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For two decades, Alberto Gonzalez Raza, also known around Hudson County as “Kiko el Lechero” (Kiko the Milkman) to his customers, was a prominent local businessman. He owned and operated The Milk Company, with local retail stores “Los Lecheritos,” and a delivery service. But since a 2006 investigation related to an incident involving his son …

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A few weeks after some residents of Bayonne questioned whether the city could handle a gas line explosion similar to one that recently occurred in California, local emergency personnel were put to the test, and the Bayonne Emergency Response Commission and the Local Emergency Planning Committee called for a drill that brought together the fire …

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City council votes down ordinances to stop health benefits for JCIA, MUA board members The City Council at Wednesday’s meeting voted 5-3 against reintroducing ordinances to take away health benefits for people serving on the boards of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority and the Municipal Utilities Authority, both autonomous agencies. The ordinances were crafted by …

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The year was 1988. George H.W. Bush was president, the stock market had just crashed, “Who Killed Roger Rabbit” was a big box office hit, and Kirk Gibson homered on bum legs to become a World Series hero. It was also the year of the last tax revaluation in Jersey City, when fresh appraisals of …

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Ferris High School freshman Sharaya Jeter was having lunch in the school’s library Oct. 19 when she heard “screaming” in the hallway, prompting her to put down her lunch and see what the commotion was all about. According to Jeter, students were fighting in the lobby. In the aftermath of a large food fight in …

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Global Entrepreneurship Week is coming back to Jersey City for another year to acknowledge local enterprise in a tough economy. Over 100 countries will hold more than 40,000 events and bring out 10 million people during the week of November 15-21. And in Jersey City, a host of events will take place featuring a variety …

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Finding a job in tough times is hard enough for the qualified and law-abiding. But for those who carry with them the stigma of a criminal record, even for a minor offense or youthful mistake that trails them like a shadow, the task can be all but impossible. Leonard (he didn’t want his real name …

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