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Union City resident named First New Jersey Hero of 2015
First Lady recognizes Union City Music Project’s Melina Garcia

Melina Garcia felt a “calling” to help the young people of Union City develop a love for music, which might also keep them off the streets and out of trouble. In 2011, she created the Union City Music Project, an afterschool program that works to change the lives of at-risk children through instrumental music education. …

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Monarch in the Meadowlands passes 50 percent occupancy
Luxury community attracts steady stream of upscale tenants

The Monarch, the luxury rental community located directly across from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, has leased more than 50 percent of its new construction residences since grand opening last fall, developer BNE Real Estate Group announced this week. The 316-apartment community offers a combination of convenience and luxury, enhanced by a value proposition that …

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Saint Augustine School schedules scholarship dinner Saint Augustine School will have its third annual scholarship dinner on April 29, at 6:30 p.m. at The Fiesta, 255 Route 17 South, Wood-Ridge, to benefit the Sister Roberta O’Hea Scholarship Fund. The event will honor Sister Rosemary Moynihan, general supervisor of the Sisters of Charity; Rosemary Carroll, director …

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Dirty business
Federal investigation of alleged extortion scheme results in two arrests – so far

A federal investigation begun more than three years ago has led to the arrest of two Jersey Shore men in connection with what authorities say was an alleged scheme to extort payments from suppliers of landfill destined for the delayed Hudson County Public Golf Course in Jersey City. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said two …

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Netting more experience
High Tech badminton fans get visit from U.S. national squad

The world got a bit smaller and friendlier for the students and Badminton Club members at High Tech High School – a countywide public school — last month, when they were visited by the USA and Thailand national badminton teams. The team members spent the entire afternoon with the High Tech students, putting on an …

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Child advocate group holding informational session Hudson County CASA (court appointed special advocate) is recruiting volunteers to advance the best interests of abused and neglected children. An informational session, addressing the program and the role of its volunteers, will be held on Tuesday, March 10, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Room 901 of the …

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No place to land?
Officials unveil new strategy for dealing with tourist helicopters

With the doors to the Weehawken ferry terminal closed against the cold wind on Feb. 18, you almost couldn’t hear the helicopters buzzing overhead. But you could feel them as their vibrations shook the windows, providing an ironic backdrop to a press conference of public officials seeking to find a way to stop what they …

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Medical marijuana coming to Hudson County
Alternative Treatment Center projected to open this year

Harmony Foundation in Secaucus is one of six Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) authorized in March 2011 to grow and dispense the herb in New Jersey – two each in the northern, central and southern regions of the state. Yet, here it is almost four years later, and the facility at 600 Meadowlands Parkway …

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