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Joe Leotta, a resident of the Exchange Place area, told member of the City Council on Wednesday that he loves going to the festivals held near where he lives, but said that some restrictions should be put on them. “Downtown is a different place from what it was seven years ago,” he said during the …

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After nearly six years of having to report grim news in his annual State of the County address, County Executive Tom DeGise looked relieved on Feb. 27 when he told the Board of Freeholders things were finally looking up. Unemployment was down, development was on the way up, and prospects for a revival in Hudson …

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A move made in early 2012 to save money on the transport of election machines may have backfired in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and may pose potential problems for other out of county service providers over the next two years once the Pulaski Skyway is closed. At the Feb. 25 caucus, the county freeholders …

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Epps receiving biggest pension Former Jersey City Schools Superintendent Charles Epps is receiving $195,000 annual pension – leading a scores of Hudson County officials who receive more than $100,000 annually – according to a report on New Jersey Watchdog.org, a news website. The retirement funding is 75 percent of the average of a person’s last …

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A divided Jersey City Council voted on Feb. 12 to introduce an ordinance that would abolish the Parking Authority and let the Department of Public Safety absorb its duties. Council members Michael Yun and Richard Boggiano voted against the introduction, saying that they had not been made privy to the information early enough to make …

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Gabby Creery, CEO of Metropolis Coach and a successful graduate of Rising Capital Community Business Academy (CBA), says she is ready to take her business ambitions to the next level thanks to the education she’s received on how to run a business. In reflecting on the graduation ceremony of 104 budding entrepreneurs during a ceremony …

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When Barbara Allen, a 9-1-1 dispatcher at Jersey City Medical Center, picked up the phone on Feb. 18, the woman on the other end said her husband wasn’t breathing. Up on the screen in front of her popped instructions for Allen, a trained Emergency Medical Technician, to give, while nearby another operator altered JCMC alerted …

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Dr. Daniel H. Smith didn’t need to be convinced to come to Hudson County to work in CarePoint’s new program for robotic surgery – he was thrilled to do it. CarePoint Health is the company that runs Christ Hospital, Bayonne Medical Center, and Hoboken University Medical Center. “Even though I’m technically retired, this is something …

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Freeholder Chairman Jose Munoz says his committee seat reassignments last month were designed to put the right freeholders in the right place. “I assigned Freeholder [Bill] O’Dea to the community college because he has been very involved in looking into their activities,” Munoz said. “This is a very tough year and we want people who …

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New Jersey filmmaker Frank Gigante and Enrico Muzzi are teaming up to film “The Other Side,” an independent project produced by Gigante’s company My Way Produzioni. The film examines racial stereotypes and how prejudices are formed, with a focus on the Italian-American culture. “The Other Side” features many New Jersey locations such as Valentino’s on …

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