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WNY school board election slated for Nov. 8 Eight candidates are running for three spots in West New York’s Nov. 8 Board of Education race. They include two slates – the Children First slate, backed by Mayor Felix Roque, and Save Our Schools. Children First includes incumbent board trustee David Morel, Board President Adam Parkinson, …
Eight candidates are running for three spots in West New York’s Nov. 8 Board of Education race. They include two slates – the Children First slate, backed by Mayor Felix Roque, and Save Our Schools. Children First includes incumbent board trustee David Morel, Board President Adam Parkinson, and Planning Board member Jose Alcantara. Save Our …
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Ray Machado, founder and lead singer of the musical group Maxima Alerta, had just seen his band get its first taste of fame in Cuba when the communist government decided to censor them. Machado – a Union City municipal worker who has some Jersey City roots — was born in the city of Santa Clara, …
Continue reading “Trash truck worker competes for a Latin Grammy
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A recent $16 billion, eight-year transportation funding compromise between legislators and the administration of Gov. Chris Christie should allow for the expansion of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail both into Bergen County and to Route 440 in Jersey City, officials announced last week. The agreement is expected to pump $2 billion in new annual revenue into …
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Gluten free, allergy free expo this weekend A “Gluten Free and Allergen Friendly Expo” will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15 and 16, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. Attendees will sample the newest gluten-free products from more than 100 vendors. The expo begins on 355 Plaza Drive at 10 a.m. and ends …
Bright sunlight and huge crowds greeted hundreds who turned out on Sept. 25 for the annual Dominican-American Parade down Bergenline Avenue through North Bergen, West New York, and Union City. Starting at 80th Street, the parade was led by Union City Mayor Brian Stack and Rep. Albio Sires (former mayor of West New York) and …
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Many people who routinely watch the New Jersey Cuban Parade when it makes its way through Hudson County each June know Nicole Falcon‘s face. She is the pretty woman who waves from the top of one of the floats. Falcon likes to think she has performing in her blood. Her father Esteban Falcon was a …
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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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One killed, over 100 injured as train crashes into Hoboken train station Three people were killed and over 100 injured on Thursday when a NJ Transit train running on the Pascack Valley line slammed into the terminus of its Hoboken train station track during the Thursday morning commute and ripped through the platform, causing serious …
A photography student at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Rene Berdugo, alleged in 2013 that West New York police punched and kicked him after he refused to show them identification while photographing a storefront in town. This past May, his complaint against the department was settled for $50,000. The May 20 settlement …
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