Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
UNION CITY AND BEYOND — Firefighters had to remove two men from a Subaru that had crashed into a tree at 2:19 a.m. Sunday on the corner of Summit Avenue and 18th Street, Union City Police Chief Brian Barrett confirmed Tuesday. Twenty-nine-year-old Santos Hernandez Gonzalez of Union City allegedly drove himself and a male passenger …
UNION CITY, NORTH BERGEN — The busy, four-way intersection at Kennedy Boulevard and 32nd Street that runs through Union City and North Bergen has been a hazard to pedestrians for over a decade. So much so, the matter has been the stuff of political platforms for just as long. Union City Mayor Brian Stack began …
Seventy-nine-year-old Union City High School verification officer (formerly known as truancy officer) Otis Davis sat at his desk in the school’s library in front of a banner with the five linked, trademark Olympic rings beside his photo, which read, “Mr. Davis’ Academic Hall of Fame.” Below the banner was a photo of six students who …
Continue reading “A truant officer…and an Olympian
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Just over two years ago, 3709 Park Ave. in Union City was the home of Lacka Safe. The one-story building had office spaces in front and a warehouse space on the side that Weehawkenite Ken Papile would always drive by on his way about town. Papile started a wholesale apparel company called Trend Source around …
Continue reading “Building up Park Avenue
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A procession of Memorial High School students, town officials, marching band members, and friends of the Verea family marched slowly toward 56th Street last week, in advance of the street being renamed Rebeka Verea Way. They held pastel-colored balloons and signs bearing the logo of parents’ Lourdes and Dr. Jorge Verea’s non-profit organization, The Rebeka …
Continue reading “Lessons from a tragedy
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As pressure continues to build for the removal of a Union County public university president for alleged resumé padding, some are wondering why there was no similar outcry when the former president of New Jersey City University, also a public institution, admitted to a falsehood on his resumé in court testimony. In fact, one of …
Continue reading “Kean U. scandal recalls NJCU controversy
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Hoboken University Medical Center kicked off a new Senior Dining Program on March 7 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at HUMC’s cafeteria. Each Wednesday, the program will provide any senior citizen from Hudson County with a hot, well-balanced meal for $5 and no one will be turned away. Responding to a need “We wanted …
Continue reading “New program for tough times
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Four Hudson County school districts to receive state funding for repairs State School Development Authority (SDA) officials announced Monday that 21 school districts, including four in Hudson County, will receive funding for repairs and construction, according to NJ.com. The SDA and the Department of Education reviewed the needs of facilities across 31 districts and prioritized …
Matthew Cheng is the brains behind the popular West New York-based “affiliate marketing” company eCoupons. He runs a website, eCoupons.com, that offers coupons that direct people to BestBuy, Amazon, and smaller businesses. If the customer purchases something, eCoupons receives a small commission. In this way, eCoupons is considered an “affiliate” marketer for Best Buy. But …
Continue reading “Someone’s got to pay
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Since opening a factory in Union City in 1993, Victor Paparazzo has been making the “mutz.” His current company, located in Secaucus, churns out 40,000 pounds of cheese per day and supplies pizzerias and stores from coast to coast. Paparazzo opened his first manufacturing plant with his brother-in-law on 13th Street in Union City and …
Continue reading “From cow to consumer
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