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Upgrading the fleet
WNY gets new police cars from project fees

About two years ago, then-West New York Police Director Michael Indri came up with an idea about how the city could modernize its aging fleet of police vehicles without saddling taxpayers with additional costs. Many of the vehicles in the 26 car fleet had reached the end of their useful life, some exceeding 200,000 miles …

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A bicycle of their own
CarePoint teams up with Emerald Financial and Walmart to give bikes to needy kids

Most kids, rich or poor, city or suburb, want a bicycle of their own. Bicycle enthusiast groups say kids get their first taste of real independence when they get their own bike. Owning a bike also may put them on the road out of the cycle of poverty. Not only do they find healthy recreation, …

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Tops in investigative reporting, advertising
Hudson Reporter wins eight awards in statewide contest

Writers and graphic artists for The Hudson Reporter newspapers recently won eight awards in the competitive statewide annual Better Newspaper Contest run by the New Jersey Press Association. The weekly chain, with offices in Hoboken and Bayonne, publishes eight newspapers: The Hoboken Reporter, Bayonne Community News, Weehawken Reporter, Jersey City Reporter, Secaucus Reporter, North Bergen …

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The secret story of ‘Polka Dot’
Popular local children’s entertainer went from reporting about them to becoming one

One of the most popular local children’s entertainers ended up in his career nearly by happenstance. “Polka Dot,” otherwise known as Ron Albanese, can be seen donning outrageous costumes and polka-dot hats and performing for crowds of screaming children in and around Hudson County. The former Hoboken resident and one-time Jersey City teacher is known …

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BRIEFS

Broadway star headlines HRPAC benefit concert The Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, Inc. (HRPAC) will host its annual benefit gala at the Chart House Restaurant on Saturday, April 26 at 6 p.m. The evening will start off with a cocktail hour and silent auction to be followed by dinner and a concert featuring Broadway singer …

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Lights! Cameras! Legislate!
Memorial students film documentary on assemblyman

Instead of working in the classroom one day last month, eight students from Memorial High School in West New York headed to the State House in Trenton to witness a voting session, discuss legislation, and interview Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto. Oh, and they made a documentary in the process. It was all part of the …

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A sandwich of their own
Blimpie founder talks about struggle as an entrepreneur

Fifty years ago, Tony Conza, living in Jersey City at the time, and two buddies from Hoboken High School got the idea to go into business. Like many urban kids from North Jersey, they liked going to the Jersey Shore, where they tasted a kind of sandwich they had not tasted before. “It had a …

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Award-winning UC student researches stem cell work
ROGATE in-depth study has academic and personal benefits

In order to receive the Gold Satori award, I, Alexandria Suarez, an eighth grade Union City student who participates in the ROGATE program (Resources Offered For Gifted And Talented Education), a program sponsored by the EIRC National Talent Network, completed an in-depth research project for which I won a Silver Toward Satori Award last year …

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Heroine addicts
Breathless fans meet Hunger Games: Catching Fire stars in Secaucus

The first arrivals showed up at five in the afternoon to stake out their place in line. The location: Walmart in Secaucus. The occasion: the midnight release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second film in the tremendously popular franchise. “Catching Fire is the best movie on the planet,” said 14-year-old Sarah, who traveled …

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BRIEFS

WNY Cuban Lions Club Health Fair on April 13 The West New York Cuban Lions Club has teamed with Palisades Medical Center to present its annual Community Health Fair. The event, which is free and open to the general public, will be held on Sunday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the …

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