Category: West New York News

While the U.S. Military has its Area 51, which is rumored to house evidence of a spaceship crash in Arizona in 1947, Hudson County can boast its own deep money pit: Building 77, into which taxpayers poured millions of dollars in renovation costs over the last several years in an effort to give the county …

Continue reading “Historic building destroyed accidentally

“

Weehawkenites may know Nancy Giles from her daily walks through Weehawken streets with her beagle George, or her appearances emceeing or supporting neighborhood theatrical and creative efforts like Hudson Theatre Works or the Hudson River Performing Arts Center. Non-locals may know her from her appearances as G.I. Frankie Bunsen on “China Beach,” Connie on “Delta,” …

Continue reading “Life of a CBS TV ‘pundette’

“

WNY Commissioner Count Wiley to hold press conference to address incriminating allegations involving North Bergen DPW West New York Commissioner Count Wiley has stayed clear of the scandal that ensnared his father, former North Bergen Department of Public Works Superintendent James Wiley, until Thursday. A citizens’ group that is politically opposed to the current North …

Continue reading “BRIEFS”

September is Hunger Awareness Month, though Hudson County needs no reminder. Union City’s Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC) soup kitchen, food pantry, and 40-bed shelter on 37th Street came to the aid of record-breaking numbers of guests this past year, according to Executive Director Emory Edwards. The shelter first broke a record in January, but …

Continue reading “Use of homeless shelter breaks records

“

A resident called the North Bergen Health Department on Sept. 12 to report a raccoon just blocks from Franklin School that was acting sick that afternoon. As it turned out, the animal carried rabies, a virus that could have killed any child who got bitten. People who contract the disease must get treatment immediately. The …

Continue reading “Rabid raccoon caught blocks from school

“

Formula One Grand Prix Port Imperial race in doubt Bernie Ecclestone, president of Formula One, has stated that the contract for the June 2013 Grand Prix of America race set to run on local streets in Weehawken and West New York has been ripped up, according to the Guardian. Organizers of the race have missed …

Continue reading “BRIEFS”

“When it’s your shot, it’s your shot,” West New York Commissioner Count Wiley said the night of Sept. 13 at the Knights of Columbus on 60th Street, just blocks from Town Hall. Around 100 residents gathered for a hot dog and to hear an alternative political opinion to the current administration. Wiley had already announced …

Continue reading “‘Total recall’

“

NHCAC to sponsor UNICEF fundraiser To help disaster relief efforts, the North Hudson Community Action Foundation is sponsoring a ‘Back to the ‘80s’ fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Hijos y Amigos de Fomento located at 522 38th St., Union City. “Our agency not only responds to the needs of the people who live in …

Continue reading “BRIEFS”