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How are mom and pop?
Small businesses get boosts from town halls, new residents

More residents moving to Hudson County means more customers for small shops and services, but can these businesses keep going in the face of changing tastes and big box stores? Shop owners throughout the county said last week that they were optimistic due to increased sales opportunities and revitalizations of the business districts. For instance, …

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Will West New York pay for funeral for girl killed in hit and run? Two weeks ago, little Shaila Pichardo, 7, was killed in a hit-and-run accident while holding her mother’s hand on the way to school in West New York. That day, Mayor Felix Roque said the city would pay for the girl’s funeral …

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Paul Anka’s hairstylist marks nearly a decade at salon
Weehawken resident’s UC business ‘rose from the ashes’ after 2004 fire

Weehawken resident Jackie Cruz says she would not have been able to bounce back after a fire destroyed her Union City salon in 2004 if it wasn’t for her customers. But being Paul Anka’s hairstylist helped too. Her connection with the famous crooner has gained Cruz her own mark of fame in the community. Anka …

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Community mourns little Sheyla, 7
Suspect caught in alleged hit-and-run in West New York

Choked with tears over the death of his seven year old daughter, Javier Pichardo said, “My daughter would not want me to hate this man.” Speaking through a translator in front of more than a dozen TV news cameras at a press conference on Tuesday in West New York Town Hall, Pichardo praised the law …

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How to beat cancer
Survivor becomes awareness advocate

Colorectal cancer is a stealthy assassin. The very name makes people uncomfortable, and because people are reluctant to talk about it – much less undergo screenings and tests even when they are most at risk – the disease continues to thrive and grow. That’s why local business owner Bob Ceragno has made it his mission …

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Reporter on Vacation
Take a photo with your newspaper and send it in!

If you’re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News, and send it to us! We’d love to print it and show your neighbors where you went. Visiting relatives in the next town? Hanging out down the Shore? Riding a camel in the …

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Women’s Day Luncheon focus: closing the gender gap The 2016 International Women’s Day Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, March 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Son Cubano. This year’s theme is “Pledge for Parity,” which focuses on closing the worldwide gender gap. Please contact Tiffany A. Marcano, Director of Cultural Affairs for …

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Sad eyes
County pulls $12K funding from blind seniors’ group

Ivis Alverez has been facilitating the Hudson County Visually Impaired Program (VIP) since its inception in 2008 with $12,000 in annual funding from the Hudson County Office on Aging. This year that funding suddenly stopped, leaving the group high and dry. Just over a dozen individuals from throughout the county are members of the program. …

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Zika virus a danger to pregnant women
Local health officials keeping an eye out

With Hudson County still in the grip of winter’s cold, health officials are not yet concerned about the potential spread of the zika virus through local mosquitoes. But officials in hospitals and government are monitoring the situation, educating the public and tracking people who have traveled to parts of the world where there have been …

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Welcoming the fire monkey
Tips to enhance your luck and life this Chinese New Year

The Year of the Monkey is upon us, beginning Monday, Feb. 8. Across the globe, in Asia, in urban Chinatowns, and in countless homes internationally, celebrations will take place with families gathering and exchanging red envelopes filled with money and blessings. Schools and workplaces will close for a long vacation and festivities will fill the …

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