Category: West New York News

Perhaps school cafeteria food has improved a lot since the days when students would squirm about “mystery meat.” After years of working in the West New York school district, Sal Valenza was recently named the regional Outstanding Director of The Year by the national, non-profit School Nutrition Association. Valenza oversees food service for the middle …

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Holiday Hudson Reporter editorial and advertising deadlines The Hudson Reporter newspapers will be closed on Monday, July 4. Thus, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines. For the Wednesday July 6 edition of the Bayonne Community News, the display ad deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 30. The classified deadline …

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Private graduation ceremonies for Memorial High School in West New York and for Union City High School will take place on June 20 and 24, respectively. Some of their graduating seniors are heading to prestigious colleges such as Yale and MIT, while others are off to the military or to start careers locally. Educators and …

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Union City art exhibit The June art exhibit at the Union City Art Gallery at City Hall features work by Bolivar E. Sotomayor, Walter Barco, and Claudio Pacheco. A reception will be held Thursday, June 23 at 6 p.m. It will feature a book presentation by author and artist Dielka. The event is organized by …

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Embedded into the ground at Celia Cruz Plaza on 31st Street in Union City are stars made of stone, memorializing musical talents and many other contributors to Latin-American culture. On Friday evening, June 3, the community welcomed three more honorees to the memorial. “I am humbled and honored as a Cuban-American coming from humble beginnings …

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Only one senior citizen could be selected as Hudson County Senior Citizen of the Year at this year’s Senior Luncheon held on May 25, but in many ways, all of the seniors – one from each of the 12 municipalities – were winners, as officials from around the county gathered to pay tribute to their …

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No major injuries in school bus accident Two West New York school buses were in an accident on June 7 en route to Turtleback Zoo for a field trip. According to local officials, a car cut off one of the buses, causing the bus to hit the car and a second bus to hit the …

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