Holiday Hudson Reporter editorial and advertising deadlines
Because of the Labor Day holiday, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines.
For the Sept. 8 edition of the Bayonne Community News, the display ad deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2. The classified deadline is noon on Friday, Sept. 3.
For the Sept. 9 edition of the Midweek Reporter, the display ad deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 and the classified deadline is noon on Friday, Sept. 3.
The office will be closed on Monday, Sept. 6 for the holiday. It will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 7. If you have questions about these deadlines or any other issue, please call (201) 798-7800. Also check www.hudsonreporter.com.
Former Guttenberg mayor passes away
Former Guttenberg Mayor William J. O’Donnell died last Thursday at the age of 76.
Flags in Guttenberg have been flown at half-staff this week in honor of O’Donnell, who served as mayor from 1993 to 1996.
“I didn’t really know him as mayor, but I did work with him when he was at the Port Authority,” said Mayor Gerald Drasheff. “In fact, he made a choice to retire from the Port Authority just to serve one term here.”
His funeral service was held this Wednesday in Tabernacle, New Jersey. The family has asked for memorial donations to be sent to Samaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Drive, Suite 300, Marlton, N.J. 08053.
Free bus service to NY Waterway
In the hopes of attracting more ferry riders, NY Waterway will be launching a free bus service from North Bergen to the Weehawken Port Imperial ferry terminal.
According to NY Waterway President and Founder Arthur Imperatore, beginning on Sept. 13 NY Waterway will operate busses for commuters that are currently being served by NJ Transit’s B-23 bus. This trip usually costs riders $1.50 one-way.
Imperatore said that these busses will run every 10 minutes during morning and evening rush, and every 20 minutes during off-peak hours from Bergenline and Woodcliff Avenue in North Bergen. Commuters can take them to the Port Imperial, where departing ferries will take them to West 39th Street, Lower Manhattan’s World Financial Center, and Wall Street’s Pier 11.
From West 39th Street, free busses will bring riders across and downtown.
“To assure that our customers are enjoying the most seamless, most pleasant commute at the best possible price, we decided to provide this new bus service,” Imperatore said. “We are proud of our 23-year commitment to customer service.”
For more information, call 877-53-BUSES or visit www.nywaterway.com.
Correction to ‘Regional fire dept. passes $55.9M budget’
According to North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue co-Director Michael De Orio, the regional department since June 15 has had at least one company, if not more, with four men on duty in 21 out of the 45 days of summer.
In the North Bergen Reporter last week, it was erroneously printed that the Regional had four men on duty at all its companies 21 out of 45 days, in the cover story “Regional Fire dept. passes $55.9M budget.”
This correction has been made in the online version.
Correction to last week’s entertainment section
In an article that ran in the entertainment section last weekend about Beth Rooney and Anthony Picone, the title of their film should have been “The Long Road Home,” not “The Long Way Home.”