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Not gonna let them do it
Menendez vows to fight GOP on health care repeal

Set against a backdrop of an impromptu birthday celebration for him and an event to name a new Pediatric Screening Center after him on Jan. 7 at the Metropolitan Family Health Network offices in Jersey City, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez said he will oppose any move to repeal the federal healthcare package that critics call …

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Union City pushes landlords to enhance living conditions of local tenants Landlords of Union City multifamily structures of five or more units must report a vacant apartment to the Rent Leveling Board Office should the vacancy continue for 90 days, according to an ordinance passed by City of Union City Jan. 4. First-time violators will …

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WNY commissioner allegedly left scene
Political opponent calls for greater administration accountability

West New York Commissioner Gerald Lange came under fire last week for allegedly leaving the scene of a collision at Park Avenue and 56th Street in West New York to go to the bathroom after he hit a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer. Police issued Lange a summons for leaving the scene of …

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Where will fire victims go next?
Palisade, Park Avenue blazes leave questions

On Christmas morning, 20 residents of a Palisade Avenue boarding house managed to escape with their lives and little else as a fire tore through their building in Union City. Then, three days later, driven by heavy winds in the aftermath of the snowstorm, another fire ripped through two buildings on Park Avenue, displacing 25 …

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Ruffled feathers
Animal activists to protest again at live poultry market

Just before Christmas, the animal activist group FAUN staged a demonstration outside of Marzigliano’s Live Poultry Market at 5233 Bergenline Ave. in West New York, complete with a large video screen showing the reality of slaughterhouses and live poultry markets. They also set up a table with pamphlets on meatless alternatives. The demonstration was no …

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday to be celebrated in UC Mayor Brian P. Stack and the Board of Commissioners invite the public to a ceremony observing the life and work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., to be held on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 at noon in the Municipal Court, City Hall, 3715 Palisade Ave., …

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The arts year in review
Hudson County was alive with the sound of music, the sight of art

When it comes to the arts, Hudson County doesn’t stare wistfully across the river at its culturally-hopping New York City neighbor. That’s because Hoboken and Jersey City as well as “NoHu” (North Hudson) towns like Union City and West New York house plenty of homegrown talent – as well as expatriates from Manhattan. In 2010, …

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About this special ‘Year in Review’ issue This special “Year in Review” issue of the Hudson Reporter newspaper replaces your regular weekly editions in Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, Secaucus, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, and Guttenberg for Sunday, Dec. 26. Next week, we will publish a special “Year in Pictures” edition for Jan. …

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Ten big stories this year
Terror, hospital privatization, and budget cuts hit home

E. Assata WrightReporter staff writer Hudson County was a focal point for many of the state’s biggest stories this year. Even though our Year in Review issue contains rundowns of politics, development, business, and sports, there were several big events that fell into other categories as well. Here are, in no particular order, 10 big …

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