Tails will be wagging
UC pet center hosts grand opening with adoptions and games

Catering to dogs with distinguishing taste, a new Union City hub for pets offering specialized grooming services and natural and organic food and treats will officially open its doors this weekend. Furry Tails Dog Spa and Boutique, at 3607 Park Ave., will celebrate its grand opening with pet adoptions, games, and giveaways on Sunday, May …

UC pet center hosts grand opening with adoptions and games

Take the Reporter on vacation!
Snap a photo of you with the newspaper, and see it published

Are you planning to travel to exotic locales this summer, or just do a “Day-cation” at the local gas station with your 50 cent hot dog? Either way, you can surprise us, make us laugh, show off your kids, or just share your trip with your neighbors by sending us a photo of you and/or …

Snap a photo of you with the newspaper, and see it published

Waiting for four years
Disabled WNY woman won’t give up on handicap parking space

A West New York woman who must travel with a portable oxygen machine says she has spent the past four years struggling to get a designated handicap parking space outside her home. The problem has not been her qualifications, but rather, a parking meter that stops her from getting the spot. _____________ “Half a block …

Disabled WNY woman won’t give up on handicap parking space

Comfortable in heels
UC actor says playing three women is part of the fun

After portraying not one but three women in his latest show, Union City actor Bryen Luethy said getting decked out in frilly hats and sissy dresses is just part of the fun of his profession. Luethy recently played Vera, Charlene, and Didi – along with seven other characters – in the two-man comedy show “Greater …

UC actor says playing three women is part of the fun

Employee of the Month
Joyce Laterra ends 26-year run at Hudson Reporter newspapers

A series of events conspired to delay Joyce Laterra’s anointing as “Employee of the Month” for April at the Hudson Reporter newspaper group. Just a few days before Laterra was about to be surprised at work with the honor, she told her bosses she would have to retire. Her 101-year-old mother had fallen in her …

Joyce Laterra ends 26-year run at Hudson Reporter newspapers

Everything but the pumpkin carriage
Pitney Bowes donates suits, dresses to kids for prom

West New York students hoping to make it to prom this year but struggling to come up with the cash recently got a visit from an unlikely “fairy godmother.” A New Jersey branch of Pitney Bowes, a mail stream technology company based in Connecticut, brought more than 400 gowns and suits – not to mention …

Pitney Bowes donates suits, dresses to kids for prom

From U.C. to D.C.
Young grad gets active in Latino issues in capital

A young Union City man whose passion for public policy originated in his hometown recently got a crash course in human rights and immigration. Ebenezer Concepcion, 24, a graduate from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, was selected from hundreds of applicants to participate in a prestigious fellowship program in Washington, D.C. It was sponsored …

Young grad gets active in Latino issues in capital