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Paw-fect effort
Dual animal rescue groups out to save Hudson’s ferals and strays

The Hudson County Friends of Ferals (HCFF) and Tuesday & Lisa Cat Rescue (TLC) are out to save animals four paws at a time. And in some cases, like last month’s successful Paw Fest at Ellsworth Park in Union City, a couple thousand paws at once. The organizations’ goals are separate, but congruent; to help …

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New Jersey’s own ‘cliffhanger’
History of Palisades recounted at local ‘illustrated tour’

The rich history of The Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River, and the cliffs’ place in New Jersey and Hudson County lore, were examined during an hour-plus presentation by author and photographer Kevin Woyce at a local nutrition center recently. Many residents of Union City, North Bergen, Hoboken, West New York, and …

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An albino alligator and a skate-boarding bulldog
Meadowlands Pet Expo will be entertaining, educational

Want to watch golden retrievers literally dance? Pet the micro-soft hair of a chinchilla? Look eye to eye with an iguana? You can do all these things and more at the Sixth Annual Meadowlands Pet Expo at the Meadowlands Expo Center at Harmon Meadows the weekend of Nov. 22 to 24. “We have many new …

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Learn about the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. ‘Obamacare’) A program called “Understanding the Affordable Care Act” was planned for this Saturday in Union City from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., sponsored by Union City Mayor Brian Stack, the Board of Commissioners, Save Latin America, and Horizon NJ Health. There will be free health screenings, massages, …

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The perfect woman?
Play by UC commissioner depicts nightmare of getting what you ask for – or deserve

Lucio Fernandez, a lifelong artist and Union City’s commissioner of Public Affairs, has written a new play that asks some very important questions: “Have you ever been afraid of your wife or girlfriend?” “What if you met the perfect woman, the woman of your dreams, the woman who had everything you ever wanted but couldn’t …

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WNY overwhelmingly votes to have residents, not mayor, pick school board

Tuesday night, the voters of West New York overwhelmingly approved a referendum to change from an appointed to an elected school board. The vote in favor was 3,101, vs. 726 opposed, with 96 percent of the vote tallied. The Board of Education election will take place next April. It was just last April that a …

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Artists of the mile-square city
Hoboken Artists Studio Tour runs Nov. 9-10

The work of over 100 artists, many of whom live or work in the mile-square city, will be showcased at galleries and venues around town for free on Nov. 9 and 10 as part of the Hoboken Artists Studio Tour. The tour, which brings together artists, performers, gallery owners, and local businesses, is a chance …

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Working two jobs for $450 per week
NJ voters raise minimum wage to $8.25

Deirdre Brooks, a Newark resident who works at a McDonald’s in Jersey City, points to three nasty-looking scars on her right forearm, marks she said she got while working a second job waiting tables in New York City. “Their dishwasher is so hot. I don’t know what temperature that water is.” She points to one …

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Stack, other Democrats easily re-elected to their seats In heavily Democratic Hudson County, it’s usually a foregone conclusion that the Democrats will win the state Senate seat and two Assembly seats in each district. On Tuesday, Sen. Sandra Cunningham was re-elected in the 31st District, Sen. Nicholas Sacco in the 32nd (including West New York), …

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Follow, follow, follow, follow
Yellow brick road winds through local towns

The path to Oz not only winds along the Yellow Brick Road, but also through several North Hudson towns this year, the 75th anniversary of the film classic. That’s because the stage production next month by The Park Players, formerly of The Park Theatre in Union City and Weehawken, features several performers from North Bergen …

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