Weehawken has vaccinated more than half of adults

May 15, 2021

05weeupdate20 — Mayor Richard Turner observes a frontline worker's vaccination on Dec. 26.

Weehawken has vaccinated 55 percent of its adults, according to a COVID-19 update, administering doses to eligible residents at a joint site with Union City and the North Hudson Community Action Corp.

“We can do better! We must do better! Herd Immunity requires 70 to 80 percent of the adult population to be vaccinated,” Mayor Richard Turner said.

Call 201-319-6005 or go to hudsonvax.us/weehawken to register. The township has been offering walk-in vaccinations at popup sites.

For more information, visit weehawken-nj.us and social media pages.

Other locations

Weehawken residents can get vaccinate in West New York at Holy Name Medical Center at the Memorial High School gymnasium, Broadway and 55th Street.

To register, visit vaccine.holyname.org or westnewyorknj.org/pages/covid-19. The site is distributing the Pfizer vaccine.

To register at the Hudson County Vaccination Distribution Center, go to hudsoncovidvax.org. To register at one of the state’s vaccination mega-sites go to covidvaccine.nj.gov.

By the numbers

Active COVID-19 cases in Weehawken are on the decline.

The township currently has 129 active cases, 1,387 recoveries, and 29 deaths as of May 12. The case count is down from around a peak of 190 in April.

Testing is available to residents at the joint testing site between Weehawken and Union City on 36th Street between Bergenline Ave. and Kennedy Blvd. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m; Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointments required.

Restrictions lifted

A number of things have reopened to the public without the need for an appointment, including the Municipal Building, the Parking Authority, and the Public Library. The township’s curfew has been lifted.

But the State of Emergency remains in effect. The Municipal court is still virtual. The shuttle is still suspended.

The state has lifted restrictions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announce that fully vaccinated residents no longer need to wear masks except when required by law.

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to sign an executive order that would remove the fixed, percentage-based capacity limits on establishments, including restaurants, gyms, retail businesses, churches, while also ending all outdoor gathering limits. Mask wearing and social distancing will stay in place.

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Union City offers small business grants

Hudson Reporter

May 14, 2021

Union City has grants to assist small businesses facing financial difficulties due to COVID-19.

“I have created the Union City Small Business Grant Program through a federal grant given to the city,” Mayor Brian Stack said. “The grant was created in order to assistant small businesses who suffered an interruption of their businesses due to the pandemic.”

The program will offer up to $5,000 to cover eligible expenses incurred, financed through Community Development Block Grant funds. Funding is limited and will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.

To apply, visit ucnj.com or call 201-348-5731.

Eligibility requirements

The business must be a for-profit or non-for profit entity in Union City to be eligible. A business cannot have more than 25 full-time equivalent employees per week regardless of the number of business locations.

No business will receive a grant in excess of $5,000. However, at the option of the grantor, the grantee may receive a grant in a greater or lesser amount depending on availability of funds and need.

The grant will be used to reimburse eligible businesses for costs and expenses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic resulting from business closure, partial closure, or business interruption. The grant may be used to pay for expenses and or reimbursements relating to employee salaries; mortgage payments; business loan payments; equipment leases or finance payments; and utility payments. Use of grant funds for employee salaries may include salary paid to the owner or principal of the owner of the business applicant.

The grant may be used to pay for these aforementioned eligible expenses incurred or anticipated to be incurred from March 15, 2020, to December 31, 2021. No grant application can be submitted for nor can grant funds be used to pay for any of the eligible expenses which are or have been the subject of any insurance claims or claims made with any other source, whether governmental or private, and for which a reimbursement payment is actually received.

The owner of a business for which an applicant submits an application must certify under oath to the accuracy of any statement or representation contained in a grant application or a document submitted in support of a grant application. Any business that files a fraudulent grant application or misuses grant funds will be obligated to return any funds improperly received plus interest at the rate of 1 percent per annum.

Other opportunities

The second program is through the Small Business Administration. It has a grant and loan program to assist small businesses struggling to recover from the pandemic. For more information on these grants and loans, contact the SBA at [email protected] or 1-800-659-2955.

“As programs are announced, I will inform you,” Stack said. “More people are getting vaccinated than before, and I am confident that there will be an end to the pandemic. We are all in this together, and we will get through it. I am here for you, so please call me any time, if I can be of assistance.”

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North Bergen Health Officer Janet Castro is ‘Woman of the Year’

Hudson Reporter

May 5, 2021

05nbhonor13 — Janet Castro (left) and Sai Rao

Mayor Nicholas Sacco and the Board of Commissioners recently presented certificates of appreciation to North Bergen’s Women of the Year for 2021 and 2020. Health Officer Janet Castro was named the Township’s Woman of the Year 2021 by Hudson County in late March, and Library Executive Director Sai Rao received the honor in 2020.

County Commissioner Anthony Vainieri presented the women with county proclamations. Also on hand were Commissioners Hugo Cabrera, Frank Gargiulo, Julio Marenco, and Allen Pascual; Schools Superintendent Dr. George Solter; EMS Chief David Prina; NHRFR Executive Director Michael DeOrio, and many other officials.

‘Exceeding everyone’s expectations’

Due to the rapid onset of the pandemic, there was no official presentation last year for winner Sai Rao. A resident of North Bergen for 30 years, she is the first woman Executive Director of the Township’s Free Public Library.

“While striving to meet the needs of her community, Sai passionately serves residents by continually gauging their needs and exceeding their expectations,” the proclamation reads. A winner of the New York Times Librarian of the Year Award, Sai “has secured many grants which provide a myriad of services and resources for the community, such as career assistance, citizenship training, adult education, technology, collection, programming, health, youth services, construction, and more.”

Sai is a member of the North Bergen Board of Education and is president of the Hudson County Library Directors Association. She is a member of the BCCLS Executive Board, Scholarship Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, and the chair of the Capital Plan Task Force and Branding Task Force. She also serves on the Community Relations Committee at HackensackUMC Palisades Hospital.

Castro honored again

Janet Castro has served in the North Bergen Health Department for 17 years and as the township’s licensed health officer since 2014. Through shared services agreements with neighboring municipalities, she also represents Union City, Guttenberg, Weehawken, Secaucus, and Harrison.

The county proclamation states, “Janet has proven herself to be an incredibly dedicated public servant, especially in the last year when she guided the Township of North Bergen’s comprehensive response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

In April, Castro was named one of Hudson County Women’s History Month Honorees, with designees chosen from each town. Castro received the honor for her work as health officer throughout the pandemic, including spearheading COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations.

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How to get vaccinated in Union City

Hudson Reporter

April 30, 2021

05nhvaccine06 — Mayor Brian Stack watches a frontline worker get vaccinated.

More COVID-19 vaccine appointments are now available in Union City at the Hillside Pavilion in the Union City Housing Authority, 3911 Kennedy Boulevard. The site, operating in conjunction with Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center, is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residents can register at hackensackmeridianhealth.org/covid19. There are also limited walk-in appointments.

Union City has been vaccinating residents at a joint vaccination site with Weehawken since December. To register, go to northhudsonvax.org.

Union City residents can also get vaccinated in West New York at the site opened in conjunction with Holy Name Medical Center. The WNY site is at the Memorial High School gymnasium, at Broadway and 55th Street.

To register, visit vaccine.holyname.org or register at westnewyorknj.org/pages/covid-19. The site is distributing the Pfizer vaccine.

To register at the Hudson County Vaccination Distribution Center, go to hudsoncovidvax.org. To register at one of the state’s vaccination mega-sites go to covidvaccine.nj.gov.

Get inoculated

“It is very important for all those who are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine,” Mayor Brian Stack said. “The vaccines remain safe and effective in preventing COVID-19.”

Based on clinical trials and early data, getting vaccinated will prevent COVID-19, or substantially lessen symptoms if you do contract the virus, Stack said.

“Equally important, getting vaccinated helps to protect those around you, especially senior citizens and those who have underlying health conditions,” Stack said. “It is also important to know that the vaccine cannot make you sick with the COVID-19 virus.”

The more people who are vaccinated, the less the virus will spread and the sooner we can get back to normal, Stack said.

“Fully vaccinated individuals can travel domestically without testing and quarantining and visit indoors with other fully vaccinated friends and family,” Stack said. “This terrible virus has robbed us of our important milestones and events, holidays, and for many, even loved ones. The only way to get through this is for as many people to get vaccinated as possible.”

For assistance or to get vaccinated, Union City residents can all Stack’s office at 201-348-5747 or his cell at 201-376-1942.

Stack asks residents to still wear masks, wash their hands, and socially distance.

“I cannot stress enough the importance of getting vaccinated,” Stack said. “Get the vaccine to protect you, and get it to protect your friends and family.”

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Pushcart Players Artistic Director Performs “ART” Zoom Reading

Hudson Reporter

April 29, 2021

Pushcart Players artistic director Paul Whelihan will perform in Zoom readings of “ART,” a play by Yasmine Reza on Thursday May 6 and Friday May 7 at 7:30 pm. The production is directed by Dov Tiefenbach. It explores friendship, mortality, and, of course, art. The performance is free, yet welcome donations will benefit Pushcart Players, and the future live production.

“’ART’” tells the comedic story of three long-time friends: Serge, Marc, and Yvan, whose relationship is put to the test when Serge purchases a completely modern painting,” said Jim Watt, producer. “The high-price purchase sets off a heated exchange about what constitutes ‘art,’ and quickly becomes more personal as the three resentfully bring up their individual failures. Will these friendships be forever destroyed?”

“We’re excited to present this reading. The virtual streaming with actors in remote locations (New York, New Jersey, Canada, Los Angeles) has allowed us to perform a wonderful script in an alternative medium full of creative opportunities.”

The cast features Paul Whelihan as Marc, Jim Kempner as Serge, and Christopher Redman as Yvan.

Paul Whelihan performs, directs, and stage-manages off-Broadway (47^th Street Theater, 59 East 59 Theatres, NY Fringe Festival, 54 Below, TheaterLab) and regionally (Bickford Theater, Forum Theater Arts, Royal Poincianna, Broward Center, Centenary Stage, Growing Stage, Luna Stage Company, Premiere Stages, Quillo Arts Center). Roles include Tevye in “Fiddler…,” Pseudolus in “…Forum,” Noah in “Two By Two,” Miss Texas in “Pageant,” Crouch in “Not Now, Darling,” and he originated roles of Gruber in “The Flame Keeper,” Branch Rickey in “Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting,” Stanley in “Kiss the Bride,” and the Mayor in Sheldon Harnick’s “Dragons.”

Jim Kempner is an actor who also specializes in contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, and work on paper, with an emphasis on contemporary master prints and outdoor sculpture (https://www.jimkempnerfineart.com/). Kempner’s inventory appeals to the established as well as beginning collectors. They work closely with art advisors, designers, corporations, and museums to expand and enrich their varied collections.

Christopher Redman is an award winning actor, writer, and producer. As an actor he has appeared in over a hundred TV and film productions including the latest season of Genius : Aretha as Clive Davis opposite Cynthia Erivo. Recently he’s been seen in the Netflix Original hit series Workin’ Moms where he played “Brad” throughout season 2, God Friended Me for CBS and is currently in production on the thriller series The Old Man for FX with Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Christopher is the subject and producer of the lifelong docu series The Decades Project which explores how friendship evolves over long periods of time. He is also a producer and comedy writer for the Webby Award winning podcast company Kelly&Kelly out of Vancouver.

Director Dov Tiefenbach played the lead role Nick Burns in the 1996 Broadway production A Thousand Clowns alongside actor Judd Hirsch. After returning to Toronto, In 2003 he won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Male Performance in Flower & Garnet (2002). His most recent roles include the reclusive writer Lucky Carroway in the television series This Space for Rent (2006), the troubled young Adrian in the psychological thriller The Dark Hours (2005) and the hippie drug dealer Bradley Thomas in the comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004).

Pushcart Players Pushcart Players is NJ’s premiere touring theater company specializing in arts education for children. Twice nominated for an Emmy©, Pushcart is the recipient of numerous state and private awards for excellence and innovation. Founded in 1974, Pushcart brings substantive musical theater, workshops, and residencies to young people in schools and theaters nationwide. The company has traveled more than 2.5 million miles nationally and abroad, from the rural red schoolhouse to the nation’s White House.

“I am very grateful to have the opportunity to explore this terrific play with an exceptional team of artists,” said Paul Whelihan. “I am even more grateful that these efforts will benefit Pushcart Players’ mission to uplift ART in all its forms”

Attendance at the Zoom readings of ART can be confirmed here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hJAkyYZGSq6ivLB4liwdPg

North Bergen has administered 40,000 COVID-19 vaccines

Hudson Reporter

April 20, 2021

04nbvaccine29 — Health Officer Janet Castro (center) has been pivotal to the vaccine rollout in North Bergen.

North Bergen has issued over 40,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to residents, according to the township. The number includes vaccinations administered through the local site as well as other sites that the Health Department administers through a shared services agreement.

Under the leadership of Health Officer Janet Castro, the township site opened in January along with partner sites in Union City, Secaucus, Weehawken and Harrison. Those sites are now open to residents 16 and older for Pfizer vaccines, and 18 or older for Moderna.

“I’m incredibly proud of the work that Janet Castro and her team have done to protect North Bergen residents as well as our neighbors in other nearby communities by efficiently administering over 40,000 vaccines,” said Mayor Nicholas Sacco. “The shared service agreement we created to administer Health Department services in Union City, Secaucus, Weehawken and Harrison has been tested like we never envisioned over the past year, and it’s clear that it not only saves taxpayers money, it has helped keep Hudson County safe.”

North Bergen is vaccinating eligible residents at the recreation center at 6300 Meadowview Ave. Residents can register at northbergenvaccine.org.

They will be added to a waitlist and notified as soon as an appointment is available. For problems accessing the portal, for language assistance, or to be put on a waiting list, call 201-392-2084.

North Bergen has been vaccinating teachers and education staff ahead of the school district’s return to classrooms this month.

Case count

While the vaccine rollout continues, COVID-19 cases in the township have been trending upward. However, the number of total cases has dropped to 11,388 as of April 11. According to the township, the number was adjusted downward following a recent Department of Health audit. In comparison, as of April 5, there were 11,672 cases.

The Braddock Park testing site is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 12 to 6 p.m., offering COVID-19 nasal swabs and antibody testing.

Two free testing sites are available by appointment only with proof of residency. Call the Walk-in Urgent Care Center, 7405 Bergenline Ave., at (201) 636-6763; call Diligent Medical Care, 3725 Liberty Ave., at (201) 834-8887; or text COVID to (973) 447-3559.

North Bergen provides free masks to residents upon request. Call 201-392-2157 or email [email protected].

Residents are urged to wear masks, maintain social distance, and wash hands often and thoroughly.

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Art House Productions Announces Media & Music Summer Camp for Teens

Hudson Reporter

April 14, 2021

JAX-Media-Music-Makers-Summer-Camp-2021 — JAX Media & Music Makers Summer Camp

Art House Productions announces the Jersey Art Exchange (JAX) Media & Music Makers Camp for students entering grades 7-12 in Fall 2021. The camps will take place Mondays – Fridays, July 5 – July 16, from 1pm – 5pm at 150 Bay Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302. Each track is led by a digital art, and/or music professional. Masks and social distancing will be enforced.

“I’m so happy to be running this program again,” says Program Director Jacqueline Arias. “It’s a perfect way for teens to spend the summer – exploring their neighborhoods and tapping into their creative spirit. We always have a blast!”

MUSIC MAKERS
All teens will learn the basic history & background of rap, rock & pop music. Teens will learn to collaborate with other musicians and teens. They will also choose to have individual instruction on songwriting, beat making, or piano.

MEDIA MAKERS
Teens will learn to use photography, video and audio as an effective tool to promote social issues and to reach audiences through an online interactive environment. Teens will work with professional media makers. The final digital stories hope to create an insightful and emotive story of their neighborhoods. The final pieces will be showcased in a public event.

Tuition is $350. A $50 Early Bird discount is available for registrations before May 1. Art House is committed to making programming accessible to all members of the community. Full and partial scholarships are available for students with a strong interest in pursuing the media and/or arts professionally, and for students in need of financial aid.

Camper Registration Forms, the Tuition Payment Portal and Scholarship Application can be found at https://www.arthouseproductions.org/pages/jax-summer-camp. Questions can be directed to Program Director Jacqueline Arias at [email protected] or (347) 237-3508.

Art House Productions is generously supported by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, MACK-CALI Realty, SILVERMAN, The Princeton Foundation, The Hudson County Office of Cultural Affairs, Masterwork Arts, and Genova Burns.

Art House Productions is committed to accessibility and inclusivity in all public programming. Art House Productions produces work with a shrewd sense of social responsibility and challenges the idea of “universal” mind and “universal” body in each artistic endeavor.

In January 2021, Jersey Art Exchange (JAX) merged with Art House Productions. Now JAX seeks to broaden their services and continue their commitment to the Jersey City arts community and arts education by expanding JAX’s core programs and building on Art House’s existing education programs.

Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the development and presentation of the performing and visual arts in Jersey City, NJ. Art House Productions presents theater, performing and visual arts festivals, arts events, visual art exhibitions, and adult and youth art classes. For more information about upcoming programs, please visit our website at www.arthouseproductions.org. Follow on social media @arthouseproductions @arthouseprods. To sign up for Art House’s mailing list, please click here: http://eepurl.com/hd1FCj.

Art House Productions Announces Virtual Workshop Presentation of OPEN LINE

Hudson Reporter

April 13, 2021

open-line-graphic-1 — Open Line Workshop

Art House Productions is pleased to announce a workshop presentation of Open Line, conceived and performed by Max Reuben, and featuring artist Sally Chen, on Thursday, April 22 at 8:00pm EST on Zoom.

Hi, there. How are you? Things have been kind of rough lately, huh? Well, why don’t you take a seat. Open Line is an experiment in long-distance intimacy and radical honesty. A tiny, temporary balm for the realities we’ve all faced over the past year.

Open Line is an interactive performance, and there will be times when audience members will be asked to engage more actively in the experience. While some level of participation by some members of the audience is essential for the success of the piece, this will always be voluntary on your part. Open Line is best experienced over a desktop, laptop, or large tablet.

“During the past year, Art House has embraced virtual programming as a new art form. Max has been developing this experimental piece specifically for Zoom over the last few months and the experience will be intimate and highly theatrical,” says Producing Director Courtney Little. “Max’s vision for Open Line is ambitious, and we’re excited to introduce his work to our audience in Jersey City and beyond.”

Tickets are pay-what-you-can, $5-$15. Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35606/performance/10672521

Art House is working remotely at this time. If you are unable to reserve tickets or make a donation online, please email [email protected] to set up a time for the box office to call you to assist over the phone.

The events will feature Closed Captions using Zoom’s autotransciption service. To request ASL interpreters, please email [email protected] at least 72 hours before the event. For questions about accessibility and patrons services, please email [email protected].

Open Line was developed through a virtual residency with Art House Productions in Spring 2021, during which the artists were compensated and given virtual resources to develop this new performance, made especially for Zoom.

Max Reuben is a Philadelphia-born, Brooklyn-based playwright, director, and teacher who loves big-hearted, humanistic theater that attempts to reduce the amount of existential despair and loneliness in the universe. He’s written, directed, and devised work in a diversity of venues from Ars Nova to the Museum of Modern Art to a very hip apartment in Williamsburg. He’s a proud graduate of Playwrights Horizons Theater School, an undergraduate studio at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he now teaches first-year playwriting. In the summers, he teaches playwriting and devises new plays with the Powerhouse Theater Training Program at Vassar College.

Sally Chen (any/all) is a second generation Chinese American illustrator and poet based in Brooklyn, NY. They’re currently attending Parsons School of Design as a BFA Illustration and Psychology minor, and love to explore ideas of intimacy, home, and identity in their work. In their free time, they dream about folktales and co-liberation.

Zoom is an online video conferencing software that allows you to virtually interact when in-person meetings and events aren’t possible. Participants must have wifi, download the application on a computer or smartphone, and sign up for a free Zoom account to participate. The Art House staff are available to help troubleshoot registration and download; please email [email protected] for assistance.

Art House Productions is generously supported by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, MACK-CALI Realty, SILVERMAN, Manhattan Building Company, and CoolVines.

Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the development and presentation of the performing and visual arts in Jersey City, NJ. Art House Productions presents theater, performing and visual arts festivals, arts events, visual art exhibitions, and adult and youth art classes. For more information about Art House programs, please visit the website at www.arthouseproductions.org. Follow on social media @arthouseproductions @arthouseprods To sign up for Art House’s mailing list, please click here: http://eepurl.com/hd1FCj.

Eligible residents have options for the COVID-19 vaccine in Weehawken

Hudson Reporter

April 9, 2021

04weevaccine15 — Weehawkenites have multiple locations to get different COVID-19 vaccines.

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues in Weehawken, with a number of options for residents to get inoculated, according to a virus update by the township.

The township has been administering doses to eligible residents at a joint site with Union City and the North Hudson Community Action Corp. To register for an appointment, go to northhudsonvax.us/weehawken.

As of March 26, 2,300 eligible residents have been vaccinated through the township’s program, including 60 home bound vaccinations. This figure does not include those vaccinated at other locations.

Those eligible include individuals age 55 and older; individuals age 16 to 54 with certain medical conditions; individuals age 16 to 54 with intellectual and developmental disabilities; childcare workers in licensed and registered settings; clergy; communications, IT, and media workers; educators and staff, including pre-K to 12 and higher education; eldercare and support workers; elections personnel; first responders; healthcare workers and hospitality workers.

Also individuals experiencing homelessness and those living in shelters; judicial system workers; laundry services workers; librarians and library support staff; long-term care and high-risk congregate care facility residents and staff; medical supply chain employees; members of tribal communities; migrant farm workers; postal and shipping service workers; public safety workers; real estate, building, and home services workers; retail financial institution workers; sanitation workers; social service workers and support staff; transportation workers; utilities workers; and warehousing and logistics workers.

On April 19, all individuals aged 16 and older will be eligible.

Choices, choices, choices

In Weehawken, eligible residents can actually choose what vaccine they want when scheduling an appointment. This week, the township was able provide appointments to residents for three vaccines: Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson.

Vaccine appointments have been available daily, but fill quickly. Residents are advised to check the township website frequently; more appointments will be added as more vaccines are received.

The township will be hosting more appointments this weekend for all three vaccines. Additional appointments will be available on Saturday and Sunday.

Township officials have been honing in on areas where residents are not registering to get the vaccine. Mayor Richard Turner and Councilman Raul Gonzalez have been going door to door with a team of 12 Department of Public Works employees to register residents in the area of and at the Park Avenue multi-family buildings. As a result, they have registered hundreds of eligible residents.

Weehawken is also looking for medical volunteers to assist at the township’s vaccination site. They are looking for both medical and non-medical volunteers. If interested, visit northhudsonvax.us/volunteer.

Other locations

Eligible Weehawken residents can also get vaccinated in West New York at the site opened in conjunction with Holy Name Medical Center. The WNY site is located at the Memorial High School gymnasium, at Broadway and 55th Street.

To register, visit vaccine.holyname.org or register via the town’s COVID-19 portal at westnewyorknj.org/pages/covid-19. The site is distributing the Pfizer vaccine.

To register at the Hudson County Vaccination Distribution Center, go to hudsoncovidvax.org. To register at one of the state’s vaccination mega-sites go to covidvaccine.nj.gov.

Despite the vaccine rolllout, active virus cases continue to increase in Weehawken. As of April 7, there were 180 active case, 1249 recoveries and 29 deaths.

For more information, residents can check the township’s website at weehawken-nj.us and social media pages.

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The Kennedy Dancers Air Dance Vista Cable Television Series in 22 States

Hudson Reporter

April 8, 2021

Kennedy Dancers, Inc.,a Professional Repertory Dance Company, Dance Studio, and Dance Vista Television Productions, is proud to announce an upcoming cable television show featuring members of the “Inner City Youth” Pre-Professional Training Program and their journey from rehearsals to performances and competitions.

Under the Direction of Diane Dragone, for over 40 years The Kennedy Dancers has strived to provide high quality dance performances, dance classes while keeping the needs of the community in mind through inclusive programming for youth, adults, senior citizens, and people with disabilities.

The Dance Vista cable television series is a catalyst to exponentially grow capacity and interaction with the art of dance to our viewers, live audiences, and students, and has received 6 cable television network awards for cultural programming.

Dance Vista is directed and produced by Tom Horan and Executive Producer Diane Dragone. Dance Vista reaches over 6 million viewers and is seen on television Access Systems across the United States.

Dance Vista follows the New Jersey Board of Education approved core curriculum in dance. It is a useful tool in dance training. Diane Dragone is a Certified Teacher of Dance in the State of New Jersey.

Diane Dragone, host and Artistic Director of the Kennedy Dancers Inc., delves into the steps and process of becoming a professional dancer.

Clips of Kennedy Dancers (The Inner City Youth Program) pre-professionals are shown as they learn choreography, rehearse, compete, and perform new works for everyone from concert audiences and for competition judges.

Not an easy road, but a rewarding one.

Also featured are clips of the Kennedy Dancers Professional Repertory Dance Company performing “Calling God” at the Loews Jersey Theater, Jersey City, NJ.

The premiere is at Friday, April 9 and Sunday April 11th at 9:00PM and will be aired on Comcast Channel 97 and Verizon Channel 43.

Airing Times:

Fridays and Sundays at 9:00pm on JCETV located on Comcast Channel 97 in Jersey City, and on Verizon FIOS Channel 43 throughout Northern New Jersey.

DANCE VISTA can also be seen on Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s Lifestyle Channel 2 on Tuesdays at 3:30p.m.

DANCE VISTA all also be shown at various times throughout New Jersey and Beyond through syndicated Educational and Governmental channels across twenty three states.

The Series is produced by the Kennedy Dancers Inc., a 501C3 non-profit organization.

Executive Producer and Host is Diane Dragone and Director is Tom Horan.

For further information contact [email protected], 201-659-2190, or visit our website at kennedydancers.org

For your convenience, you can also view it on YouTube at https://youtu.be/u9BXZEQ5iu4