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Jitney owners throughout Hudson County charged with alleged violations of Angelie’s Law The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has issued notices of violation to 17 commercial autobus owners for failure to post public notices on the outside and inside vehicles about how passengers can report complaints and concerns to the division. These commercial autobuses …

Union City ‘Kid’ to play Weehawken concert
Summer concert series continues on waterfront

Susan Scherman will lead The Robert Lawrence Orchestra in a performance on Aug. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hamilton Park, as part of Weehawken’s free Summer Concert Series overlooking the New York skyline at Boulevard East and Duer Place. Multi-talented vocalist and Union City Commissioner of Public Affairs Lucio “The Cuban Kid” Fernandez …

Summer concert series continues on waterfront

Roque pleads ‘not guilty’ to kickback scheme
WNY mayor said he did nothing wrong in latest charges

West New York Mayor Felix Roque pleaded not guilty on July 27 to state charges that he was involved in a bribery and kickback scheme connected to his medical practice. After the court date was postponed earlier in the month, Roque appeared before a Bergen County Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian to answer an indictment …

WNY mayor said he did nothing wrong in latest charges

‘I personally like a challenge’
A 10-year-old’s account of taking the PARCC test

Many parents and students were worried for the PARCC test this year. What is the PARCC might you ask? Well the PARCC (pronounced park) is the latest state test given to children who are in third grade and up. This test focuses more on what children learned rather then what they memorized. 2015 was the …

A 10-year-old’s account of taking the PARCC test

NHRFR promotes five officers
Shows off new equipment

North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR) promoted five fire officers and unveiled new equipment last week, adding to its fleet of fire protection apparatus. The five veteran firefighters promoted to new supervisory positions are Captain James Corso to battalion chief, and Firefighters Jose Vargas, Steven Hillis, Brian Stahl, and Mike Flood to captain. The …

Shows off new equipment

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Union City assists fire victims Fifteen families were displaced by a five-alarm fire on Sunday July 26 at 10th Street and Central Avenue in Union City. The fire damaged four multi-family structures. “The city is doing everything it can to assist the families displaced by Sunday’s fire,” said Mayor Brian Stack. Those wishing to help …

Foreign exchange camp
Hudson County youngsters explore the city with kids from Italy

Josh Manosalvas of West New York didn’t know the students he met on July 6 were from Italy. He and about 22 other students from Jersey City, North Bergen, Guttenberg, West New York, and Bayonne had gathered for an annual camp held by the Hudson County Schools of Technology. “When I first met one of …

Hudson County youngsters explore the city with kids from Italy

Even with the windows down…
Leaving a child or pet in car has been deadly

So far this year, eight kids across the country have died because their parents inadvertently left them in hot cars – including the 18-month-old daughter of a Florida fourth grade teacher who left her in the school parking lot after forgetting to bring her to day care, and the toddler daughter of a prosecutor and …

Leaving a child or pet in car has been deadly

Local kid gets essay in NY Times
Writes about living in urban area and attending prep school

“I coexist in two worlds,” said Hudson County resident Jon Carlo Dominguez recently. “I’m part of both and I love both.” The two worlds he lives in are that of his home nearby in North Bergen, and his scholastic world at St. Peter’s Prep, an hour bus ride away (in traffic) in Jersey City, from …

Writes about living in urban area and attending prep school

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Menendez bids for dismissal of federal charges Lawyers for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D – NJ) have accused federal prosecutors and FBI agents of lying to win a corruption indictment against him this spring, saying the Justice Department would “stop at nothing” to try to convict the powerful lawmaker, according to reports in several national …