Mayor Stack announces dates for public safety meetings
Union City Mayor Brian Stack has announced dates for public safety neighborhood meetings to inform residents of the latest developments surrounding public safety initiatives in the area and to discuss crime prevention. Upcoming meetings are scheduled for the following dates: Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at Bruce Walter Recreation Center, 507 West St.; Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Blue Flame Pizza, 601 New York Ave.; Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at Old Library, 420 15th St., first floor; and Thursday Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. at Veterans’ School, 1401 Central Ave.
UC offers Community Emergency Response Team training
Mayor Brian Stack and the Union City Board of Commissioners will present courses to qualify for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). CERT trains volunteers who wish to help the local community to be prepared for emergency situations.
CERT training consists of 20 hours of instruction over an eight week period. Session training courses teach disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue operations, disaster psychology, and team organization and terrorism.
The first CERT course will be hosted Thursday, Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Jose Marti Freshman Academy, 1800 Summit Ave.
Coursework is a cumulative process, and those who wish to be certified must attend all courses. CERT members must be at least 18 years of age.
Hudson County Bar Foundation to offer scholarships to law school hopefuls
The Hudson County Bar Foundation will award scholarships to students who are attending law school or who have been accepted to law school for the September 2011 – May 2012 term.
The Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship Fund is one of the oldest providers of financial assistance to Hudson County law students. Esteemed members and families of the Hudson County legal community have funded these 43 scholarships.
Students must be a resident of Hudson County, must demonstrate financial need, must provide two current Letters of Recommendation, and must account for appropriate academic standards.
Interested applicants can write to the Hudson County Bar Foundation Scholarship Committee, 583 Newark Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey 07306 or call (201) 798-4708 or send an e-mail to hcba.law@verizon.net to request an application. All applications must be received on or before April 15, 2011.
NJMC presents “Revolutionary War Re-Enactors Show and Tell”
New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the Meadowlands Museum will present a free “Revolutionary War Re-Enactors Show and Tell” program on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. The program features revolutionary re-enactors dressed in period costume who will discuss Bergen County’s role in the Revolutionary War and discuss the uniforms and equipment used by Continental Army soldiers.
The program will take place at Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst. For more information, call (201) 460-8300 or go online at www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec.
NY Waterway offers traffic-free cruising to NY boat and motorcycle shows
NY Waterway now offers a traffic-free way to cruise to the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City for both the New York National Boat Show from Jan. 19 – 23, and the NY Progressive International Motorcycle Show from Jan. 21 – 23.
After parking at the Port Imperial terminal in Weehawken for $10 per day, riders take an eight-minute boat ride to the NY Waterway terminal at 39th Street and the Hudson River, across the street from the Javits Center.
During the week, boats depart Port Imperial starting at 6 a.m., with ferries returning regularly from Manhattan until 12:10 a.m. Weekend service starts at 8 a.m. in New Jersey with the New York return runs extending until 1:10 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
In addition to Port Imperial, NY Waterway also offers ferry service to the 39th Street terminal – and easy access to the Javits Center – from Hoboken 14th Street. The service is offered weekdays only from Edgewater, Paulus Hook, Newport, Lincoln Harbor, and Belford.
Parking is available at the Belford and Port Imperial ferry terminals, and NJ Transit rail and bus connections are available at Port Imperial and Paulus Hook.
For more information, call (800) 53-FERRY or click on www.nywaterway.com.