Category: Union City News

When a student comes to Union City speaking no English – especially from a country where he lacked the basic schooling necessary to become literate in his own language, much less in math and science – it obviously presents a challenge. “Our Port of Entry program addresses the needs of newly-arrived immigrant students with little …

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Verified reports that TV star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 15 weeks pregnant and engaged to boyfriend Jionni Lavalle have increased the publicity surrounding the pint-sized partier’s presence in Jersey City during filming for her new reality show over the last few weeks. Polizzi and fellow star Jennifer “Jwoww” Farley, who became famous on the hit …

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Diabetes – the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. as of 2011 – can lead to kidney failure, amputation, blindness, heart disease, and stroke. Overweight and obese women are two to four times more likely to develop gestational diabetes than normal-weight women, and Hispanic women are two to four times more likely than …

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Heated debate has ensued in the last few weeks about pending legislation to inject fluoride into New Jersey’s water. The legislation has passed through both legislative health committees and will soon move to the Assembly floor for a vote. Sponsors of the bi-partisan legislation have said that adding fluoride to public water will reduce the …

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From the beginning, when he was charged in the federal government’s now infamous 2009 New Jersey political corruption sting, former Assemblyman Louis Manzo proclaimed his innocence. More to the point, he claimed that the sting was a political stunt to help get then-U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie elected governor. Two weeks ago, after more than two …

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