Mid-summer night art at Hendrickson’s
“A Mid-summer Night’s Art Gallery,” a free, two-day exhibition of diverse media, will be presented at Hendrickson’s Corner, 671 Broadway, the corner of 31st street, 2nd floor, on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12.
Fourteen professional artists from the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area will be showing their work and selling their originals and prints.
Opening night is July 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. Show hours on July 12 are 1 to 4 p.m.
Exhibiting artists are Elom Boman, William Bunn, Kevin Delaney, Lauren Ferguson, KristieAnn Fitzpatrick, Tom Hart, Erin Kachmar, Nick Macchia, Vito Moscato, Patty Mulligan, Ann Tedeschi, Tuan Tran, Jeff Ware, and Billy Zbylut.
This is Hendrickson’s second art show.
Port Authority announces Bridge closures
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced closures of the Bayonne Bridge as part of the “Raise the Roadway” Navigational Clearance Project.
The remaining multi-hour closures for this week are: Thursday, July 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. Friday, July 10; Friday, July 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. until 8 a.m. Sunday, July 12.
Closures are weather dependent.
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Turnpike work to affect traffic
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has announced that work on the 14A toll plaza will affect drivers over the next week.
Construction will continue on the new toll lane and island, so on the toll plaza’s west side, entering 14A, the western most toll lane will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, July 10 to 4 a.m. Monday, July 13. All other lanes will remain open.
Demolition work on the Garfield Avenue and Avenue C bridge structures continue, so on Thursday, July 9, drivers should expect lane closures and traffic holds midday.
The southbound Route 440 jug handle at Pulaski Street will be reduced to a single lane this week to accommodate sewer construction.
Bayonne resident attends youth leadership seminar
Bayonne resident Lauren Kelley was a recent participant at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Seminar held at Monmouth University in West Long Branch.
Kelley is a junior at Saint Dominic Academy in Jersey City.
Inspired by a comment made to him by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, actor Hugh O’Brian started the leadership seminar in 1958. Schweitzer had said, “The most important thing in education is to teach young people to think for themselves.”
The three-day event included activities, workshops, reflective time, group time, a dance, a parents program, and several speakers.
Kelley is the president of Student Ambassadors, vice president of the Dominican Youth in Action Club, and a member of National Honor Society, the LINK Crew, and the French Club. She also plays on the soccer team.
“HOBY has taught me what a real leader is and how to apply the qualities of a leader to better not only myself, but more importantly my community,” Kelley said.
StorageBlue secures $31 million in refinancing
StorageBlue LLC, the New Jersey-based self-storage company, has announced the completion of a $31 million re-financing of a four-building portfolio comprised of locations on the New Jersey Gold Coast.
Due to their close proximity to Manhattan, the properties are among the highest quality self-storage assets in the New York area. This complicated, four-loan transaction was financed by Natixis Real Estate Capitol LLC.
“Natixis made this process as seamless and as easy as possible, as we now have our eye on expansion,” said Alan Mruvka, president, CEO, and co-founder of StorageBlue with his father, Murray Mruvka.
Mruvka is actively working to improve the self-storage process and customer experience with StorageBlue, seeking to expand its portfolio nationwide through the acquisition of existing self-storage buildings and the development of new self-storage facilities. He added features like mobile usability, online payment management, and high-tech security to make StorageBlue stand out from its competitors.
“One of the things we are most proud of at StorageBlue is that we continue to reinvest our capital into improving the physical properties, as well as incorporating technological advances into a typically outdated industry,” Mruvka said. “StorageBlue’s 365-days-a-year access, long service hours, and regular upgrades to facilities are some of the key reasons we have enjoyed so much success at our properties.”
CarePoint Health establishes partnership with laboratory
CarePoint Health, a fully integrated healthcare system that provides patient-focused healthcare to residents of the Hudson County region, and Fresenius North America, through its subsidiary Shiel Medical Laboratory, a reference laboratory offering clinical, pathologic, and molecular testing services to the greater New York/New Jersey area, on June 26 announced a strategic partnership.
Under the arrangement, CarePoint and Shiel will provide outreach laboratory testing services to physicians, nursing homes, and other providers within the CarePoint Health System and beyond.
In partnering with Shiel, CarePoint Health is able to offer enhanced laboratory outpatient services to its network of physician practices, a spokesman said.
“We are excited to enter into this exciting partnership with Shiel Medical Laboratory,” said Dennis Kelly, chief executive officer of CarePoint Health. “Working with an industry leader in diagnostics will allow us to bring results to our patients faster, leading to improved outcomes in treatment.”
In addition to clinical services being offered by Shiel, it will also support the CarePoint Health network with an array of operational support services.