Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: Here it is, my new wish list, for the United States Congress and the Senate. Place term limits on all members of Congress and the Senate. Secure all our borders. Stop allowing our pension system, public and private to be compromised. Stop blaming others; be responsible for your own actions. Allow everyone the …
Public meeting on JC-to-Bayonne bus service On Tuesday, March 12, at 6 p.m. there will be a public meeting for mass transit commuters who travel between Bayonne and Journal Square at the Bethune Life Center, at 140 Martin Luther King Drive. The cities of Bayonne and Jersey City have teamed up with Hudson County and …
Dear Editor: If Medicaid isn’t expanded to cover the over 300,000 uninsured New Jerseyans who qualify, hospitals will continue to get stuck with the bill. The State reimburses hospitals for these charity care costs but not 100 percent. Not even close. And without the expansion of Medicaid coverage in NJ, which AARP supports, these unpaid …
Continue reading “No one likes to wait in line – especially in an emergency.”
Dear Editor: Jersey City Medical Center Emergency Medical Services would like to publicly thank the following agencies for their support and assistance while we recently mourned the loss of one of our members – Tour Chief Richard Lopez. These organizations and agencies sent ambulance and or paramedic crews to cover our service area so JCMC …
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HOBOKEN — While Hoboken’s always been a family town, it’s quite a draw for young people too – and considering the dozens of bars and restaurants and the easy commute to New York, it’s no wonder so many people under 30 rent apartments here. And once a year, on the first Saturday in March, their …
Continue reading “Thousands come to Hoboken to party before St. Patrick’s Day”
HOBOKEN – Last year, the independent committee running the annual Hoboken St. Patrick’s Parade canceled it because they didn’t want to move it from Saturday to Wednesday night, as Mayor Dawn Zimmer requested. Zimmer wanted it moved because of the thousands of young people who were coming to Hoboken each year to drink and party …
HUDSON COUNTY – Call it the replacement of the missing link, if you will. This weekend PATH trains will resume its normal, pre-Sandy weekend schedule between Newark and the World Trade Center (WTC) stop in New York. This line, which makes stops at Journal Square, Grove Street, Newport, and Exchange Place – all in Jersey …
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HUDSON COUNTY — What’s in the Reporter newspapers this weekend? News and features you won’t read anywhere else. Including: -Why were Hoboken public school students recently threatened with egg salad sandwiches? -What does the new Jersey City budget mean for taxpayers? -What happened at Thursday’s public hearing on the temporary closure of the Pulaski Skyway? …
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WEST NEW YORK – West New York Zoning Board chairman Kenneth Blane halted a vote to memorialize a resolution that approved a 13-story high rise at the corner of Boulevard East and 67th Street on Thursday, citing the possibility of litigation disputing the validity of the board’s ruling. The high rise, called the Meridia Le …
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HUDSON COUNTY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in the process of revising flood maps and construction recommendations for the Jersey City-Hoboken region. Some city planners are concerned. The maps and guidelines have yet to be finalized and adopted by the agency, but if they are approved in their current draft, city planners …
Continue reading “BREAKING: New developments in Hoboken/Jersey City region may have to be elevated”