Category: Union City News

An ordinance requiring criminal history and background checks on current and future employees for Union City’s Recreation Department and for the city’s boards was introduced at the regularly scheduled Union City Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. _____________ The city has been fingerprinting volunteers for the soccer program for more than a year. ________ “Now …

Continue reading “No more skeletonsVolunteers for UC boards, Rec. Dept. will get criminal background checks”

A local stay-at-home dad recently became a state boxing champion. Juan Rodriguez, 22, of the Union City Boxing Club, won the 152-pound Open Class title after defeating Charlie Williams of Vernon, N.J. at the Feb. 27 tournament at the Renaissance Hotel in Elizabeth, N.J. “I trained really hard for this fight,” said Rodriguez last week. …

Continue reading “Boxer on the riseLocal man wins state champs, moves on to regional”

A Union City company of local artists has produced glow-in-the-dark golf courses, giant laser mazes, and projects for Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Cafes, Google, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now, they have won a prestigious global award. Custom Creations, based out of a warehouse on 32nd Street, recently won the 2009 Golden Token Award of …

Continue reading “Supersizing funUC artists design sets for amusement parks, MTV”

An ordinance to help make Union City quieter at night was introduced at the regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting last week. “This ordinance prohibits the operation of a vehicle repair garage or body shop between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. the next morning every day of the week,” said Corporation Counsel …

Continue reading “Sleep softly, Union City…Ordinances introduced regarding nighttime noise; debris recycling”

Union City officials donated a fire engine and an ambulance to two separate towns in the Dominican Republic last week. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held at the Department of Public Works Garage near the intersection of New York Avenue and 28th Street, on Friday Feb. 27. The donation was part of Union …

Continue reading “Reaching out overseasUC donates vehicles to Dominican Republic”

After the announcement two weeks ago that St. Joseph of the Palisades High School in West New York will close indefinitely in June due to shrinking enrollment and funding, students remain hopeful that the school can be saved. “We are trying to pull some fundraisers together,” said sophomore Fernando Rios last week. “I believe it …

Continue reading “Shutting its doorsStudents try to raise money after St. Joseph of the Palisades announces closure”