Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Holiday Hudson Reporter advertising, editorial deadlines Because of the holidays over the next two weeks, the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising and editorial deadlines. In addition, the office will be closed on three days for holidays. The office will close Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26. It will reopen Tuesday, Dec. 27. …
In 1984, Father Gus Vinajeras held his 37-year-old brother’s hand as he was dying from AIDS. His brother pleaded, “Don’t let the sun go down on me.” Vinajeras has made it his mission to honor his brother’s wish. He founded the HIV Ministry in 2006 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church in Union City in order …
Continue reading “Union City has fifth highest Latino AIDS rate
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Gov. Christopher Christie made a surprise visit to West New York on Tuesday morning to appeal to residents to push for sick pay and civil service reform. With West New York Mayor Felix Roque, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, and Union City Mayor Brian Stack in attendance, Christie informed an audience of around 200 that the …
Continue reading “Sick days are for the sick
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In the expanding world of arts in Hudson County, a new organization started by a group of local residents is ready to make a splash. Hudson Theatre Works, based in Union City, is under the artistic direction of Weehawken resident Frank Licato, a former Hoboken resident who has over 30 years experience in the theatre. …
Continue reading “Hudson County’s newest theatre group
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A group of excited (albeit scared) children and adults congregated at Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus on Sunday, Dec. 4, as a roaring, blinking, moving, 14-ft. Tyrannosaurus rex loped out of the brush, led by a ranger to introduce the May 2012 opening of the Meadowlands region’s newest attraction, Field Station: Dinosaurs. Field Station is …
Continue reading “Jurassic Hudson County!
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WNY Chamber offers free photos with Santa The West New York Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring free photos with Santa Claus. The photos will take place from noon to 5 p.m. on three separate days at various locations. They are: Saturday, Dec. 10 – Friedman Furniture, 6307 Bergenline Ave. Sunday, Dec. 11 – Roberts, 5901 …
Union City was identified as the most densely-populated city in New Jersey in 2010, with 66,455 residents living in an area of only 1.27 square miles, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Union City High School houses over 2,000 students, and that doesn’t include freshmen. Things have improved since two high schools, Union Hill and …
Continue reading “Lost in the crowd
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Eighty-six members of the Brazilian Youth Orchestra quietly filed onto the stage of Union City High School’s auditorium on Nov. 22. Suddenly the 11- to 18-year-olds burst into an energetic rendition of the overture to “West Side Story,” at one point leaping into the audience as they played. The public performance was hosted by the …
Continue reading “Tommy, tune up!
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Nearly every retailer from Macy’s to JC Penney has already hung the plastic wreaths and reindeer in preparation for the Christmas buying season. And several retailers have also revived an old program to attract customers: layaway. If you were alive for the “Me” Decade and Ronald Reagan’s presidency, then you probably remember this ghost of …
Continue reading “‘Layaway’ makes a comeback
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Four-alarm fire leaves WNY home gutted; residents seeking housing A four-alarm early morning fire on Monday left a two-story home at 5012 Hudson Ave. in West New York destroyed, and a neighboring residence with water damage. Police Chief Michael Indri said that because of the Fire Department’s immediate notification and quick response, the four evacuated …