Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Navy ship to be named at Liberty State Park Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will announce the name of the next Virginia-class attack submarine, SSN-796, at a ship-naming ceremony scheduled for Sunday, May 24 at 10 a.m., at Liberty State Park. The ceremony, open to the public, will be conducted at the park’s North …
Although they don’t wear eye patches or scowl, the “storage pirates” of Hudson County are certainly characters in their own right, and are part of an emerging internet TV program shot in Jersey City, Union City, and Newark. They come from every walk of life. Some have been involved with storage unit sales for decades …
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Oksana Sokolovsky hadn’t intended to smash the glass ceiling for women when she partnered to create a tech startup company in Jersey City. But she’s happy that more than half of the employees of her new firm are women. Traditionally, tech start-ups generally employ less than 35 percent women. More importantly, less women make up …
Continue reading “It’s a woman’s world, too
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If you own or operate an urban hospital, you aren’t likely to survive long under the system of insurance reimbursement that currently exists. This is one of the main reasons that hospitals, particularly urban hospitals, are struggling financially. Even as hospitals create networks and add services to try to overcome the cash shortfalls the current …
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Writers and graphic artists for The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won a total of 17 awards in the competitive statewide annual Memorial Journalism Contest run by the Garden State Journalists Association. The company, with offices in Hoboken and Bayonne, publishes eight weekly newspapers: The Hoboken Reporter, Bayonne Community News, Weehawken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, Secaucus …
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The City Council on May 13 decided to allow the construction of a residential high rise at the intersection of Marion and Grove streets despite a philosophical dispute with the Planning Board over the use of eminent domain. The vote would enable the first major high rise in the Power House Arts district by a …
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Local officials and unions oppose NJ Transit fair hike and service cuts Mayor Steven M. Fulop joined the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) on May 14 in their fight against NJ Transit’s proposed 9 percent fare increase and service cuts and in support of New Jersey working families at a press conference at the Exchange Place …
A lawsuit filed by former Police Chief Robert Cowan claims that Mayor Steven Fulop, Public Safety Director James Shea, and other unnamed defendants interfered with the Police Department for political reasons and even gave orders to create traffic tie-ups at two Port Authority facilities located in Jersey City. Cowan, who was removed as police chief …
Continue reading “Former top cop sticks it to Fulop, Shea
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With bright sunlight and reasonably cool weather, runners from across the nation helped kick off the 12th annual Newport 10K race on May 2. The event broke new records for the number of runners who took part and drew thousands of spectators to view the runners that circled Newport and parts of downtown Jersey City. …
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The six-man crew of the sailing vessel Race for Water Odyssey moored in Liberty State Park in early April and scrambled for two weeks to get ready to leave for the next leg of their trip around the world. While some people claim to be on a mission to save the planet, this crew was …
Continue reading “Around the world in 300 days
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