Category: Union City News

Click More News below for your town’s news (“Hoboken News,” “Weehawken News,” “Jersey City News,” etc.) to read our annual roundup of the biggest news countywide this past year. This weekend, we did a special issue that replaces your regular weekly issues in Hoboken, Guttenberg, North Bergen, Secaucus, Jersey City, West New York, Weehawken, and …

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The biggest story in Hudson County this year was the massive FBI sting operation against government corruption. Many politicians who were running for office this past spring as well as their associates were snared when a government informant offered them cash for their campaigns, purportedly in exchange for help with his development. But not everything …

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The real estate market in Hudson County was a mixed bag this year as new stores opened up and residential developers asked for more favorable tax deals from their city governments. Although office space in the county boasts the lowest vacancy rate in New Jersey at 5.7 percent, according to a January report from Rutgers …

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While the loss of jobs in 2009 affected many residents and businesses in Hudson County, new jobs and innovative ideas have also flourished during the national economic downturn. Pending legislation introduced in November will, if approved, increase the tax breaks given to employers under New Jersey’s Business Economic Incentive Program (BEIP). If the bill passes, …

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The education news in Hudson County in 2009 ran the gamut from reduced state aid to new buildings. In Hudson County, there are 11 school districts with 17 public high schools (including countywide, alternative, and evening high schools), 12 charter schools, and 91 public middle, elementary, and pre-K schools. There are also several parochial and …

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Clerk: Two dead people signed WNY recall petitions Even the Grim Reaper can’t stop a man from showing his political stripes in Hudson County. Numerous signatures on petitions to recall West New York Mayor Sal Vega were disqualified Monday including — in two instances — names of people who are actually dead, according to the …

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