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Shaping the social landscape
UC artist premieres massive work at Manhattan’s International Art Expo

Artist Gunes Akseki strolled triumphantly, though a tad wearily, around his eight-by-eight-by-four-foot sculpted amalgam of the classic symbols for male and female. As if resting after its hard-earned and much-acclaimed debut during the 2012 International Art Expo on March 23 in Manhattan, the piece lay beneath a blanket in the garage adjacent to Akseki’s Union …

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‘Giving is a woman’s heart’
WNY Commissioner Caridad Rodriguez honored in Washington for impact on Latino community

“Servir es el modo natural de ser” is the quote by Cuban suffragist Elena Mederos that hangs on West New York Commissioner of Revenue and Finance Caridad Rodriguez’s office wall. Roughly translated, it means that service is the natural way of being, which is a more than appropriate motto for a woman whose name, in …

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West New York taxes drop 1.2 percent
$69.9 million town budget to be voted on April 18

After a four year history of tax increases, the first municipal budget of the new West New York administration reflects a 1.2 percent drop in residents’ tax bills for the 2012 calendar year. Commissioner of Revenue and Finance Caridad Rodriguez says that over the course of those four years, taxes had been raised 51 percent. …

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BRIEFS

AGO and Secret Service arrest local members of a theft ring that allegedly cost Home Depot in excess of $100,000 Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced in a press release dated April 5 the arrests of the alleged leader and two members of an organized theft ring that targeted around 70 Home Depot stores in New …

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City adds more pay to play rules
UC Board of Commissioners plan to amend budget, and hold Saturday meetings

An additional pay-to-play ordinance that limits a business’ ability to receive public contracts from the city if they make political contributions to municipal candidates and county political parties above a certain threshold was unanimously approved by Mayor Brian Stack and the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night. They also announced plans to amend the 2012 …

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Where you be from?
Teen emcee featured on NB mayor’s campaign video joins forces with local artists

When 18-year-old North Bergen resident Tyler Griffin – known to the music world as Ty Alaxandar – wrote the rap “Bruin Country” in 2010, he could not predict the many roads it would lead him down. The song earned the teen acclaim, both positive and critical. It landed him on North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s …

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What do you want to be when you grow up?
Students get a look at career options at UC High School

The groups of adults who eased into the Union City High School Library and Media Center early Wednesday morning looked remarkably out of place in this hub of education: a soldier, a police officer, an accountant and even a spy – well, a former FBI agent, anyway. Seated at one table was a bunch of …

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BRIEFS

WNY Mayor Felix Roque announces endorsement of Sen. Robert Menendez At an impromptu two-minute press conference held at his new headquarters on 53rd Street and Palisade Avenue on March 30, Mayor Felix Roque announced his endorsement of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-32). Roque had received political flak and criticism for having come out in support …

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Victory laps
UC high school swim team takes first in four tournaments; places fifth in state

The hair on the heads of the 29 members of the Union City High School (UCHS) boys’ swim team was growing back to the length it was before November 5 as they – a little less serious, but none less close as comrades – goofed around beside the pool at the Bruce Walters Recreation Hall. …

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UC high school swim team takes first in four tournaments; places fifth in state

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Roque may challenge Sacco for Senate seat
Says Sacco is trying to ‘take over my town’

In a development likely to send shock waves through Hudson County politics, West New York Mayor Dr. Felix Roque, a political maverick who in his short tenure has had conflicts with Democratic party leaders on a number of fronts, has told the West New York Reporter he is seriously considering running for state senator in …

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