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Windows of opportunity
Chapel’s stained glass could be key to national landmark status

The 93-year-old Monastery of the Perpetual Rosary, known locally as the Blue Chapel, stands grandly, yet unoccupied, on 14th Street in Union City. Built in 1919 and once home to the Dominican Nuns of the Blue Chapel, the historic monastery was nearly turned into a five-story affordable housing building. In 2009, after residents and local …

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BRIEFS

Reporter July 4 deadlines The Hudson Reporter offices will be closed Wednesday, July 4 for Independence Day. Display advertising and classified deadlines are moved up a day to Tuesday at noon. Please call (201) 798-7800 for more information. Watch hudsonreporter.com for up to the minute breaking news and information. Local real estate owner Robert De …

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Stopping development on the Palisades
Stack sponsors bill to protect 200 million-year-old cliffs

“The Palisades were around long before we were,” Union City Mayor and State Sen. Brian Stack said last week about the 200-million-year-old stretch of cliffs that run through Hudson to Bergen counties. “They should not be further destroyed in exchange for commercial development or profit.” Stack has sponsored the “Save the Hudson River Palisades Act” …

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‘A whole new fan base’
Union City Opera brings classical performance to a new generation

As music has evolved over the centuries, from jazz to rock to rap, it fits the trend for each generation to reject the songs of their parents and grandparents in favor of a more contemporary, “rebellious” alternative. Syrupy pop tunes backed by computer-generated instrumentals and vocals seem to be what’s blasting from car windows these …

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Butterflies, boat tours, bird walks…
Many public activities in Meadowlands this summer

Nature lovers can observe the vegetation, birds, butterflies, and other dwellers of the local wetlands this summer through free or low-cost nature walks, observatory nights, boat tours, and senior programs offered by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC). Butterfly days The big event the summer season is the Third Annual Butterfly Day being held on …

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Two UC fires displace residents on blazing hot day; many firefighters treated for heat exhaustion A five-alarm and a two-alarm fire broke out in two Union City apartment buildings Wednesday, displacing dozens of residents and sending four firefighters to the hospital for heat exhaustion as a result of temperatures that soared into the high 90s. …

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‘Race every driver wants to win’
Formula One champions test WNY/Weehawken track for 2013 Grand Prix

Formula One champions Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard spun local officials and members of the press across, up, down, and around Boulevard East and Port Imperial Boulevard Monday afternoon to preview the 2013 Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial course. The two Infiniti IPLs, sandwiched by West New York police vehicles, maxed out at …

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‘It all snowballs’
In one year, new mayor goes from local favorite to arrested by FBI

After his surprise victory over former Mayor Sal Vega in May of 2011, West New York Mayor Felix Roque appeared to be on top of his game. He and his four town commissioners, who promised to clean up corruption and correct an alleged mess they said was left by the former administration, took quick action …

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