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Matthew F. Amato Jr., a columnist for The Hudson Reporter newspapers, died on Nov. 9 at age 64. Amato wrote the biweekly “On the Streets Where We Live” column, which contained colorful items about local families, public officials, and students. His last column will run later this month. The youngest of six children, Amato was …
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After 13 years of theater, Hudson County high school students will again hit the stage, but this time they’ll be wearing roller skates. The award-winning High Tech High School Musical Theater Department will present its fall musical, “Xanadu – the ’80s Roller Boogie Musical,” this month at the HTHS Black Box Theater at 2000 85th …
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There is a colorful, practically rebel playwright community that lies in the shadow — or, more appropriately, thrives in the sunlight — of the skyline of a city known for theater. A new project by a Union City-based theater company is featuring Weehawken playwrights Joanne Hoersch and Eric Conger this month. Their plays will be …
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Results are in: meet your elected officials Election results are in from Tuesday night. The positions up for grabs on Nov. 8 were county executive, county register, three state Senate seats, all six state Assembly seats, and all nine Board of Freeholder seats. Democrats maintained their majority in the legislature for the seventh year in …
“My middle names mean love and beautiful gem,” said 8-year-old Tirzah Johnson on Thursday in a McDonald’s on Kennedy Blvd. in Union City, blocks from the hotels where she, her sister and brother, and her mother have been staying for two months with the last of their savings. Now they have to fear they will …
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Norma Almanza does not look old enough to have run her own business for 23 years. Perhaps she’s managed to avoid the stress-induced aging brought about by entrepreneurship, because, as she said, “I love my work.” Almanza started the YA Group — a design, advertising, and outreach firm located on New York Avenue in Union …
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On such a chilly October Friday afternoon, it may have been hard to envision a plant-lined walkway, fountain, and waterfall that are planned for Union City High School’s Student Sanctuary, but school officials “broke ground” on Oct. 28 with gleaming shovels and began a project tentatively set for completion on June 15 of 2012. Mayor …
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Voters throughout Hudson County will go to the polls on Nov. 8 to elect a number of county and state officeholders. The positions up for grabs are county executive, county register, three state Senate seats, all six state Assembly seats, and all nine Board of Freeholder seats. Only two of the freeholders face competition this …
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Union City chief may be entitled to $150K payout Two weeks ago, Union City Police Chief Charles Everett retired just before a report was released alleging that he manipulated the way off-duty security jobs were given out so that he and other police superiors could get the top assignments. Several months ago, News 12 New …
Local streets will be roaring two years from now when the towns of Weehawken and West New York host the internationally known Formula One Grand Prix of America race over a three-day period in 2013. The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) will work in conjunction with state and local workers to turn existing West New …
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