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Still no news on Guttenberg budgetCouncil approves master plan contract

After announcing two months ago that the Guttenberg Town Council would look for bids for consultants to help create the town’s master plan, Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc. was approved at the Town Council meeting on Dec. 22. A master plan is a long-range description of how the town wants to develop and change its …

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New Reporter website now live! Read up-to-the-minute news, comment on stories, set up your business website, submit announcements

The Hudson Reporter newspaper group launched its new, completely redesigned website Jan. 1! Check it out at www.hudsonreporter.com. The site now brings you up-to-the-minute breaking news, allows local businesses to start their own websites, lets readers post comments, makes it easy to search for classifieds and stories, and invites everyone to submit photos, classifieds, sports …

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2009: A gaze into the year to come in sportsAnother glance into the crystal ball, courtesy of Hagueini

Every year at this time, the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain publishes an edition that asks its writers to take a look into the future and see what might be in store for the coming year. _____________ Hagueini predicts big things for local sports. ________ With that in mind, it’s only natural that the Reporter calls …

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BRIEFS

About this special issue This special “2009 Preview” issue of the Hudson Reporter replaces your regular issues in Hoboken, Jersey City, Guttenberg, North Bergen, Secaucus, Union City, West New York, and Weehawken. Next weekend, we resume regular production with the issue of Sunday, Jan. 11. Have you seen our new, frequently updated website? It’s been …

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It’s coming up! What’ll be big news in your town in 2009

There will be budgets cut, political comings and goings, new developments, and demolitions of old buildings. Here are some of the issues that will be big news in Hudson County’s towns in 2009. GUTTENBERG New park: According to recently-elected Guttenberg Mayor Gerald Drasheff, one of his main priorities is a new waterfront park on River …

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Hot political battles in 2009Mayoral elections in Hoboken, Jersey City, Secaucus, Guttenberg

Like rust, politics never sleeps. So in 2009, expect some significant political clashes – especially in Jersey City, Hoboken, and Secaucus, where mayoral races could alter the local political balance. Guttenberg also will hold a mayoral election in 2009, although most likely, Gerald Drasheff, who was elected in a special election in November, will carry …

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Brick by brick More development coming to Hudson in 2009

The resurrection of Journal Square, the possible rise of an 80-story office tower near the Hoboken train station, two new luxury hotels near the Hudson County waterfront, and the long-awaited opening of the retail and entertainment complex Xanadu in the Meadowlands will be the main topics of development discussion in 2009. The Hudson County waterfront …

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Our slightly cracked predictionsReporter psychics tell you what’ll happen in 2009

Tired of straight news? Well, just for this story, we’re implementing a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and not checking the accuracy of the rumors below. After all, the internet does it as a matter of course; we only do this once a year! This is what we think may happen during the coming year. …

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Hudson County built out
Where will people go when they can’t afford to live here?

Resident Jose Osorio and his wife have lived in their mobile home on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen for the last 12 years, paying about $400 per month to stay in the trailer park. But due to a developer’s intention to buy the land from the owner, Osorio and his 86 neighbors have been told …

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Where will people go when they can’t afford to live here?

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