Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Free yoga in Braddock Park every Tuesday and Friday Free yoga takes place in Braddock Park every Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. and every Friday from 8 to 9 a.m. Rain or shine. Come to James J. Braddock North Hudson Park Environmental Center 10 minutes before start time. Bring a yoga mat, water, towel, …
It’s déjà vu all over again in West New York. Four years ago, Mayor Felix Roque, the doctor and Army colonel who ran against machine candidate Sal Vega, was elected to reform town government. As he began doing so, he was accused of practicing his own brand of old-time politics. In spring of 2012, he …
Continue reading “Indicted, acquitted, re-elected, and indicted again
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Craig O’Connor still remembers walking the five blocks from his childhood home to see the original “Superman” movie at the Summit Theatre in Union City in 1978. The theater served as a cultural touchstone for more than 50 years, first as a vaudeville and burlesque house where Harry Houdini performed and George Burns met Gracie …
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Flag Day Parade is June 14 On Sunday, June 14 the 75th annual Flag Day Parade takes place. The parade will begin at 2 p.m. at Bergenline Avenue and 85th Street in North Bergen and will travel south to Miller Stadium at 57th Street in West New York. Anyone with an old, tattered flag is …
A group of local residents is looking to completely overhaul the way North Hudson towns handle animal control. The Union City Feral Cat Committee (UCFCC) has posted a 23-page report on their website detailing extensive complaints with the existing system, specifically regarding the treatment of cats in the region. Their goal, according to UCFCC founder …
Continue reading “The truth about cats and dogs?
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While the men and women who work as firefighters, police officers, or emergency medical technicians generally do so without fanfare, those who have shown exceptional dedication to duty get their day each year at the annual 200 Club of Hudson County Valor Awards luncheon at Liberty House in Jersey City. More than a dozen public …
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Writers and graphic artists for The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won 16 awards in the competitive statewide annual Memorial Journalism Contest run by the Garden State Journalists Association. On Wednesday, May 20, they picked up their plaques at the Chart House restaurant in Weehawken. The weekly chain, with offices in Hoboken and Bayonne, publishes eight …
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High Tech Students shine in Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest High Tech students shone at the 32nd Annual Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest, held at William Paterson University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following students excelled in the French poetry contest: Sara Bendaoud of Bayonne …
In casting his vote to reject the Meridia Le Boulevard high-rise, West New York Zoning Board of Adjustment President Kenneth Blaine said the project violated the new master plan. “To approve this application would be to usurp the powers of the Board of Commissioners,” he said at the May 20 meeting. The board voted down …
Continue reading “Meridia Le Boulevard rejected
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Local residents came out on Monday, May 24 to pay tribute to those who perished during the country’s armed conflicts. Memorial Day was first observed on May 30, 1868 as Decoration Day, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Photos by Al Sullivan. Al …
Continue reading “Moment of reflection in West New York
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