Category: Secaucus News

One sure sign that summer is winding down is when the dogs take over the Secaucus Swim Club. The town pool closed to humans on Sept. 12, the Saturday after Labor Day. On Sunday, the dogs moved in. Dog Day Afternoon is a fundraising event for the Secaucus Animal Shelter. At $10 a pop, dogs …

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“We’ve gone to the restaurants,” said Secaucus resident Ashwin Patel. “Now they’ve come to us.” He was attending the second annual Veggie Fest, sponsored by the Sadhu Vaswani Center and held on Saturday, Sept. 19 in the Meditation Garden adjacent to the Secaucus Recreation Center. Joining Patel were his sister, mother-in-law, and two kids. “We …

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The week following Labor Day was a particularly busy one in Secaucus, with Restaurant Night, Dog Day Afternoon, the Veggie Fest, the ICC Carnival, Punt Pass & Kick, the 9/11 memorial, and the Out of the Darkness Walk all competing for attention within a four-day span. Not to mention the popular Wine Tasting Night taking …

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Submit your pet’s photograph for the annual shelter calendar The animal shelter is collecting photographs for their third annual pet calendar. Dogs, cats, fish, birds, rabbits, and pets of all kinds will be featured in the 2016 calendar. To submit your photo, visit the town website at secaucusnj.org to fill out the form and attach …

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Just last month Secaucus was ranked the fourth best place to start a business in New Jersey by the number-crunching site NerdWallet, making it the only Hudson County municipality in the top 100. While the site based their ranking on straight statistical data such as income, housing costs, unemployment rate, and the average annual revenue …

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It rained on Sept. 10, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the huge crowd that turned out that night for the fourth annual Secaucus Restaurant Night. Originally held on the street downtown and then moved last year to parking lot on the north end, the event settled this year inside the ice skating rink …

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From the start, the weather was a problem. The Immaculate Conception Church’s annual fundraising feast, scheduled for four days, was abbreviated to three when Thursday, Sept. 10 was rained out. Held in Buchmuller Park, the opening night was supposed to coincide with the town’s annual Restaurant Night (see related story), held inside the ice rink …

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Secaucus tackling prescription drug abuse The Secaucus Coalition for a Healthy and Drug Free Community, a community-based organization focused on teen’s substance abuse prevention efforts, is launching a media campaign in Secaucus to raise awareness about the importance of proper disposal of prescription medicines. Based on a survey conducted by the Hudson County Coalition for …

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“The traditional computer lab model is dead,” said Secaucus Superintendent of Schools Robert Presuto. “You don’t see any new schools now or any renovations with rows and rows of bolted-in computers. That model is gone.” Instead Secaucus is moving toward a BYOD model – “bring your own device” – wherein students will be allowed to …

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As one of the hottest summers on record draws to an end, Secaucus is continuing its campaign announced earlier this summer to prevent people from leaving their pets in hot cars. Last week, officials said they had fined one North Bergen couple $2,500 and forced them to pay $600 in veterinarian bills on July 8 …

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