Golf outing to benefit Weehawken First Aid
The Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad will be the beneficiary of proceeds from the Township of Weehawken’s 6th Annual Golf Outing this year. The outing will be held at the Wild Turkey Golf Course at Crystal Springs Golf Reserve in Hamburg on July 29 with a 2 p.m. shotgun start. Cost is $150 per golfer, $100 for minors. Participants can register teams of four, or a team can be made for them.
Dinner will be provided at the award ceremony afterwards. Prizes will be awarded, raffles will be available, and every golfer will get one free weekday voucher to play at the Great Gorge Country Club. A 32” flat screen LCD TV will also be a prize for a hole-in-one contest, but if no golfer makes the hole-in-one, the TV will be raffled at the end of the event to one lucky winner.
The Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad is currently celebrating over 40 years of service to the community and is one of only two remaining volunteer agencies still operating in Hudson County. The squad operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Over the last 40 years they have responded to over 75,000 calls.
For more information or to register, visit http://golf.wvfas.org or call (201) 773-7614 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hudson Restaurant Week returns with 12 new restaurants
Summer is here, and that means dining out and the return of Hudson Restaurant Week, a bi-annual culinary celebration of the county’s premier dining destinations.
Hudson Restaurant Week, which takes place from July 26 through Aug. 6, provides diners with a variety of local selections and lots of great deals. According to business owners, Restaurant Week helps during a slow time of year by bringing in new customers and providing an opportunity to showcase their menus.
Twelve new restaurants are participating this year. Eateries involved include Chart House, Dino & Harry’s, Hamilton Inn, Clam Broth House, Amanda’s, Casa Dante, South City Grill, 3Forty Grill, Zylo, Edwards Steakhouse, and Light Horse Tavern.
Attendees looking for a taste of culture can find diverse offerings from ethnic restaurants such as Indian food from Amiya in Jersey City, Thai options from More, Sky Thai and Sawadee, and even Hibachi at Teppan Bar & Grill.
For a complete list of participating restaurants and menus visit www.hudsonrestaurantweek.com.
Christie signs property tax cap bill into law
Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation last week that will cap local property tax increases at 2 percent. Under the new law, towns won’t be able to raise property taxes in their annual budgts by more than 2 percent unless they get voter approval to do so. The law does allow some exceptions, however. For example, increases in health care premiums are not subject to the cap.
Originally the governor had proposed a constitutional amendment to cap local property taxes at 2.5 percent. Christie’s proposal included only one exemption. The Democratic-controlled Assembly and Senate proposed a 2.9 percent cap that included several exemptions. The Democratic proposals also made the cap a law, but not a constitutional amendment.
Ultimately, the two sides compromised. The cap was dropped to 2 percent, includes more exemptions than Christie had wanted, but fewer than the Dems’ proposals. Christie also abandoned the requirement that the cap be a constitutional amendment.
Days after the compromise bill was signed by the governor, the state announced that costs for municipal workers in the state health plan will rise 11.7 percent next year, according to the Star-Ledger newspaper. Since health insurance premiums are among the exceptions to the tax cap, analysts believe the 11.7 percent increase will be passed on to voters.
‘Chick lit’ and free cupcakes at event
Want to learn how to get your writing published, or ask questions of two female Hudson County-based novelists who did so? Local authors Kate Rockland and Caren Lissner will be featured in the Hoboken Public Library’s “chick lit night” on July 22. Refreshments will be provided, including cupcakes from local bakery Sweet. Coffee will be available from Empire Coffee. The authors will read from their recently released novels and answer questions about getting published.
Rockland’s novel, “Falling is Like This,” debuted in May. It follows the exploits of a twentysomething music writer who breaks up with her live-in boyfriend and falls for a rock star. For more information on the novel, see www.katerockland.com.
Lissner, who is also the editor of the Reporter newspapers, saw her successful 2003 “chick lit” novel, Carrie Pilby, re-released this past July 1 for teenagers. The novel centers on a confused 19-year-old genius who graduates from college and has no idea how to fit in on dates or at work. For more information on the novel, see www.carenlissner.com.
Both novels can also be found at Amazon.com and BN.com, and at some local libraries.
The event will start at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, on the second floor of the library, 400 Park Ave. Call (201) 420-2347 for more information.