Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Union City to see road improvements Hoboken and Union City will see additional road improvements under a new round of Local Aid Infrastructure Fund (LAIF) grants from the administration of Gov. Chris Christie to improve pedestrian safety, NJ.com reported. $350,000 will be spent resurfacing sidewalks on Summit Avenue in Union City, while $750,000 will go …
The community just got a little safer. Twelve new firefighters were sworn in to the North Hudson Regional Fire Department – which serves North Bergen, Weehawken, Union City, West New York, and Guttenberg — on June 23. All 12 are military veterans, having served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The new hires were funded by a …
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On June 1, Det. Hilenne Chemas and members of the West New York Police Department took 300 middle school students on a field trip to Yankee Stadium. All students attending received an official Yankee baseball bat. The Yankees lost, but the highlight of the trip was the generosity demonstrated by one of the students, Kiara …
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Although not as bad as first anticipated, Hoboken still got hit hardest with the percent of taxes it must pay to fund the newly passed $512 million county budget this year. Jersey City also got hit with a hefty increase. Weehawken also saw a moderate increase. Bayonne’s portion of county taxes dropped marginally by about …
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Stack’s chief of staff takes job with Jersey City mayor Mark Albiez, the longtime chief of staff to Mayor Brian Stack, has taken a job in the administration of Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who is expected to eventually run for governor. As of press time, there was no word on Albiez’s successor. For the …
Nearly 800 seniors graduated from Union City High School two weeks ago, while 384 graduated from Memorial High School in West New York. In Union City, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner served as the keynote speaker. At the Union City ceremony Tuesday, June 24, UCHS Principal John Bennetti described the class as “close” and “a family,” …
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The FIFA World Cup is back, and with it the quadrennial debate over when soccer will finally break through in the United States. Americans, the traditional line goes, are too saturated by football, basketball, baseball, and hockey to pay attention to soccer. But in an area as ethnically diverse as Hudson County, where everyone is …
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A bone-chilling wind blew across Journal Square during the night of Jan. 28, the date of the official 2014 annual homeless count. Commuters rushed out of the PATH station with faces wrapped in scarves, gloved hands thrust deep in pockets. The steamed windows of the Burger King on Summit Avenue showed huddled figures inside, as …
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Former Jersey City resident Lorne Jaffe experienced moments of terror as a stay-at-home dad after his daughter Sienna was born two years ago. Having grown up battling anxiety and depression, he had days marked by joy and other days marked by fear during his time with his baby. He worked through many of his harrowing …
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Local boxing belt designer honored twice Ninety-two year old craftsman Ardash Sahaghian has enjoyed the limelight this past month. As the originator of the modern boxing belt, Sahaghian’s work elevated not only the culture of boxing, but also the cities where these iconic symbols were created — Weehawken and Union City. On May 23, Union …