Category: Union City News

Union City High School may have had two separate graduation ceremonies for seniors at the north and south campuses, but speakers at each event reminded the audience that there was indeed one unified class. “Tonight, we celebrate not only the students before you… but also those graduating tomorrow night, giving us the first official graduating …

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Union City may get more affordable housing units, announced town officials at the Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday. The commissioners passed a resolution noting their support of a developer’s application for a county grant to help fund a new housing project at 1401 Bergenline Ave. SERV Properties and Management, Inc. plans to convert the existing …

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Some students say it will be the last graduation for Union Hill and Emerson High Schools; others say it is the first for Union City High School. “Either way, we’re some sort of landmark,” said senior Kamaris Loor, the valedictorian at Union City High School North, formerly known as Union Hill. The graduation ceremony for …

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Hundreds of seniors in West New York lined up last week to have their picture taken for a new photo identification card that officials say will help protect their health and safety. The new cards are part of the Ident-Adult Program started last year by the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office to provide residents 50 and …

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After handily defeating fellow spellers in his school and countywide, a seventh grader from West New York is gearing up for the national competition in Washington, D.C. this week. Joshua Casquejo, a student at West New York Middle School, will compete against 292 of the nation’s other great young spellers in the three-day, five-round Scripps …

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