Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
West New York is on the right track I am writing to you with wonderful news for our community. The State of New Jersey gave West New York a strong vote of confidence by ending state supervision of town finances last month. The town commissioners and I are very proud to see the state of …
WNY resident beaten to death during robbery As of press time, a 16-year-old youth was being sought in the beating death of Abraham Rivera, 29, of West New York. Rivera was positively identified by family members this week after he was found unconscious, without identification and his pockets turned inside out, in the early hours …
Union City officials shut down an after-hours spot on Bergenline Avenue after one man was murdered and another critically injured just steps from its doors around 3 a.m. on Memorial Day. According to local officials, Studio 45 Nite Club (on Bergenline Avenue between 45th Street and Golden Lane) has been the source of various problems …
Continue reading “Insults lead to murder
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Lifelong Union City resident Emil Vaccari remembered his elementary school as soon as he saw it in a picture at City Hall last week, even though he attended classes there over 75 years ago. The building was torn down in 1933, when he was in second grade, but he could still recall the details like …
Continue reading “Worth a thousand words
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Vote on Tuesday Democrats and Republicans will hold party primaries this Tuesday, June 8. Incumbent Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez switched his political affiliation earlier this year to run for reelection as a Republican. Challenging Perez for the Republican nomination is Christian Araujo of Secaucus. In November, one of them will face the Democratic candidate …
Though he now spends his days on a 65-acre farm in Indiana pulling beets and sweet potatoes from the land, Alexis Hernandez grew up in Union City surrounded by the Latin flavors of his Cuban family. Now the 40-year-old Hernandez is in the running to be one of the most famous faces in the food …
Continue reading “Bringing the flavor
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Nine-year old Sergio, of Union City, made the honor roll for the first time this year with a little help from some dedicated volunteers. The second grader, who said he likes math and reading, has been participating for the past two years in an afterschool program that takes place at Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC). …
Continue reading “Giving kids a chance
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Incumbent Hudson County Sheriff Juan Perez, whom the local Democratic party declined to back in running again for his own office in this June’s Democratic primary, thought he might be able to avoid facing their chosen candidate by running as a Republican instead. But now, he faces opposition in the Republican primary, too. Former sheriff’s …
Continue reading “Late entry in contentious race for county sheriff
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A possible deal to salvage the Xanadu project in East Rutherford appears to be moving forward and could be completed by the end of the summer. Steven Ross, CEO of Related Companies, a New York City-based real estate development company with a reputation for salvaging troubled developments, offered a preliminary overview of his vision for …
Continue reading “Xanadu pitched to execs at Vegas trade show
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UC developer sentenced to five months U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on Tuesday that Shimon Haber, a real estate developer, was sentenced today to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for conspiring to launder money for political contributions to a Union City official in exchange for official approvals. Haber, 34, …