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The ‘Power List’
The Hudson Reporter’s fourth annual rankings of Hudson County’s most influential people

While many of Hudson County’s most influential people remain relevant year to year, their impact waxes and wanes. Influence can mean different things, not only political power. Artists, activists, and not-for-profits influence the lives of the public over the course of the year, sometimes more significantly than it would appear on the surface. Each January, …

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Your new voices on the county freeholder board
Monday’s swearing-in represents political change

On Monday, four new freeholders joined the nine-member Hudson County Board of Freeholders, a legislative body that votes on issues such as the county budget, county roads, the jail, county schools, and personnel. In the most significant change of membership since at least the 1990s, these members – Kenneth Kopacz (representing Bayonne and some of …

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Second contractor pleads guilty to scheme to get $$ out of City Hall According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney General’s office, a second local contractor admitted on Wednesday to rigging the contractor selection process for projects run by the Union City Community Development Agency (UCCDA), which is funded by the federal department …

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‘A great brotherhood’
10 new firefighters sworn in, all vets

“It’s one of the most dangerous jobs in the country,” said Chief Frank Montagne. Few people would dispute that. Yet 10 men eagerly took the oath as firemen in the North Regional Fire & Rescue (NHRFR) on Tuesday, Dec. 16. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue was established in 1999 to serve Guttenberg, North Bergen, …

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10 new firefighters sworn in, all vets

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‘An economic disaster’ in the making
Officials oppose service cuts for PATH

“I want the Port Authority to say that this option is off the table,” said a very angry Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer at a rally of local, state and federal officials near the Grove Street PATH station on Monday. The officials met to oppose several proposals by the Port Authority, including eliminating night time PATH …

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Officials oppose service cuts for PATH

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80-YEAR-OLD MAN SURVIVES PONTIAC PLUNGE
Senior citizen falls seven stories in Guttenberg parking garage

Nobody saw it happen. Nobody heard the tremendous crash. In the very heart of the crowded Galaxy Towers Condominium, a strange and spectacular accident took place and nobody even knew it occurred – except the one resident who escaped death by a mere whisper. It was two days after Christmas. The resident took the elevator …

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BRIEFS

Major sewer improvement project to begin on Bergenline Avenue Construction work is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks on a major sewer infrastructure improvement project on Bergenline Avenue between 79th and 82nd Streets that will result in the replacement of dozens of pipes, some of which have been in service for more than 50 …

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Is it really illegal to take pictures in the train station?
Transit agencies have differing policies for photographers, videographers

Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, local bloggers and journalists have told stories of being stopped by police from taking photographs in train and bus stations, and near bridges and ports. But is there really a law against this, and if so, what’s behind it? As it turns out, there are no …

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Watching the river flow
Song recalls couple’s 90-year love affair with Hudson River

At age 85, Catherine Portman-Laux decided to write a song. But not just any song. As a self-proclaimed “river rat” and lifelong lover of the waterways, she opted two years ago to make her first composition a theme song for her beloved Hudson River. “Pete Seeger had written a song about ‘My Dirty River,’” she …

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