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SUPER SPECTACULAR – Union City resident and St. John’s congregation member Joseph Kolbow (right) has performed many times over the years with his partner Johnnie Niel in the church’s downstairs theatre space to help raise funds for the church.
Saving St. John’s
Local performers organize arts initiative to breathe new life into church and community

If Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis sang opera and were graduates of a famous Parisian clown school, they might have had an act similar to the Donovan Ensemble’s “Super Spectacular: To Opera with Love....
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PROFESSIONAL INSPIRATION – Thirty-five presenters donated their time and expertise to the third annual West New York Middle School’s eighth grade career fair May 9.
What’s your plan?
West New York Middle School holds third annual eighth grade career fair

“The Declaration of Independence,” West New York Middle School Principal Israel Rodriguez announced to an auditorium full of eighth graders, “grants us life, liberty, and the pursuit – the pursu...
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KEEPING NORTH HUDSON SAFE – Local leaders came together to celebrate the heroic acts of North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue.
Everyday heroes
Public safety personnel, first responders honored by 200 Club of Hudson County

Four hours into a flight that was supposed to take them to Hawaii for a friend’s wedding, Jersey City police officers Paul Fennel and Robert Taino Jr. were confronted with a man who had clearly go...
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REFLECTION ON THE HUDSON – Pastors, congregation and community members gathered together in front of Weehawken’s 9/11 Memorial on May 3 for the area’s first National Day of Prayer service.
Pray to change
Community honors 61st annual National Day of Prayer at Weehawken 9/11 Memorial

“Prayer changes things, and our nation and community are in desperate need of change,” Jersey City’s Tapestry Church Pastor Anthony Langston said in front of the Weehawken 9/11 Memorial before the...
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LATIN GRAMMY WINNER – Union City resident and renowned Dominican pianist Enyi-K (Kennedy Ng, right) was recognized as ‘Best Musical Arranger of the Year’ by the Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos of New York City (ACE). In its 44th year, Premios ACE (known to some as the Latin Grammys) recognizes the best in Latin American art around the world. Enyi-K has enjoyed success both nationally and internationally for his talents as a virtuoso pianist and musical arranger. Left: Mayury Reyna.
BRIEFS
Union City Housing Authority receives subpoena from F.B.I.; attorney reports that records have been requested Sources claim the Union City Housing Authority received a subpoena from the Feder...
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PAWNSHOP NO MORE – Several customers of Pepin’s Jewelry on Bergenline Avenue in West New York found the store abandoned when they went to collect their jewelry.
Local woman threatens to sue city
$3 million for alleged defamation and mental anguish

North Bergen resident Vivian Crespo has notified the town of West New York she intends to sue for $3 million in damages, claiming defamation of character and mental anguish in violation of her civ...
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PAINTING IN THE PARK – World-renowned impressionist painter Kamil Kubik spent his days in the many cities he lived in, capturing what he saw, and oftentimes asking passers by to pick up a brush or a pastel and help out. Here he captures Central Park in Manhattan.
Lasting impressions
World renowned artist and former UC resident passes away; leaves hundreds of paintings behind

One lazy evening, Czechoslovakian-born, world-renowned painter Kamil Kubik and his best friend of 20 years Carol Caprarola were trying to remedy the dilemma of an empty stomach and settled on piz...
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WE LOVE JAIVA – Girl Scout Troop 10855 gathered at Union City’s Pavilion Gym to celebrate Autism Awareness Month and helped educate the community on the largely mysterious condition that affects their scout sister, Jaiva Johnson. Left to right: Olivia Valencia, teacher Jenna Junio, and Jaiva.
Understanding Jaiva
UC Girl Scout troop bands together around scout sister to raise autism awareness

“I’ve been a Daisy for 199 years,” six-year-old Jaiva Johnson said, dressed in her bright blue Daisy Scout sash, before dissolving into a fit of giggles at the Pavilion Gym in Union City on April ...
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NEW RIDES – The Union City police department and the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) purchased three new unmarked police cars for the city’s detective bureau. (See Brief.)
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UC police and HSI purchase vehicles with forfeited criminal money The Union City police department and the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have purchased thre...
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MOURNED – Omar Monroig lost his life to a hit and run driver but his friends, family and coworkers are keeping his spirit and memory alive.
‘The Gentle Giant’
Friends and family remember Omar Monroig, as the search for the hit and run driver goes on

As Omar Monroig stepped into the intersection of 51st and Tonnelle Avenue on March 23, he didn’t know he was moments away from the end of a rich life, lived to the fullest. He had made plans wi...
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HELPING HANDS – Students from Union City High School Alternative Design Academy volunteered their time at the P.E.R.C. kitchen on 36th Street on Monday in order to give back to the community.
The ‘P.E.R.C.’s of volunteering
UC Alternative Design Academy students give back

Around 20 Union City High School Alternative Design Academy (ADA) students, trays of food in hand, weaved between the near 100 guests who had come to the Palisades Emergency Residency Corp (P.E.R....
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT – The West New York native, chef, and the International Culinary Center Director of Culinary Arts was awarded teacher of the year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals on April 3. Left to right: Argondizza, Christopher Papagni, and CEO and Founder of the International Culinary Center Dorothy Cann Hamilton.
Top chef, top teacher
WNY native receives national recognition from prestigious culinary association

“I hear so many people say they dread going to work in the morning or that they live for the weekends, and I think, ‘That’s too bad,’” Chef Candy Argondizza, West New York native and Director of C...
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