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Union City has fifth highest Latino AIDS rate
Officials, medical groups hold local observance

In 1984, Father Gus Vinajeras held his 37-year-old brother’s hand as he was dying from AIDS. His brother pleaded, “Don’t let the sun go down on me.” Vinajeras has made it his mission to honor his brother’s wish. He founded the HIV Ministry in 2006 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church in Union City in order …

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Hudson County’s newest theatre group
Play company schedules ‘Of Mice and Men’

In the expanding world of arts in Hudson County, a new organization started by a group of local residents is ready to make a splash. Hudson Theatre Works, based in Union City, is under the artistic direction of Weehawken resident Frank Licato, a former Hoboken resident who has over 30 years experience in the theatre. …

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Jurassic Hudson County!
24-acre dinosaur park coming to Meadowlands region

A group of excited (albeit scared) children and adults congregated at Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus on Sunday, Dec. 4, as a roaring, blinking, moving, 14-ft. Tyrannosaurus rex loped out of the brush, led by a ranger to introduce the May 2012 opening of the Meadowlands region’s newest attraction, Field Station: Dinosaurs. Field Station is …

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WNY Chamber offers free photos with Santa The West New York Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring free photos with Santa Claus. The photos will take place from noon to 5 p.m. on three separate days at various locations. They are: Saturday, Dec. 10 – Friedman Furniture, 6307 Bergenline Ave. Sunday, Dec. 11 – Roberts, 5901 …

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‘This is not me; I’m meant to do great things’
Young WNY man goes from addiction to art

“Yeah, my friends know I have my own personal motto,” 23-year-old art student Antony Sable said as he sat in the cafeteria of West New York’s Town Hall last month, black canvas portfolio in hand, a few doors down from where his drawing of Mayor Felix Roque hangs in the mayor’s office. His motto is, …

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Tommy, tune up!
Woman hopes townwide music project will transform kids’ lives

Eighty-six members of the Brazilian Youth Orchestra quietly filed onto the stage of Union City High School’s auditorium on Nov. 22. Suddenly the 11- to 18-year-olds burst into an energetic rendition of the overture to “West Side Story,” at one point leaping into the audience as they played. The public performance was hosted by the …

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‘Layaway’ makes a comeback
Retailers revive, advertise program for budget-conscious consumers

Nearly every retailer from Macy’s to JC Penney has already hung the plastic wreaths and reindeer in preparation for the Christmas buying season. And several retailers have also revived an old program to attract customers: layaway. If you were alive for the “Me” Decade and Ronald Reagan’s presidency, then you probably remember this ghost of …

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Four-alarm fire leaves WNY home gutted; residents seeking housing A four-alarm early morning fire on Monday left a two-story home at 5012 Hudson Ave. in West New York destroyed, and a neighboring residence with water damage. Police Chief Michael Indri said that because of the Fire Department’s immediate notification and quick response, the four evacuated …

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Getting Son Cubano to close earlier
WNY residents debate ordinance at 4-hour meeting

Around 150 supporters of the West New York restaurant Son Cubano stood outside of the town’s middle school at 5:30 p.m. Monday night wearing “I support Son Cubano” t-shirts and holding signs that read “Say no to ordinance 25/11” and “Unfair legislation.” Son Cubano’s spokesman, Raul Vincente, led the crowd in a chant that recalled …

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Hungry, with no place to go
Local church and homeless shelter to help needy for holidays

In preparation for the upcoming holiday season, thanks to the recent generous donations of the community, Pastor Birgit Solano’s food pantry at the Good Shepherd Church in Weehawken was so stuffed with food that she had to stash the excess underneath the church’s back pews. She will be working with a Union City-based shelter system …

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