Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
If the name Astaire doesn’t mean anything to you, then skip this story. My inspiration for writing about Fred Astaire came as a result of a new book about the wonderful dancer-singer and his sister Adele. Kathleen Riley’s “The Astaires” was very revealing to me. I learned that stage partners Adele and Fred enjoyed a …
Why would anyone have a fight over who gets seated on a housing authority, anyway? This might be said of Hoboken, where opponents of Mayor Dawn Zimmer clashed with pro-Zimmer people over an appointment to the board. The board is made up of seven volunteer members as well as a paid staff and oversees 21 …
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West New York Mayor Felix Roque gave new meaning to the old Woody Allen movie by taking back a loan that he had given the Democratic Committee of West New York after the committee was taken over by his political enemies. Rather than have his own money used against him now that those loyal to …
“Hudson County will lead the way in reelecting President Obama, Senator Bob Menendez, reelecting Congress Albio Sires and Bill Pascrell, and electing Donald Payne Jr.,” said Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith after being reelected as chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization (the longstanding Democratic group in Hudson County) on June 12. “Our candidates will be …
Hoboken Democratic Chairman Jamie Cryan stepped out of his front door on Tuesday to go vote in the election primaries. A resident of the politically heated 4th Ward, Cryan only had to walk across the street to vote in the past. Not so since the ward was redistricted. Instead, he had to walk four blocks …
She was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in 1955. So how did she become Whoopi Goldberg? I was wondering where that unusual name came from. I got the answer from my astute companion, who is a better Googler than I am. Goldberg changed her name when she decided that her given name was too boring. She …
West New York was like a cyberspace scene from a William Gibson novel on May 24, as federal authorities swooped down on Mayor Dr. Felix Roque and his son, Joseph, accusing them of allegedly hacking a website to gain information about political opponents. Gibson, most famous for his short stories and novels about the revolutionary …
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Not everybody who failed to show up for the kickoff to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s reelection campaign meant to miss it. Some people, such as some of the Hudson County freeholders, never got the invitation, adding to already mounting tensions among Democrats in Hudson County and the ill feelings generated over normally petty feuds. Some …
The big political news last week was that the Hudson County Democratic Organization is broke and deep in debt. This was the result of several factors, most of which aren’t contemporary. Part of the reason the HCDO is so behind on payments has to do with the political civil war waged in 2008 against it …
The exit of Corporation Counsel Mark Tabakin spells one more possible opportunity to expand Republican influence in Hudson County. Who replaces Tabakin will show just how close a relationship Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has forged with Republican Gov. Christopher Christie – who helped bail Hoboken out when Zimmer fast-tracked the sale of Hoboken University Medical …
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