Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
HUDSON COUNTY — Project Linus is a volunteer organization which makes blankets for children who are ill or in distress. The Hudson/Bergen NJ Chapter of Project Linus is looking for volunteers to help at the annual Make a Blanket Days. As was done last year, it will be held for two days. The general Make …
NORTH BERGEN — The High Tech High School Drama Department presents its version this week of the small-town play “Our Town” on March 7 at 7 p.m. and March 8 at 3 and 7 p.m at the Black Box Theatre at High Tech High School (HTHS). Our Town was first performed at the McCarter theater …
HOBOKEN — Oh no he didn’t. 1990s rapper Vanilla Ice, whose rise and fall in the entertainment industry made him the butt of jokes, has recently taken a little shot at a town that has also been the butt of jokes from time to time. Ice had a hit in 1990 with the rap song …
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HUDSON COUNTY — Accuweather is predicting a winter storm with mixed snow and rain for Wednesday and Thursday, and some news outlets said it could be a nor’easter. However, forecasters said Sunday evening that the storm may only have a light impact on the Northeast. You can track the forecast for those days on Hudson …
HOBOKEN — The mystery is solved. Last month, kids in the Hoboken public school district took home notices saying that if their parents didn’t start paying their lunch tab, they’d get only egg sandwiches for lunch. What was going on, and why egg sandwiches and not, say, tuna? Apparently, the district amassed nearly a million …
A funeral mass was offered Feb. 27 at Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church, Hoboken, for Joan E. Brennan, 81, of Lavallette, formerly of Hoboken. She passed away Feb. 19 at the Community Hospital in Toms River. Born in Jersey City, Joan lived most of her life in Hoboken and Secaucus, before moving to Lavallette …
A funeral service was offered Feb. 21 for Henry J. Cole, 84, of North Bergen. He passed away Feb. 18. He was a retired truck driver for Metropolitan Trucking Co. in North Bergen He was the husband of the late Sophie C. Cole; father of Marie Munoz, Karen Duane, Sophie Cole Colon, Cathy Cole, Donna …
A funeral mass was offered Feb. 25 at St. Ann’s R.C. Church, Hoboken, for Isabel K. De Angelis, 83, of Hoboken. She passed away Feb. 21 at Castle Hill Health Care Center, Union City. She was the wife of the late Adam De Angelis, Sr. and the mother of Anthony and his wife Jill, Adam …
Funeral mass was offered Feb. 1 at Our Lady of Grace Church, Hoboken, for Beatrice A. Pereira of Hoboken and Wayne. She passed away Jan. 25. She was the most gracious, unselfish, soft spoken woman who has been a blessing to so many people she encountered in life. She was the matriarch of her family …
A funeral mass was held for Feb. 27 at St. Lawrence R.C. Church, Weehawken, for James W. Donovan, 91, of Union City. He passed away Feb. 23. James was born in Jersey City. He was a Supervisor for Amtrak (Transportation) N.Y. for many years before retiring. He was member of the VFW. James was the …