Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Run to cure cystic fibrosis is Sept. 20 The 5th Annual O’Connell’s Run to cure cystic fibrosis takes place this Saturday, Sept. 20, rain or shine, starting and finishing at Washington Park, 2nd Street in Union City, between Palisade Avenue and Paterson Plank Road. A 5K race for adults kicks off at 10 a.m., followed …
“So many local people are concerned about threats to the quality of life in this area,” said Joshua Breakstone. “That includes parking up and down the Hudson, the transportation system, overcrowding, the loss of views, of space, of light, the pollution caused by jitneys taking care of the overflow that can’t be handled by the …
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A plaque to a hero went up in the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Firehouse on 16th Street in Union City on Saturday, Aug. 23. The plaque honors retired Battalion Chief Robert Agostini, who died on Aug. 20, 2013 from conditions sustained while working at ground zero after the terror attacks on 9/11/01. “They …
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The midwife charged with practicing medicine illegally after a baby died in a 2012 Hoboken home birth has completed a pretrial intervention program designed for first time offenders, according to Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Gene Rubino. On Sept. 18, 2012, Olivia Kimball, a 31-year-old resident of Great Meadows in Warren County, assisted in the …
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If you’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! We’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 …
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Union City holding a Sept. 11 Ceremony of Remembrance Mayor Brian Stack and the Board of Commissioners announce that the City of Union City will be observing Patriots Day with a Sept. 11 Ceremony of Remembrance. The event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. in Liberty Plaza, 30th Street and Palisade …
“We are trying to have a school our kids can safely walk to, just like any other neighborhood,” said Annie Lee, organizer of the group School Movement on the Hudson. Lee lives in Jacob’s Ferry in West New York, one of numerous upscale communities along the waterfront stretching from Weehawken to North Bergen and beyond. …
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Public school students in Union City return to school on Sept. 4, while West New York students return on Sept. 5. As of press time on Thursday, interim Superintendent Silvia Abbato remained head of the Union City school district, replacing outgoing Superintendent Stanley Sanger, who held the position since 2003. A Board of Education meeting …
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The Mill Creek Marsh nature trail in Secaucus lifts a visitor up, over the swampland, affording a view of egrets, Atlantic White cedars, the Manhattan skyline in the distance, and also, a parking lot. The 209-acre Meadowlands region, which includes Secaucus and surrounding towns, is famous as a flyway for Eastern birds and a locale …
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West New York has to pay more than $500K for alleged retaliation against two employees The town of West New York will have to pay more than $600,000 to settle a lawsuit with the town’s construction officer and his wife. Construction official Tom O’Malley and his wife, Kim O’Malley, a technical assistant, alleged that they …