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Will new Hudson River rail tunnel really happen?
$13.5M Gateway Project unveiled, funding unknown

It took 20 years to find funding for the Access to the Region’s Core Tunnel – two NJ Transit tubes that were suppose to create more passenger rail – and then only a year for the project to be cancelled by Gov. Christopher Christie. Now Amtrak’s recently unveiled Gateway Tunnel Project could send more trains …

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BRIEFS

Correction Due to a language translation error, in last week’s article, “Meet the candidates,” it was incorrectly stated that West New York mayoral candidate FiorD’Aliza Frias had referenced a potential shift in ethnic leadership during an interview with NECIO TV. This statement was never said or written by Frias or anyone else in her committee. …

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Washington Park ‘stewards’ join process
Residents to help design turf field on UC/JC border

The Washington Park Association (WPA), the “volunteer stewards” of Washington Park near the Union City/Jersey City border, will now be working with Union City and the Hudson County Parks Department on a design for a proposed multi-purpose synthetic turf field there. Union City has taken the WPA’s “green design” and sustainability features into consideration to …

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Car trouble in Union City
State Sen./Mayor Stack blasts ex-wife, says she should pay gas money back

Claiming political enemies were behind a recent “Shame on You” report on Fox5 News that highlighted alleged abuses of city-owned vehicles, Union City Mayor and State Sen. Brian Stack last week also pointed a finger at his ex-wife and asked his city’s Law Department to seek reimbursement for any gasoline that was paid for by …

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Help your heart
Agency will offer free CPR kits, training in your town

Heart disease claims the lives of 300,000 victims each year, with roughly 70 percent of those succumbing to a cardiac arrest within their own home. If just one member of the household had the know-how to administer CPR, the chances of survival could double or even triple. February is American Heart Month, a four-week observance …

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UC announces Valentine’s Day Concert to be held Feb. 12 The City of Union City, Mayor Brian P. Stack and the UC Board of Commissioners, and The Union City Performing Arts Center will be presenting ”The Union City Valentine’s Day Concert” on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Union City Performing Arts Center …

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Waterfront residents voice ‘nightclub’ frustrations
City: Son Cubano just a restaurant, no special treatment

A group of Grandview Condominiums residents at 55 Riverwalk Place in West New York are up in arms over their mixed-use community’s newest restaurant and bar, Son Cubano, which they describe as a “Trojan horse” that seemed innocuous in its planning stages and even during its daytime operations, but caught them off-guard with what they …

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Hard to afford housing
Apartment shortage grows in Union City, WNY

Earlier this month, Union City passed an amendment to the city’s rent control ordinance recognizing that an “emergency” exists in terms of a lack of affordable rental housing within city limits. The revised ordinance bans landlords from withholding available housing units by requiring them to report a vacancy exceeding 90 days to the Rent Leveling …

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Apartment shortage grows in Union City, WNY

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Making a difference
Volunteers from North Hudson form ‘Inspire Lives’

Inspire Lives was born when one North Bergen resident, along with her fellow neighbors and coworkers, decided that she wasn’t doing enough for their community and for those in need. Eyismery Arenas’ solution was to form a community volunteerism group around six months ago. The 29-year-old reached out to her fellow North Hudson neighbors and …

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