: Question No 1. The referendum will, if passed, would allow the state to borrow $400 million to fund the Garden State Preservatio...
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MEADOWLANDS WORTH THE RISK – Meadowlands Liberty Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Jim Kirkos believes installing slots at the racetrack is essential to saving local horse racing and to boosting regional tourism. Against all odds
Corzine, Christie unlikely to bet on Meadowlands slots

More than 25,000 people turned out and collectively bet $2,480,393 when the Meadowlands Racetrack debuted its first thoroughbred race in 1976, according to the track’s Web site. Within three year...
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NEW ALLEGATIONS – Suspended Tax Collector Alan Bartolozzi (right) was hit with new theft charges. Tax collector charged (again) with theft
Faces 10 years for two new counts

Secaucus Tax Collector Alan Bartolozzi, who has been under investigation for several months after the town discovered accounting irregularities in his office, was charged Tuesday two counts of th...
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HIGH SCORES FOR PALISADES MEDICAL CENTER – Palisades Medical Center scored in the top 10 percent of New Jersey hospitals for their care of heart attacks, surgical care, and heart failure patients. Palisades scores highest in Hudson County
North Bergen hospital in top 10 percent of state

The state recently released its sixth annual New Jersey 2009 Hospital Performance Report, and Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen had the highest scores in Hudson County. Jersey City Medical...
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Medical Examiner looking into 13-year-old’s death
School offers counseling to classmates

A 13-year-old Secaucus Middle School student died last Monday, Columbus Day, while schools were closed. As of Thursday, the Medical Examiner’s office was still trying to determine the cause of de...
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First Ward candidates Dawn McAdam (left) and Rob Costantino Candidates square off
Council hopefuls, Gonnelli answer questions in debate

The six candidates running for Secaucus Town Council sat down for a debate hosted by the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain on Wednesday. The full debate can be viewed on the Hudson Reporter web si...
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ON THE BALL – Secaucus resident and New York Sharks defensive back Toni Salvatore (#41). Are you ready for some (women’s) football?
Resident plays in blooming pro-women’s football league

Sports junkies who voraciously keep up with all the latest in MLB , the NFL , and the NBA have another league they can follow: the IWFL . That’s the Independent Women’s Football League, an a...
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