Holiday Hudson Reporter advertising, editorial deadlines
Because of the holidays over the next two weeks, the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising and editorial deadlines. In addition, the office will be closed on three days for holidays.
The office will close Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26. It will reopen Tuesday, Dec. 27. The office closes again on Monday, Jan. 2, and reopens Tuesday, Jan. 3.
For the Wednesday, Dec. 21 edition of the Bayonne Community News and the Thursday, Dec. 22 Midweek Reporter, the editorial deadline is Monday, Dec. 19 at 9 a.m. and the classified and display advertising deadline is 12 noon.
For the Sunday, Dec. 25 editions of the other Reporter newspapers, the editorial deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m. and the display ad and classified deadline is 12 noon.
For the Wednesday, Dec. 28 edition of the Bayonne Community News and the Thursday, Dec. 29 edition of the Midweek Reporter, the editorial deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. The classified and display advertising deadline is 12 noon on Thursday, Dec. 22.
For the Sunday, Jan. 1 editions of the Reporter newspapers, the editorial deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 9 a.m., and the advertising and classified deadline is 12 noon.
For the Wednesday, Jan. 4 edition of the Bayonne Community News and the Thursday, Jan. 5 Midweek Reporter, the editorial deadline is Friday, Dec. 30 at 9 a.m. and the classified and display advertising deadline is 12 noon that day.
If you have questions about these deadlines or any other issue, please call (201) 798-7800. Also check www.hudsonreporter.com regularly for information and for breaking news.
Hudson County bands to rock ‘Live at the Park’
Five of the area’s hottest local youth bands will join forces on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Park Performing Arts Center in Union City to raise money to support the Center’s community art classes for children.
The concert called “Live at the Park” will feature five bands from Hudson County high schools.
The featured bands include Silver Plane Crucifix with Tim Erbach, Johnny Bauers and Rory Bauers; Monster Sludge with Evan Dibbs, Mike Prussack, Louis Garrido, and Nahuel Montilla; The .78 Blanks featuring Conor Brennan; The Cthulu Family Band with Marcel Rudin and Alex Mercuri; and Outtouched with Brandon Gallagher, Konrad Foord, and William Kirchoff.
The Park Performing Arts Center is located at 560 32nd St., Union City, N.J.
“Live at the Park” starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. For tickets visit www.parkpac.org.
Appeals court upholds discrimination suit over fire dept. hirings
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue squad’s hiring policy discriminates against African-Americans, because it only allows residents of local towns to apply, and local towns are predominantly Latino and caucasian.
The ruling was the latest move in a longstanding dispute over whether the regional department — which formed by merging five local towns’ fire departments in 1999 — should allow applicants from outside towns.
According to a story on NJ.com, “Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Newark branch of the NAACP, which brought the initial lawsuit in 2007 on behalf of firefighter candidates Allen Wallace, Lamara Wapples, and Altarik White.”
The NHRFR covers West New York, Union City, Weehawken, North Bergen, and Guttenberg. Those towns were approximately 70 percent Latino and only 3.4 percent African-American, according to the 2000 Census.
The department has 14 days to appeal.
Union City father/Secaucus worker taken from family by immigration three weeks before Christmas
After coming to the United States from El Salvador more than 20 years ago, a 51-year-old Union City resident was taken from the warehouse where he works in Secaucus by immigration officials on Dec. 1 and will soon be deported, according to a story on NJ.com
The man’s wife of 21 years was born in Staten Island, and their three children – 20, 18, and 10 – are United States citizens.
The couple only had one prior run-in with immigration officials before, when the father was detained after he visited his sick mother in El Salvador years ago. His wife took their marriage license to Texas to have him released into her custody.
He is being held at Essex County Jail, and officials have issued a final order of deportation. However, he may fight the order.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement report that 392,862 undocumented immigrants were deported last year.
Union City to hold children’s Christmas show and toy giveaway
On Saturday, Dec. 17, there will be a Christmas show and toy giveaway held at Union City High School’s gymnasium at 2500 Kennedy Blvd. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is open to all grade school children 10 years old and younger. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Free photos with Santa held at Sal’s Pizza in WNY
The West New York Chamber of Commerce will offer children free photos with Santa Claus from noon to 5 p.m. on Sat., Dec. 17 at Sal’s Pizza at Bergenline Avenue. For more information, call (201) 295-5065.
West New York salon to host senior citizens holiday beauty party
In celebration of the holiday season, Robert Fiance Beauty School will host its first annual senior citizens’ holiday party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 5518 Bergenline Ave. in West New York on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Robert Fiance Beauty School wishes to give back to the community’s elders and help make them look and feel great for the holidays. Guests will receive a free shampoo, haircut, blow dry, roller set, and curl with a complimentary manicure. For more information, call (201) 866-4000.
NJ Motion Picture and Television Commission seeks spring intern applications
The Educational Advisory Board of the NJ Motion Picture and Television Commission is offering internships to students currently enrolled in film, television, and communications degree programs in NJ colleges and universities for the spring semester of 2012.
Internships are unpaid and college credits must be arranged with students’ faculty advisors.
During the semester-long internship at the NJMPTC office in Newark, students will participate in the pre-production and production of motion pictures, television programs, and commercials. They will assist in location scouting and research and will visit state show production sets.
Interested students may call the NJMPTC at (973) 638-6279 or visit the website at www.njfilm.org.
Convenience store in Union City burglarized last week
A convenience store at 43rd Street and Park Avenue in Union City was burglarized at around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 6. Dania Firas, who has owned the store for almost a year, said that when she came in to work at around 6:30 a.m. she found the side entrance’s glass door had been smashed open.
Firas called the police and they arrived around 10 minutes later. She, her husband Firas Siddiqui, and their young son waited for them to arrive before she went in.
“I was afraid the robber might still be inside,” she said.
When she and the police entered the business, they found that the cash register and all of the lottery money – around $200 in total – had been taken from the premises.
“Forensic evidence was recovered that may lead us to a possible suspect,” acting Union City Police Chief Brian Barrett said last week.