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.
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 be able to fight the order, his lawyer said.
Hospitals to share electronic medical records via new system
On Tuesday, health leaders unveiled a new high-tech system that will allow New Jersey hospitals to share electronic medical records for the first time. All hospitals are required to participate in the new system by 2014 under federal health care reform.
The system goes live in several weeks. The hospitals include Jersey City Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City; and Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus.
The Health-e-cITi-NJ system allows doctors at one hospital to swiftly view patient test results, immunization records, medications and other vital health information even if that information was collected from another hospital in the exchange. The information will be available to private physicians for follow-up visits.
Electronic medical record sharing will protect patient privacy, reduce waste and costs associated with faxing and mailing patient records, and give doctors the most accurate and up-to-date information to give patients the best treatment.
Judge orders H&H Bagels owner and others to pay $1.4M
A Jersey City judge ordered H&H Bagels, its owner, and other companies connected to the company, which had operations in Secaucus until recently; to pay $1.4 million owed for equipment lease payments to Florida businessman Robert Benjamin and his company, DLC services, according to The Record.
Last month a New York bankruptcy judge approved the sale of the Secaucus warehouse of the once famous H&H Bagels. The struggling company vacated the Secaucus premises in May and shut down its operations in New York in June.
Helmer Toro and his former brother-in-law Hector Hernandez first opened H&H Bagel in 1972 in the Upper West Side and expanded operations to Secaucus in 2006. The company employed 75 people in Secaucus. The company has experienced financial trouble in recent years and has been involved in bankruptcy and legal proceedings.
Four hearings to be held on extending Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Englewood or Tenafly
The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train currently runs from Bayonne through Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, and Union City, and into North Bergen. But it doesn’t continue to Bergen County like it was expected to. Yet, plans are about to move forward. The federal government has finally released an environmental impact statement about extending the route from 85th Street in North Bergen for eight miles to Englewood or Tenafly. The route would travel through Fairview, Ridgefield, Palisades Park, and Leonia, over old CSX tracks. NJ Transit has scheduled four public hearings on the environmental statement, which will be presented formally at each of the hearings. The hearings will be held Jan. 24 and Jan. 26, and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on both days. They will be held in Tenafly on Jan. 24 and Englewood on Jan. 26. The statement and information is available at http://northernbranchcorridor.com/docs.html.