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Healthy competition
Local hospitals, facilities took leaps during first year of Obamacare

The start of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “ObamaCare” early in 2014 changed the medical landscape throughout the nation. But in Hudson County, where for-profit hospitals compete directly with more traditional non-profit hospitals, 2014 going into 2015 has been a boon for residents in need of medical services. The three main medical care …

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Businesses, offices, and hotels growing
Commercial development continues to rise in Hudson

Residential buildings aren’t the only types of developments sprouting around Hudson County. A fair number of office buildings, businesses, and stores are rising to service and employ the new residents. In the near future, at least three hotels are expected in three different towns, with more on the way. Here is a roundup of commercial …

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Commercial development continues to rise in Hudson

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How are the schools?
New technology, programs, buildings add to local choices

If you were to describe the year in education in Hudson County, the best word to use would be “new.” New methods of teaching, new technologies, new facilities, new grade levels for charter schools – and new state testing. In Weehawken, as is true of so many other districts, it was all about preparing for …

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JERSEY CITY BRIEFS

Dr. Epps, former schools superintendent, passes away Funeral arrangements for Charles T. Epps Jr., 70, were undetermined at press time on Friday. The former longtime Jersey City schools superintendent and former state assemblyman was found dead in his Society Hill home on Friday morning Epps spent nearly 50 years as an educator and school administrator, …

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Rising to the top
Promotions for first Muslim police superior, only African-American lieutenant

As testimony to Jersey City’s growing diversity, the March 9 police promotional ceremonies included the first African-American lieutenant in more than a decade – the highest-ranking African American in the department – as well as the department’s first Pakistani Muslim sergeant. Benjamin Dailey, a police officer since 2005, is the new lieutenant. Mohammad Riaz, who …

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Council approves lease/purchase deal for City Hall annex
Critics cite lack of plans, cost estimates for completion, and freedom from pay to play

Setting the stage for what city officials hope will be the beginning of a revitalization of the Bergen-Lafayette area of the city, a divided City Council voted on Wednesday to approve a lease-purchase agreement with Brandywine Jersey City LLC to build a new City Hall Annex on Martin Luther King Drive. The council approved the …

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Charges pending?
Sen. Menendez says he’s done nothing wrong

“Let me be very clear: I have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law,” said U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) last week after CNN reported in early March that the U.S. Justice Department will likely file charges against him for corruption. “Every action I and my office have taken for the 23 …

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Monarch in the Meadowlands passes 50 percent occupancy
Luxury community attracts steady stream of upscale tenants

The Monarch, the luxury rental community located directly across from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, has leased more than 50 percent of its new construction residences since grand opening last fall, developer BNE Real Estate Group announced this week. The 316-apartment community offers a combination of convenience and luxury, enhanced by a value proposition that …

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