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‘A lot of inspiration comes from Union City’
Art, handbags, t-shirts, music featured at festival

Residents from all over admired, sold, or purchased art, clothing, and toys from other residents at the arts and music festival in Union City on Saturday, Sept. 12. Art lined the gates of Hudson Presbyterian Church on West Street, and sellers, snacks, and children’s activities were set up from 18th Street to 22nd Street. “A …

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Walk and donate for suicide prevention
Families and friends gather this weekend to raise awareness

Families and friends who lose someone to suicide often look for counselors or communities that understand what it’s like. Lifelong North Bergen residents Maria Sanchez and her daughter Jeanette, 26, said they found the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention after looking for a way to raise awareness about suicide, depression, and other mental health conditions. …

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Free 12-week NAMI course for families of those with depression, bipolar The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is offering a free educational, 12-week course for families of individuals diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc. This course also covers medication and other important topics. The course starts Monday Sept. 19 in Union City. For …

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What’s new at schoolUC, WNY kids talk about returning; Mandarin language to be offered in UC

Kids in the Union City public schools return to class on Tuesday, Sept. 6, while in West New York, they return on Friday, Sept. 9. Students who were playing or hanging out at various parks in the area last week talked about what they’re anticipating for the new year, and a local school official gave …

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Fur babies, furever
Couple adopt kitten, cat at local shelter’s grand opening

Mimi Marcus and her boyfriend Chip, who live in Weehawken, doubled the size of their family last month when they visited a new animal shelter in West New York and adopted a 2-year-old female cat and a female kitten. They didn’t even know at first that the older cat’s name is Chip, too. _____________“We’ve seen …

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A visit from the departed
Local novelist’s short play appears in a NY festival

When he converted one of his short stories into a play, what surprised Alfred C. Martino most was the pain he felt even decades after the real-life event that inspired the story. Although the story is fictional, it has roots in the loss of Martino’s best friend as a child, a tragedy that resonates in …

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Reporter on Vacation
Take a photo with your newspaper and send it in!

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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Fifteenth anniversary of Sept. 11 to be observed Sunday, Sept. 11 will mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11/01 terror attacks that took the lives of more than 80 Hudson County residents. To find out where the memorial ceremony will be in your town, watch our breaking news website at hudsonreporter.com or follow us on …

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Union City’s stray cats star in book
NY woman talks about catching town’s felines in newly published memoir

Before living in Union City for 10 years, author of “To Catch a Cat” Heather Green lived and worked as a journalist in Manhattan. When visiting her boyfriend Matt Greer in Union City on weekends, she saw a mother cat caring for three kittens in his neighbor’s backyard, and fell in love. She wanted to …

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