Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Palisades Medical Center to hold community health screenings Throughout the year, Palisades Medical Center’s staff takes an active role in local communities to provide free health screenings and education programs. The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) recognized Palisades Medical Center’s Community Outreach Program with its Community Outreach Award for its unique and effective methods of …
If anyone had any doubt about how involved Mayor Brian Stack is in the day-to-day activities of Union City, they would just have to look into his third floor City Hall conference room and office. If plans for a current project aren’t already spread out over the long conference room table for him and his …
Continue reading “New park, paving, and public safety measures in UC
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The West New York zoning board on Jan. 28 unanimously approved a variance allowing a new animal shelter to open in a mixed-use building at 6410-6412 Dewey Ave. The facility, operated by the nonprofit New Jersey Humane Society, will be the first no-kill shelter in North Hudson. The building houses a tenant in the front. …
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Sometimes it’s a chance encounter at a bar; other times it’s at work. Residents of several of Hudson County’s towns talked last week about how they met. For instance, Anna and Vitaly of Bayonne, both natives of Russia, met at a regional brainstorming competition, basically a quiz game, in the Republic of North Ossetia, near …
Continue reading “Love at first sight?
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For the 26th consecutive year, Barbara Tulko, broker associate with RE/MAX Villa Realtors of Hudson and Bergen Counties, has earned the 2015 NJ Association of Realtors Circle of Excellence Award. Throughout her 30+ year real estate career, Barbara has sold and leased literally hundreds of residential, investment and commercial properties in both counties and scores …
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West New York Lions Club, Ex-Presos Politicos de Cuba and Palisades Medical Center celebrate José Martà Day Each year on Jan. 28, the West New York Lions Club and Ex-Presos Politicos de Cuba honor Cuban leader José MartÃ’s birthday by donating gifts and baby care items to the families of newborn babies born at Palisades …
The status of Hudson County’s most powerful people rises and falls from year to year. Some are more relevant one year and less so the next. Influence can mean different things, not only political power. Artists, activists, and not-for-profits influence the lives of the public over the course of the year, sometimes more significantly than …
Continue reading “The ‘Power List’
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A warrant has been issued for Juan Perez, 58, of Hillcrest Avenue in North Bergen, who faces 68 counts of animal cruelty after authorities found dozens of cats and dogs living in unspeakable conditions, according to North Bergen Police Chief Robert Dowd. Perez apparently left town a few days before officers searched his house, and …
Continue reading “Alleged animal abuser goes on the lam
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First in a three-part series Long before there was a Meadowview Village, that particular section of North Bergen was officially called East New Durham. Unofficially, however, it went by a much more colorful name: The Jungles. This article is the first of a series detailing the fascinating history of the region as it morphed from …
Continue reading “From ‘Jungles’ to ‘Village’
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While 2015 was good for Jonathan Perez, 30, of North Bergen in terms of health and work, he said 2016 would be even better if he achieves his New Year’s resolution: Starting a family. While some residents who were interviewed offered the traditional resolutions, others resolved to interact better with others, improve longstanding relationships, or …
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