About this special ‘Year in Review’ issue
This special “Year in Review” issue of the Hudson Reporter newspaper replaces your regular weekly editions in Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, Secaucus, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, and Guttenberg for Sunday, Dec. 26. Next week, we will publish a special “Year in Pictures” edition for Jan. 2. These editions do not have letters pages.
Regular publication of the newspapers in each town will resume with the edition of Sunday, Jan. 9.
The regular editions of the Bayonne Community News and Midweek Reporter are continuing to publish during this time.
All of our publications can be found at www.hudsonreporter.com.
Happy holidays from everyone at the Reporter! To comment on these special issues, or if you have questions, e-mail editorial@hudsonreporter.com, call (201) 798-7800, or click on www.hudsonreporter.com to leave comments on the web.
Holiday Hudson Reporter advertising deadlines
Because of the holidays the next two weeks, the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising and editorial deadlines.
For the Wednesday, Dec. 29 edition of the Bayonne Community News and the Thursday, Dec. 30 edition of the Midweek Reporter, the classified and display advertising deadline and editorial deadline is noon on Monday, Dec. 27.
For the Sunday, Jan. 2 editions of the Reporter newspapers, the editorial deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 9 a.m., and the advertising and classified deadline is noon.
The office was closed on Thursday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 24. It also will be closed on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31.
If you have questions about these deadlines or any other issue, please call (201) 798-7800.
Spectra Energy announces filing of NJ/NY pipeline application
Residents of Jersey City, Bayonne, and Hoboken have been protesting the proposed route of a gasline through the county into New York. Last week, Spectra Energy Corp. announced that it officially filed its application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the expansion of its Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission interstate pipeline systems to transport natural gas.
However, Spectra, in their announcement, said the company will make changes to the route and put in enhanced safety measures to address concerns from residents of the towns through which it runs. The changes include not going through residential properties, laying the pipes between 80 and 100 feet underground rather than parallel to the street, and patrolling the pipeline seven days a week.
The 15.5 miles of pipeline will run through parts of Bayonne, Jersey City, and offshore Hoboken, as well through as parts of Staten Island and Manhattan in New York. It will also replace approximately five miles of pipeline in Linden and Staten Island.
Some downtown Jersey City residents created a website, NoGasPipeline.org, to express concerns and call for Spectra to completely re-route the pipeline to go underwater directly from Staten Island to Manhattan.
The project, if built, is expected to be in service in November 2013.
Another arrest at Secaucus rub joint
Just two weeks after two women were arrested on alleged prostitution charges at a massage business on Paterson Plank Road in Secaucus, two new arrests have been made at the same establishment, according to Det. Sgt. John Buckley of the Secaucus Police Department.
On Monday, Dec. 21 at around noon, a Secaucus Police officer entered Garden Health Spa at 1317 Paterson Plank Road, Buckley said. Local police have kept their eye on the business since the beginning of the month and Buckley said the officer involved entered the spa as a part of this ongoing monitoring.
While on the premises, Buckley stated, Hae Pierce, 49, allegedly “attempted to engage him in sexual activity in exchange for something of economic value, specifically money.”
Pierce, who lives in Parlin, N.J., was arrested for “engaging in prostitution,” Buckley said.
A second woman, Yang Kim, 60, of Palisades Park, N.J. was also arrested and charged with promoting prostitution.
The arrests are the latest in a string of prostitution busts that have been made in Secaucus recently.
Husband of NJCU manager pleads guilty to stealing student funds
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced on Dec. 17 that the husband of a suspended New Jersey City University office manager pleaded guilty today to stealing over $500,000 in federally-subsidized funds from the university and conspiring to launder the proceeds of the theft.
Fishman said Alexander Moody, 51, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of aiding and abetting theft from an organization receiving federal benefits. He entered his guilty plea before United States District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court.
Moody is the husband of Shaunette R. Moody, 48, also of Jersey City, who was accused, along with her husband, of stealing approximately 275 checks that were then fraudulently signed and made payable to themselves, from 2007 through this year. Shaunette Moody pleaded guilty on Dec. 9.
Investigators have also named at least three alleged co-conspirators.
Sentencing for both husband and wife is scheduled for March 24. – Ricardo Kaulessar
Hoboken meter, alternate side regs suspended through new year
If you’re parking in Hoboken, you can keep your quarters this holiday season. From Friday, Dec. 24 through Saturday, Jan. 1, metered and street cleaning parking rules are suspended, according to the Hoboken Parking Utility. However, permit parking regulations will continue to be enforced by the HPU and Hoboken Police Department.
Residents are reminded to observe other parking regulations, including rules for fire zones, bus stops, and crosswalks.
Local shock jock sentenced to almost three years in prison
According to published reports, Harold “Hal” Turner, 48, a North Bergen radio shock jock and blogger, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter.
According to reports, Turner lambasted Walter and the attorneys who prosecuted him during an almost hour-long speech which claimed the charges against him were based on lies.
Turner was charged with threatening the lives of three Chicago U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in 2009, after they upheld a local handgun ban, allegedly stating, “These judges must die.”
The case was heard in Brooklyn twice, which resulted with hung juries. During the first case, it was revealed that Turner was, at times, a paid FBI confidential source who allegedly kept tabs on white supremacists.
Turner was convicted in the third trial on Aug. 13.
Muslims Against Hunger Project to host New Year’s dinner
The Muslims Against Hunger Project and Miftaahul Uloom Academy (formerly Holy Rosary) are offering a free dinner for all on New Year’s Day from noon to 1 p.m. at Miftaahul Uloom Academy, 501 15th St., Union City. For more information, call (201) 223-9920 or go online at www.muslimsagainsthunger.com.
WNY school district to benefit from $11.5M grant
The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology has been awarded a highly competitive, five-year $11.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The goal of the grant is to enhance teaching and learning of physical and earth science in grades three through eight in 12 diverse districts across New Jersey.
The West New York school district will be a participating member of the PISA 2 program, which will employ contemporary societal challenges, such as climate change and energy consumption, as vehicles to engage and motivate teachers and their students in science and engineering learning.
Correction
A caption in last weekend’s Secaucus Reporter stated that the Snip n Clip pet grooming company also provides boarding services. They do not. If you have questions, you can reach them at 201-348-DOGS.