Category: Secaucus News

Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a motor neuron disease and the number one genetic cause of death for infants under 2. Currently, there’s no cure or treatment for it. Secaucus resident Paulina Recalde lost her son Daniel Cevallos at 7 months and 16 days old to SMA. Recalde and her other son, Leonardo Rubio, who is …

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Huber Street second grade students sang Arbor Day songs with lyrics, “We are all made of stars, we’re all made of trees,” after the Clarendon School band greeted visitors and parents with the Star Spangled Banner. Singers and listeners of all ages danced along. Students at the two schools, along with Clarendon Middle School, sang …

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Ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the county by The Hudson Reporter over the last few years, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto of Secaucus has become the most visible opponent to Gov. Christopher Christie in regards to Atlantic City rescue efforts. Prieto said last week that this is not the first time that …

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International, regional, and local artists will show off their works in “Art and Soul; Women In the Arts,” a show at Mana Contemporary gallery’s first annual fundraiser and cocktail reception on May 19. Organizers of the event last week announced the lineup of artists that will be featured in the show. The proceeds from the …

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Hudson Reporter moving offices The Hudson Reporter, which includes the North Bergen, Secaucus, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, West New York, and Secaucus Reporter newspapers, as well as Bayonne Community News and lifestyle magazines in Bayonne, Hoboken, and Jersey City, will be moving offices from Hoboken to 447 Broadway in Bayonne effective Tuesday, May 10. The …

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Second grade classes in Clarendon School in Secaucus staged a “Living Wax Museum” on April 13 in their gymnasium. Each student dressed up as a historically significant person and stood like a statue. Parents and guests had to step on a circular paper disk on the ground to “power on” the students. When they did …

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Two massive brush fires started in the Meadowlands in Secaucus and Kearny on Tuesday, April 19 around 12:30 p.m. and burned for more than three hours. One fire started in Kearny and eventually became linked with a brush fire that started in a marsh area near Secaucus Road and Penhorn Avenue started in Secaucus. Firefighters …

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A new county budget introduced on April 12 will probably increase the county tax portion of the property taxes paid by residents in Union City, Weehawken, Jersey City, and Hoboken. Explaining that cuts in aid and salary increases are to blame, County Executive Tom DeGise said last week that the $529 million county budget introduced …

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Clara went back to her workplace this week for the first time – as a woman. For the 31-year-old, having lived her whole life as a man, this was a transformative moment. Because when she handles sales and other tasks, she deals with a variety of people every day. She did not know what to …

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The gentleman was a well-dressed businessman, wearing a suit and tie. He even carried a briefcase. So what was he doing at the food pantry, which provides food for the needy? The staff could not figure it out. So they asked him. “I lost my job,” he told them. “I have kids. I don’t dare …

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