Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Palisades Medical Center to hold health screenings Palisades Medical Center’s staff has partnered with North Hudson Community Action Corporation, Christ Hospital School of Nursing, and Hudson Perinatal Consortium to provide free health screenings and education programs. The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) recognized Palisades Medical Center’s Community Outreach Program with its 2011 Community Outreach Award …
North Bergen and Guttenberg are gearing up for summer festivities. Residents can look forward to free events that will be provided, parades, festivals, children’s summer camp and lounging by the pool. These two towns have much in store for their residents. Parades, festivals and community events A Cuban Parade Festival will take place on June …
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Despite a lack of adequate funding, North Bergen and Guttenberg school districts have attempted to comply with state mandates regarding the issues of harassment, intimidation and bullying in their schools. Policies have been initiated or updated, specialists are in place to handle complaints, and specific projects have been launched to educate students and help create …
Continue reading “Fixing the cruelty of children
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The Guttenberg Town Council adopted its $17.2 million 2012 municipal budget at its regular meeting this past Tuesday. The budget is up $709,793 over last year. The tax levy, to be raised from local taxation, has been raised nearly two percent over last year’s levy to $12,440,535. “A less than two percent increase in the …
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Albio Sires, the incumbent congressman and former mayor of West New York, will face off against independent Democrat Michael J. Shurin in the June 5 Democratic primary. The 8th District was formerly the 13th district until boundary lines were changed this year, cutting off most of its most southern geographic territory in Union County and …
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For the second straight year, the city will play host to an event designed to encourage shopping at local businesses throughout the area. Mayor Dawn Zimmer and other local business owners held a press conference on Thursday at Anastasia’s Accessories at 88 Garden St. to announce and discuss details of the event. The city has …
Continue reading “‘Shop Hoboken’ to return in full force
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Dare Day was in full effect The township held its annual Dare Day celebration on Wednesday, May 30. The event began at 9:30 a.m. and went on until 2 p.m. Over 700 fifth grade students graduated from the anti-drug program. The graduated students spent the day at the North Bergen Recreation Center at 6300 Meadowview …
Tyler Griffin, the local rapper who helped Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s reelection campaign by performing a rap vocal titled “I Be From North Bergen, Son,” says because he was barred by North Bergen High School officials from performing rap at the school’s vocal showcase in early May he withdrew from the show entirely and attended merely …
Continue reading “Fight for the right to rap
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In this “ruff” economy, spending money on pets hasn’t diminished, particularly in Hudson County. The additional expense of canine and feline family members, resulting in a $53 billion dollar business for their owners, doesn’t seem to faze the human parents. The pet market is continuously growing, including lines of new products, food, and supplies that …
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The Park Players, a Hudson and Bergen County theater group, and John Fiorenza Conklin, director of “Two By Two,” invite you to “come and see a show as close to perfection without paying the high price.” The troupe, which stages several productions a year in the area, will debut the show at the Church of …
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