Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Breast Cancer lecture at the library on Oct. 8 The North Bergen Public Library will host a lecture on the topic of breast cancer on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. The lecture will be presented by Yadyra Rivera, M.D., Holy Name oncologist. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, with …
The carnival came to town on Saturday, Sept. 20. Brightly colored rides, food stands, information booths, and a music stage filled Boulevard East from 68th Street to 71st Street on a gorgeous day in late summer. The occasion was Safe Kids Day, an annual event in Guttenberg. “We do it every year,” said Mia Agurto, …
Continue reading “Giant soldiers and canine therapy
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The Mill Creek Marsh nature trail in Secaucus lifts a visitor up, over the swampland, affording a view of egrets, Atlantic White cedars, the Manhattan skyline, and also, a parking lot. The 209-acre Meadowlands region, which includes Secaucus and surrounding towns, is famous as a flyway for Eastern birds and a locale for swamps and …
Continue reading “The trail behind the stores
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“We’re not confirming the name of the juvenile that was arrested because there are confidentiality issues due to his age,” said Gene Rubino, spokesperson for the Hudson County prosecutor’s office. “We can confirm that a 16 year-old was arrested by the Weehawken Police Department for entering the water tower structure.” The incident occurred between 7:30 …
Continue reading “Dangerous stunt
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If you’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! We’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 …
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When restauranteur Joyce Flinn decided to host a dinner at Schnackenberg’s Luncheonette for the upcoming fifth addition of the Hoboken Public Library’s Novel Night, she wanted to pick a 1930s-era novel in honor of the restaurant, which first opened in 1931. She went with “Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie, and says the …
Continue reading “Novel Night returns for fifth volume
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Family Health Fair Set for Oct. 4 at St. Joseph of the Palisades Church Palisades Medical Center and St. Joseph of the Palisades Church are teaming up to sponsor a Family Health Fair on Saturday, Oct. 4, at St. Joseph of the Palisades Church in West New York from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The …
“We’re going to become part of the premiere health care system in the state of New Jersey and one of the finest and most recognized in the country,” said Bruce J. Markowitz, president and CEO of Palisades Medical Center. “We are going to gain access to specialty and subspecialty services that we would not otherwise …
Continue reading “Partners in health
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“I just felt we needed to bring this place alive a little bit,” said Donna Grzybowski, educational leader at the Anna L. Klein School in Guttenberg. “I thought this would be a good way to start, to get the kids involved and also to help them develop some respect for the property.” She was talking …
Continue reading “School of art
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If you are descended from one of the millions of immigrants who gained entry to the United States through Ellis Island, you can conclude at least one fact about your pond-jumping ancestors – they probably didn’t own much more than the things they could fit in a trunk. Around the turn of the century, foreigners …
Continue reading “Coming to America
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