Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Union City pushes landlords to enhance living conditions of local tenants Landlords of Union City multifamily structures of five or more units must report a vacant apartment to the Rent Leveling Board Office should the vacancy continue for 90 days, according to an ordinance passed by City of Union City Jan. 4. First-time violators will …
On Christmas morning, 20 residents of a Palisade Avenue boarding house managed to escape with their lives and little else as a fire tore through their building in Union City. Then, three days later, driven by heavy winds in the aftermath of the snowstorm, another fire ripped through two buildings on Park Avenue, displacing 25 …
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West New York Commissioner Gerald Lange came under fire last week for allegedly leaving the scene of a collision at Park Avenue and 56th Street in West New York to go to the bathroom after he hit a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer. Police issued Lange a summons for leaving the scene of …
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Just before Christmas, the animal activist group FAUN staged a demonstration outside of Marzigliano’s Live Poultry Market at 5233 Bergenline Ave. in West New York, complete with a large video screen showing the reality of slaughterhouses and live poultry markets. They also set up a table with pamphlets on meatless alternatives. The demonstration was no …
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday to be celebrated in UC Mayor Brian P. Stack and the Board of Commissioners invite the public to a ceremony observing the life and work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., to be held on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 at noon in the Municipal Court, City Hall, 3715 Palisade Ave., …
Hudson County is colorful – the people, the politics, the places. And they’re constantly changing. As we document the twists and turns of Hudson County life throughout the year, we also strive to relate the history of the subjects, so that people new to the area can learn about their origins and have the tools …
Despite a slow economy, Hudson County towns saw a number of new businesses and even new shopping areas in 2010, from a mall in Bayonne to major chain stores in North Bergen. Restaurants, companies and supermarkets dotted the landscape. The Hudson County Economic Development Corporation’s 2010 Demographic Profile projects that from 2004 to 2014, the …
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About this special ‘Year in Review’ issue This special “Year in Review” issue of the Hudson Reporter newspaper replaces your regular weekly editions in Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, Secaucus, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, and Guttenberg for Sunday, Dec. 26. Next week, we will publish a special “Year in Pictures” edition for Jan. …
E. Assata WrightReporter staff writer Hudson County was a focal point for many of the state’s biggest stories this year. Even though our Year in Review issue contains rundowns of politics, development, business, and sports, there were several big events that fell into other categories as well. Here are, in no particular order, 10 big …
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If anyone deserves to be named political man of the year for Hudson County, it must be Republican Gov. Christopher Christie. His changes on the state level after he was sworn in early this year will have an indelible impact on the future of local government and local politics. Cuts in state aid to schools …
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