Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
West New York’s P.S. 4 Receives Eat Right, Move More Award New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher and New York Jets offensive tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson visited P.S. 4 in West New York on Tuesday to present the school with the grand prize in the Jets’ annual Eat Right, Move More contest. Ferguson presented …
The FBI raid on the Union City municipal building last week is apparently connected to the March 2012 indictment of Bryant Venegas, a local contractor who was accused earlier this year of attempting to bribe a city official to obtain construction approvals, a source with knowledge of both cases has said. According to the source, …
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Just before the Union City Chamber Players delved into their second performance of the season two Sundays ago, Peter Borten, one of the group’s artistic directors, addressed the audience with a note about the program. “When we put this show together, we knew it would be following an election, but we didn’t know it’d be …
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More than 100 people signed up for an effort last weekend to help clean up Liberty State Park in Jersey City after the park sustained unprecedented damage to many of its buildings and spaces during Hurricane Sandy. While some facilities in the park were expected to reopen last week, including a restaurant, marina, and the …
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Union City meeting, first since FBI raid, lasts only five minutes The first Union City Board of Commissioners meeting since last week’s FBI raid on City Hall ended in five minutes Wednesday night, but not without drama. On Nov. 14, federal officials spent time in City Hall looking through documents, although they have not confirmed …
The Union City Board of Commissioners voted on Friday, Nov. 9 to approve a $104.8 million 2012-2013 city budget with no increase in the tax rate. The budget covers the 2013 fiscal year, which began on July 1 and will end on June 30, 2013. It was introduced at a Commissioners Meeting on Oct. 11, …
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Susan Scherman, an amateur filmmaker and historian and the great-great-niece of Daniel Bermes, stood before the building that once held the offices of her uncle’s business, The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery. She told the gathered audience at a ceremony unveiling a historic marker honoring her uncle to “drink beer, because it’s loaded with beer.” Scherman …
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For many residents of New Jersey, including quite a few in Hudson County, the 2012 holiday season will probably be remembered as a difficult one, given the events of the past few weeks. Many of our friends and neighbors have lost homes, businesses, and possessions. While the numbers are small, a few have even lost …
Continue reading “Giving thanks in the midst of recovery
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FBI agents raid UC City Hall’s Community Development office Barbara Woodruff, the public affairs agent at the FBI’s local office in Newark, confirmed last week that FBI agents were at Union City’s City Hall at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Woodruff could not confirm why the agents were there, but did say that it was concerning …
In an economy in which some small businesses are barely making ends meet, losing a week or more of revenue due to a power outage – not to mention dealing with damaged merchandise and property – can make it difficult for a local shop owner to survive. And even major stores like Hoboken’s ShopRite are …
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