Category: Secaucus News

The state alcohol board has agreed to hear a request by the Feelgood Restaurant and Lounge to overturn a liquor license suspension that was to begin this week. The Secaucus Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board imposed a 16-day suspension on Feelgood following a disciplinary hearing on May 19. The hearing was held after residents who …

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After years of political wrangling, the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station in Secaucus finally has the one feature that prevented it from reaching its potential as a viable transit hub: parking. State officials, including Governor Jon Corzine and U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg – who the station is named after – last Monday inaugurated a …

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When Jenifer May took over as library director at the beginning of this year, she vowed to build upon some of the institution’s traditions and reshape it as a cultural center. Next month residents may see the first stages of this vision come into focus. In July the library will hold its annual Residents’ Art …

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Two recent incidents have reignited the debate around whether Secaucus needs additional ambulance service in town. The national guideline for ambulance response time in an emergency is eight minutes and 59 seconds or less. But a few Secaucus residents have said recently that people have waited far longer for ambulance service in a town that’s …

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After a two-hour disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board voted to suspend the liquor license of the Feelgood Restaurant and Lounge. The establishment’s owner plans to appeal the ruling, but if he fails, the 16-day suspension will begin June 21. Residents have complained about Feelgood, located in the center of town …

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Fame, especially in the cutthroat world of fashion, costs. (Just ask the contestants on “Project Runway”!) And while Secaucus High School isn’t exactly the hallowed halls of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), it is one of the places where designers of tomorrow are starting to pay their dues. “I’ve had several students here …

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Some people believe a lack of financial savvy on the part of home buyers is at the root of the foreclosure crisis that’s plaguing communities from New Jersey to California. Maybe that’s an overstatement, but it’s likely true that a better understanding of money, banking, and the credit system could have prevented some of the …

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