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Officials rotate firehouse closings
Union questions safety, lack of hiring

Two firehouses per day have been closed on a rotating basis by the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue squad, which provides fire services to North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken, Union City, and Guttenberg. The top brass have had to make due with less staff, partly as a result of a NAACP lawsuit that …

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Speaking up about ‘baby blues’
Moms observe third anniversary of postpartum depression law

Recently, New Jersey celebrated the third year anniversary of legislation that requires health care professionals who provide postnatal care to screen mothers for post partum depression. New Jersey is still the only state in the country to mandate such a screening. According to the state Department of Health and Senior Services, every year, 11,000 to …

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New swimming pool! Paved roads!
Summer projects in UC, WNY

Both Union City and West New York are abuzz with construction this summer, bringing improvements to parks and streets. Most notably, Union City will get an Olympic-sized pool later this summer, conveniently located in a park with a magnificent Manhattan view. UC: Pool, park, and pavement Mayor Brian Stack has assessed Union City’s needs and …

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Seven cops respond to fight at party
Two arrested; two injured

Union City police have arrested two men in connection with a fight in the basement of a home on the 200 block of 45th Street. What started as a verbal dispute just after midnight the evening of June 29 escalated into a physical altercation, police said. Two men allegedly assaulted two victims, one of whom …

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Roque vs. Vega: Round 1
Petition approved to continue recall process

Dr. Felix Roque announced on July 2 that his movement for an election to recall Mayor Silverio “Sal” Vega has progressed to collecting signatures from supporters. Muncipal Clerk Carmela Ricci confirmed that Roque’s notice of intention for a recall has been accepted, and Roque has been approved to send “circulators” around town to collect signatures …

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Petition approved to continue recall process

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SCOREBOARD 07-05-2009 Union City’s Mateo earns Reporter Female Athlete of Year honorFirst-ever recipient from a Union City school overcomes size discrimination

If you ask Jennifer Mateo what her height and weight statistics are, the recent graduate of Union City High School will not hesitate to answer. “I stand about 5 foot tall, right on the money,” Mateo said. “And I weigh less than 100 pounds, probably around 95 pounds. A lot of people laugh when I …

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Out of Cuba
Professor in UC writes book about her story, Hudson history

On a quest to understand her family’s past in Cuba and settlement in the United States, a New Jersey professor blended her own personal story and North Hudson history in a new book about Cubans in Union City. In her work The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community, Yolanda …

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Local gang members arrested
UC, WNY police departments assist federal initiative in NJ

About a dozen suspected gang members in northern Hudson County accused of violent crimes and being in the country illegally were recently arrested with the help of local police in an ongoing federal investigation in New Jersey. Led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Newark, the operation, dubbed “Community Shield,” resulted in 46 …

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Cat goes on wild ride
Rescued from car fan belt casing in Secaucus; looking for owner

A black Mercedes pulled to the side of Route 3 eastbound in Secaucus on June 25 and was mysteriously overheating. Police responded and found that a cat trapped inside the fan belt casing was causing the car to overheat. The 3-year-old female tabby was still alive. But nobody knows how the cat got there or …

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