HUDSON COUNTY – The news never sleeps, and it’s all here for you in this weekend’s Hudson Reporter newspapers.
Did you ever wonder why Hoboken, the birthplace of baseball, doesn’t have a Baseball Hall of Fame, but Cooperstown, N.Y. does? The history of how that happened is in this weekend’s Hoboken Reporter. We’ll also give you all aspects of the police layoff controversy, introduce you to the new interim city attorney and bring you up to date on the new plan to develop the city’s Western Edge.
In Jersey City, we’ll give you the details on Mariano Vega’s exit from power and his guilty plea to corruption charges and who the mayor may appoint to replace him. Speaking of the mayor, a group of city residents have begun a petition drive to pry him loose from City Hall, and we’ll tell you all about the launch of their recall effort. The Newport Neighborhood Association’s Street Festival is this weekend, with fun stuff for people of all ages and good weather forecast.
The Secaucus Reporter has reports on the new high school principal and a fascinating profile of the Swamibapa Bagpipe band, a sign of the Indian community’s growing presence in that town’s cultural life.
Did you know NY Waterway is bringing back free bus service to Port Imperial? In our North Bergen Reporter you find out why, and how you can take advantage. The Trans-Hudson Tunnel made news this week because some of the work there has stopped while they take another look at their budget at the request of the governor, and we’ll give you the inside story on that.
A new HCCC campus with state of the art facilities has opened in Union City and our reporter was there to cover the event.
There’s all this, plus columns, entertainment, and Jim Hague’s complete sports reporting in this week’s Hudson reporter newspapers.