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Union City Chamber Players to perform Brahms Union City Chamber Players (UCCP) will present a program featuring Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F Minor on Sunday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Emanuel United Methodist Church, 3310 New York Ave., Union City. Guest artists Blanca Ugelli (piano), Robert Lawrence (violin), and E. Zoe Hassman (cello) – …
Unlike four years ago, Union City Mayor Brian Stack and his four-member Board of Commissioners are running unopposed for reelection on the May 13 municipal election. In the commission form of government, voters elect five commissioners who then choose one of their own to serve as mayor. But there is little doubt that Mayor Brian …
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Fight fans and supporters of the Philippines now have something in common besides world champion boxer “Manny” Pacquiao. A charity boxing match at North Bergen’s Schuetzen Park on May 2 will raise money for disaster relief in the storm-devastated region of the country. “In November of 2013 there was a big typhoon that struck the …
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Five nuns from Hudson County are seizing the Church of the Good Shepherd in Fort Lee for two upcoming weekends. They are staging a musical fundraiser in order to bury the four frozen nuns remaining out of the 52 that Sister Julia, Child of God, killed with a bad pot of vichyssoise. The nuns are …
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“Mamma’s Trilogy,” which Hoboken filmmaker Frank Gigante describes as “a soft horror film,” will screen as part of the Bergenfield Film Festival on Thursday, May 1. It will be presented at 6:15 p.m. at Bow Tie Cinemas, 58 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield. Consisting of three darkly comic short films, the movie mocks stereotypical characters and …
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High Tech fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation to honor local resident The High Tech High School “Spring Fling” fundraiser reached out to the community, raffling prizes donated by Applebee’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Chipotle, Café Archetypus, and many other local vendors. High Tech is the countywide public high school based in North Bergen, which draws from all of …
About two years ago, then-West New York Police Director Michael Indri came up with an idea about how the city could modernize its aging fleet of police vehicles without saddling taxpayers with additional costs. Many of the vehicles in the 26 car fleet had reached the end of their useful life, some exceeding 200,000 miles …
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Most kids, rich or poor, city or suburb, want a bicycle of their own. Bicycle enthusiast groups say kids get their first taste of real independence when they get their own bike. Owning a bike also may put them on the road out of the cycle of poverty. Not only do they find healthy recreation, …
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Writers and graphic artists for The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won eight awards in the competitive statewide annual Better Newspaper Contest run by the New Jersey Press Association. The weekly chain, with offices in Hoboken and Bayonne, publishes eight newspapers: The Hoboken Reporter, Bayonne Community News, Weehawken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, Secaucus Reporter, North Bergen …
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One of the most popular local children’s entertainers ended up in his career nearly by happenstance. “Polka Dot,” otherwise known as Ron Albanese, can be seen donning outrageous costumes and polka-dot hats and performing for crowds of screaming children in and around Hudson County. The former Hoboken resident and one-time Jersey City teacher is known …
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