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Christie cuts state budget
Vetoes will take away funds for cities, low-income programs

Local Democratic legislators were stunned last week by more than $1.3 billion in cuts that Republican Gov. Christopher Christie made to the $30.6 billion state budget through his use of line item vetoes. In making vetoes that the Democrats will not be able to override, Christie claimed the budget passed by the Democrats in late …

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BRIEFS

Former Secaucus Mayor Elwell found guilty in FBI sting After a day of deliberations, a federal jury reached a decision Wednesday afternoon in the bribery and extortion trial of former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell. The jury found Elwell guilty of the third charge – acceptance of a corrupt payment – and not guilty of the …

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Keeping Bergenline and Tonnelle pumping
Shopkeepers look at future of urban business program

The state’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) program attracts shoppers to specially designated urban business districts by allowing stores to charge only 3.5 percent state sales tax instead of 7 percent. In addition, the sales tax goes back from the state to the towns’ UEZ agencies to make improvements and pay for police officers. But after …

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Local homeless get a second chance
Union City PERC shelter opens new permanent apartments

The Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC) emergency shelter and community center opened eight studio apartments on Wednesday and celebrated the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The studios, at 108 36th St. in Union City, will become homes for people unable to rent housing because they have medical issues and are unable to live alone._____________ …

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Where to see Fourth of July fireworks
Certain streets will be closed near waterfront

One of these years, Hudson County’s Fourth of July waterfront secret is going to get out, and we’ll be elbowing crowds from Staten Island and Bergen County for views of the annual Macy’s fireworks display on our home turf. Hopefully, 2011 isn’t that year. For the third year in a row the Macy’s Fourth of …

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Union City police kill pit bull that apparently killed poodle Union City Police responding to a gas leak at a building on June 28 at 39th Street and Kennedy Boulevard shot and killed a pit bull dog that apparently had mauled and killed a poodle. According to media sources, a lady exiting the building due …

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Mounted in New Jersey
Lifelong UC resident is famous taxidermist

Lifelong Union City resident John Janelli has been preserving and mounting animals since his middle school and Emerson High School years. He currently works in his home shop in Union City on Central Avenue. Janelli is renowned throughout the world as a knowledgeable practitioner, and is the National Taxidermist Association’s conservation committee chairman. _____________ ‘Taxidermy …

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Eat up, kids!
Schools’ food service director gets regional award

Perhaps school cafeteria food has improved a lot since the days when students would squirm about “mystery meat.” After years of working in the West New York school district, Sal Valenza was recently named the regional Outstanding Director of The Year by the national, non-profit School Nutrition Association. Valenza oversees food service for the middle …

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