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GOT HOLIDAY STRESS?
North Bergen-based expert reveals secret to keeping calm

The holidays are here, and though it’s a joyous time for most, it’s also a stressful time. The immense amount of cooking, cleaning, shopping, family contact, and financial pressures can spike someone’s stress levels to an all-time high. The holidays, according to the American Psychological Association, are among the most stressful time of year for …

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BRIEFS

Reporter holiday ad deadlines, office closings Due to the Christmas holiday on Wednesday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day the following week, advertising and editorial deadlines for the Hudson Reporter newspapers have changed. For the Sunday, Dec. 29 editions of the North Bergen Reporter, Secaucus Reporter, Weehawken Reporter, Union City Reporter, West New York Reporter, …

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Writing it all down, from Cuba to Hudson County
The struggles and triumphs of Amarilis Presilla and her children

She has titled her memoir “Sometimes I Would Like To Sit Down and Cry.” Reminiscing can be painful when Amarilis Presilla thinks back on all the hardships she has known – not just within her family but for the Cuban people as well. But at least for Presilla and her loved ones, the story has …

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18 people want to join WNY school board
Two new seats up for grabs in January election

The Jan. 28 election for two Board of Education seats in West New York drew 19 candidates, but one was rejected after filing late. Voters approved the switch from an appointed board to an elected board in a referendum in November, and also approved the expansion of the board from seven to nine members. In …

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Want to help? Bring a blanket to donate
Concert to benefit homeless on longest day of year

The weather outside may be frightful, and for the homeless, there’s little that’s delightful during this time of year. There’s a way for you to help: Attend a choir concert this Wednesday, Dec. 18; at Saint Aedan’s: The Saint Peter’s University Church in Jersey City starting at 7 p.m. Donations of a new blanket or …

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BRIEFS

Bill creating ‘cyber harassment’ crime approved by Senate budget panel Legislation sponsored by State Sen. Donald Norcross and State Sen. Nicholas Sacco to create the crime of cyber harassment, which would close a loophole in state law that prevents the criminal prosecution of online harassment of minors by their peers and by adults, was approved …

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Giving for Thanksgiving
Volunteers in North Bergen, Union City make day special

Dozens of county residents gave their time and energy on Thanksgiving Eve and Day to make sure everyone who wanted a bountiful meal could get it on one of the most important of annual holidays. Whether it was at the PERC homeless shelter in Union City, or the Woodcliff church in North Bergen, anyone who …

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Rehab of rundown parks honored
Improvements to Fillmore and Dewey Parks win first place award

Mayor Felix E. Roque and the West New York Board of Commissioners have announced that the improvements to Fillmore and Dewey Parks have been selected as the First Place Recipient in the Municipal Parks/Recreation Projects “D” Category by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers. David J. Samuel, municipal engineer, and the mayor received the …

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