‘Not about the money’
WNY school board to pay $83K in disability settlement

Maria Osnowitz worked as a one-on-one teacher’s aide with special needs students at West New York’s Harry L. Bain elementary school until she had to have knee surgery after apparently falling at work in 2006. Rather than helping the problem, the surgery seemed to make matters worse. “The doctor said if I wanted to go …

WNY school board to pay $83K in disability settlement

On track – finally
Works resumes on pedestrian bridge between UC and NB

With finger-pointing over who is responsible for the delay and the threat of potential legal action, the construction of a pedestrian bridge near the busy four-way intersection at Kennedy Boulevard and 32nd Street has resumed. But county officials say the project will not be completed by August as originally predicted. The Hudson County Board of …

Works resumes on pedestrian bridge between UC and NB

BRIEFS

Virgin saint spotted in WNY tree; hundreds gather to pray An image of la Virgen de Guadalupe (Mexico’s version of the Virgin Mary) was spotted by West New York resident Eva Copantitla Tuesday as she was passing by a tree in front of the McDonald’s on Bergenline Avenue and 60th Street. Copantitla then ran into …

Ran local breweries and construction firm
Three pioneering UC families get together

On June 11, descendants of three of Union City’s “cornerstones”—notable local families who were instrumental in the construction of some of the town’s most seminal institutions over the past two centuries—came together at the William V. Musto Cultural Center to share their families’ stories of early Union City. They also gave personal presentations to honor …

Three pioneering UC families get together

Natural women
Local health center promotes exclusive breastfeeding to combat rising childhood obesity rates

Union City resident Sonnia Rubriche arrived in the United States three months ago, pregnant and camping in her husband’s relatives’ living room until he joined her from Venezuela a few weeks later. When she finally gave birth to her son, her new family was less than supportive of her desire to breastfeed her child. “They …

Local health center promotes exclusive breastfeeding to combat rising childhood obesity rates

Free music on the waterfront
HRPAC kicks off new season of concerts

New York City is full of talented musicians as well as venues to see their live shows. Bruce Sherman has managed to tap into this circuit, pulling them to Hudson County – more specifically, the Weehawken waterfront – and offering them to the public for free. As president of the Hudson River Performing Arts Center …

HRPAC kicks off new season of concerts

BRIEFS

UC couple charged with child abuse A Union City couple’s four children were taken from their residence and placed into the care of the state Division of Youth and Family Services, Union City Chief Brian Barrett said Thursday. Eliyaho Nadoff, 50, and Angela Nadoff, 44, were charged with child abuse and endangering the welfare of …

Hair today, charity tomorrow
Two UC preschoolers donate to ‘Locks of Love’

Four-year-old Emily Mathew and her 3-year-old sister Angelina hadn’t had a haircut since they were infants. Last week, their long, shiny black hair cascaded down their backs as they danced together, wearing matching pink dresses and matching glittery hair bands, in the lobby of the Kennedy Boulevard Super Cuts in Union City. It was time …

Two UC preschoolers donate to ‘Locks of Love’