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Local brewers are what’s on tap
Three craft beers being created in Hudson County’s towns

Hudson County is the smallest and most densely-populated county in New Jersey, and the sixth most densely-populated county in America. With all those people living here, it brings a question to the lips of the thirsty: “Where’s the locally brewed beer?” With one local brewery currently operating and two on the way, brewers in North …

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‘On a mission from God’
Bayonne man finds, rescues isolated 80-year-old gravestone from Meadowlands

Fluke season had just begun, and Bruce Dillin of Bayonne was scouting the Hackensack River across from Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus for a spot to trap killie fish he could use as bait. “I remember it being a hot sunny day,” he said. “I was in my kayak, and looked at a stream near …

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Bayonne man finds, rescues isolated 80-year-old gravestone from Meadowlands

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PFLUG, JIMMY

Funeral services have been held for Jimmy Pflug, 90. He passed away Jan. 23 at Hoboken University Medical Center. Born Ferdinand James Pflug, he was a lifelong Hoboken resident. He was raised and he later raised his own family in the city he lovingly called “Sun Valley”. He was the son of the late Edith …

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SCOREBOARD Jersey City’s Simmons finally at home at Seton Hall
Well-traveled guard gets the chance to finish her career in South Orange

For the first time since she played grammar school basketball at P.S. 37 Rafael Cordero School in downtown Jersey City, Daisha Simmons is getting a chance to play close to her home, in the general proximity of friends and family, a family that includes a total of eight brothers and sisters. It’s been a long …

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Can swapping save the planet?
In one local town, a clever recycling idea

“I like the whole idea of meeting your neighbors,” said Secaucus resident Goethy Revollo. “And also ‘reduce, reuse, recycle.’” The “three Rs” are the watchwords of the Secaucus Swappies, a group established about a year ago to provide a green way to de-clutter your home while meeting your neighbors in town. “I bought some books. …

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Travel bans, tickets, a warming center, and 7.5 inches
City was ready with blizzard preparations

Last weekend’s weather forecasts called for a “historic” storm—a phrase all too familiar in Hoboken, where Hurricane Sandy still dictates funding objectives and political fortunes. In response, Mayor Dawn Zimmer pulled out all the stops. Five snow pieces were rented to supplement Hoboken’s fleet of plows and salt spreaders, 40 to 50 police officers were …

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Save Liberty State Park

Dear Editor: Al Sullivan’s excellent Jan 11th story, “The battle for Liberty State Park”, exposed the danger in Assembly bill 3969. On the Governor’s desk, this bill had last minute language shamefully inserted with no public discussion, and gives a new Meadowlands development commission, which includes by the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority, the power …

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Can swapping save the planet?
In one local town, a clever recycling idea

“I like the whole idea of meeting your neighbors,” said Secaucus resident Goethy Revollo. “And also ‘reduce, reuse, recycle.’” The “three Rs” are the watchwords of the Secaucus Swappies, a group established about a year ago to provide a green way to de-clutter your home while meeting your neighbors in town. “I bought some books. …

Continue reading “Can swapping save the planet?

In one local town, a clever recycling idea

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