A day to celebrate
Dominican American Parade was full of sound and color

Bright sunlight and huge crowds greeted hundreds who turned out on Sept. 25 for the annual Dominican-American Parade down Bergenline Avenue through North Bergen, West New York, and Union City. Starting at 80th Street, the parade was led by Union City Mayor Brian Stack and Rep. Albio Sires (former mayor of West New York) and …

Dominican American Parade was full of sound and color

You can get there from here
Local planner offers alternative route to connect NYC subway with Secaucus

Port Authority officials and other officials speaking about a three-year-old New York and New Jersey commuter capacity study suggested in late September that a previously shelved plan to extend the No. 7 subway line from New York to New Jersey may be revived in an effort to reduce bus traffic flow into the Port Authority …

Local planner offers alternative route to connect NYC subway with Secaucus

Face of the parade
Singer and model is a regular feature in Hudson County

Many people who routinely watch the New Jersey Cuban Parade when it makes its way through Hudson County each June know Nicole Falconโ€˜s face. She is the pretty woman who waves from the top of one of the floats. Falcon likes to think she has performing in her blood. Her father Esteban Falcon was a …

Singer and model is a regular feature in Hudson County

Alzheimerโ€™s help for families and caretakers
North Bergen to host seminar on memory loss, aging

The non-profit organization Alzheimerโ€™s New Jersey provides community based care for those with Alzheimerโ€™s and support for their families, and also works with hospitals to run seminars in local communities. On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the organization will team up with medical professionals from HackensackUMC Palisades for a free seminar at the North Bergen Public Library. …

North Bergen to host seminar on memory loss, aging

A day to celebrate
Dominican American Parade was full of sound and color

Bright sunlight and huge crowds greeted hundreds who turned out on Sept. 25 for the annual Dominican-American Parade down Bergenline Avenue through North Bergen, West New York, and Union City. Starting at 80th Street, the parade was led by Union City Mayor Brian Stack and Rep. Albio Sires (former mayor of West New York) and …

Dominican American Parade was full of sound and color

Feds probing deadly train crash
Accident took life of local mom, injured 108

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday that it has started an investigation into the bizarre train crash in the Hoboken train terminal on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 29 that took the life of young Hoboken mother Fabiola Bittar de Kroon, 34. In the 8:45 a.m. accident, a commuter train coming from suburban …

Accident took life of local mom, injured 108

The stars were out
Golden Door Festival drew quality films and filmmakers

In their introductory album as a new band in the early 1970s, The Jefferson Starship sang a song asking โ€œAre the stars out tonight?โ€ That song could have been the theme of the 2016 edition of The Golden Door International Film Festival held from Sept. 22 to 25 in venues throughout Jersey City. Filmmakers from …

Golden Door Festival drew quality films and filmmakers

A day to celebrate
Dominican American Parade was full of sound and color

Bright sunlight and huge crowds greeted hundreds who turned out on Sept. 25 for the annual Dominican-American Parade down Bergenline Avenue through North Bergen, West New York, and Union City. Starting at 80th Street, the parade was led by Union City Mayor Brian Stack and Rep. Albio Sires (former mayor of West New York) and …

Dominican American Parade was full of sound and color

Reporter on Vacation
Take a photo with your newspaper and send it in!

If youโ€™re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News, and send it to us! Weโ€™d love to print it and show your neighbors where you went. Visiting relatives in the next town? Hanging out down the Shore? Riding a camel in the …

Take a photo with your newspaper and send it in!

BRIEFS

One killed, over 100 injured as train crashes into Hoboken train station Three people were killed and over 100 injured on Thursday when a NJ Transit train running on the Pascack Valley line slammed into the terminus of its Hoboken train station track during the Thursday morning commute and ripped through the platform, causing serious …