Woman’s Club announces events
The Woman’s Club of Weehawken will be meeting on March 28 at 7:15 p.m. at the Weehawken Nutrition Center at 201 Highwood Ave. All are welcome.
Final plans will be made for the Pub Night Fundraiser, to be held on Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Lawrence Parish Center. Tickets will be available at the meeting.
Also, Weehawken residents are invited to save the date for the second annual Pub Night hosted by the Woman’s Club of Weehawken on April 1.
It will be a fun night of food, drink, and trivia skill testing held at St. Lawrence Parish Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $35 per person includes beer, wine, soda and dinner. All proceeds to benefit charitable causes supported by the Woman’s Club. For information or tickets, please contact eiltur@optonline.net
Kennedy Boulevard named fifth most dangerous road in New Jersey for pedestrians
Hudson County pedestrians, beware. Kennedy Boulevard has been named the county’s most dangerous road for those who travel the road on foot by the non-profit organization Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
The road was found to be so dangerous, in fact, that it has been named one of the five most dangerous in the state, with six pedestrian fatalities between 2007 and 2009, according to a report released last month.
Those fatalities account for a little more than a fifth of the county’s 29 pedestrian deaths in the three-year period.
Kennedy Boulevard runs the length of the county, and alongside four county parks and two universities and high schools in Union City and Bayonne.
The Tri-State Transportation advocates for the reduced use of automobiles in the tri-state area.
CASA seeks volunteers
Are you interested in helping children in the foster care system? If so, Hudson County CASA is currently recruiting volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. CASA works through trained community volunteers to ensure that needed services and assistance are made available to children while helping to move them toward safe and permanent homes.
CASA (court appointed special advocate) and its volunteers speak for children in court, serve as fact finders for the judges, and safeguard the interests of the children while they are in the foster care system.
Information sessions regarding the program and the role of its volunteers will be held on Tuesday, April 5 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 400 of the Hudson County Administration Building at 595 Newark Ave., Jersey City.
Hudson County has nearly 700 children in foster care; most have been removed from their homes for abuse or neglect. For further information, please call (201) 795-9855, e-mail mgarcia@hudsoncountycasa.org, or visit our website at www.hudsoncountycasa.org.