Upscale Monarch community attracts luxury renters to the Meadowlands

The Monarch, the luxury rental community located directly across from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, continues to be one of the hottest choices in the rental market this fall as renters discover the combination of convenience, luxury and value it offers. Just weeks after The Monarchโ€™s grand opening, a limited number of early-bird savings opportunities …

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FedEx Ground taking applications in Union City FedEx will accept applicants in person on Tuesday, Nov. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Hudson Community Action Corporation, 400 38th St., Suite 214 in Union City. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and no longer in high school. They must …

A day to remember
Veterans honored in numerous gatherings around Hudson County

Praise for the armed forces, present and past, was never so abundant than during this yearโ€™s Veterans Day events around Hudson County, as people gathered from the tip of Bayonne to the steps of West New York City Hall to honor the troops. Although such celebrations were sparsely attended in the last decade of the …

Veterans honored in numerous gatherings around Hudson County

Getting the money back
Mayors want their business district $$$ from the state

Mayors and other urban officials gathered in the Walmart parking lot in North Bergen on Nov. 10 to support a bill proposed by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto to reinstate state funds for business districts, or Urban Enterprise Zones. The bill would mandate that a portion of sales tax revenues go back to some municipalities each …

Mayors want their business district $$$ from the state

Reporter on Vacation
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If youโ€™re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with anyReporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News, and send it to us! Weโ€™d love to print it and show your neighbors where you went. Visiting relatives in the next town? Hanging out down the Shore? Riding a camel in the desert? …

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Animal League presents Tricky Tray on Dec. 5 The Hudson County Animal League will present a Holiday Gift Extravaganza Tricky Tray on Friday, Dec. 5 at St. Michaelโ€™s Community Center, 21 East 23 St., Bayonne, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Beat the holiday shopping crowds win some Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers. Admission is …

Light rail closer to extending to Bergen County
With no $$ from feds, local mayors meet to ask for state funds

Seeking to get state-funding for the long stalled Bergen County arm of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, elected officials including West New York Mayor Felix Roque gathered at the of Exchange Place transit station in Jersey City on Oct. 20. First conceived more than 30 years ago with construction started in Hudson County about 15 …

With no $$ from feds, local mayors meet to ask for state funds

Season of giving
Fundraising event launches campaign against homelessness

Meteorologists are forecasting another brutal winter this year. Imagine you have no house or apartment to go to. Thatโ€™s the case for all too many individuals in Hudson County and elsewhere. And thatโ€™s what the Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC) and parent organization Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corporation (GSECDC) have been addressing for years. …

Fundraising event launches campaign against homelessness

โ€˜They donโ€™t want you to fight backโ€™
Former Mayor Elwell returns to Secaucus after 30 months in federal prison

Forty years ago, when Dennis Elwell came home from Vietnam, the bus dropped him off in the center of Secaucus and he took the long walk alone to the North End where his family lived. It was a lonely walk, one thick with memories, since his family had lived here for generations. Like most veterans …

Former Mayor Elwell returns to Secaucus after 30 months in federal prison

Reporter on Vacation
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If youโ€™re going on vacation or just hanging out locally, take a photo with any Reporter newspaper, including the Bayonne Community News, and send it to us! Weโ€™d love to print it and show your neighbors where you went. Visiting relatives in the next town? Hanging out down the Shore? Riding a camel in the …

Take a photo with your newspaper and send it in!