Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: When Mayor Fulop announced he was giving land worth $20 million to Liberty Science Center, he reminded me of other Jersey City mayors who have done foolish things. First, there was McCann who bonded $128.9 million for missing state funds (city should have bonded $30 million) that we are still paying for today. …
Library now open Sundays, offering varied programming The main branch of the North Bergen Public Library, 8411 Bergenline Ave., will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays throughout the year in addition to the normal operating hours of Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday/Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 …
Super Bowl prep tip: check your TV so it won’t fall on a child Every 45 minutes in the United States, a child is rushed to the emergency room for injuries caused by television sets that are not appropriately secured. Three years ago, a toddler in Jersey City died when a TV fell on her. …
Snowplow driver escapes major injury in parking deck collapse A snowplow driver escaped with only minor injuries when a huge hole opened on the top deck of an outdoor parking garage beneath his rig. The three-story garage is located adjacent to the Clarion Hotel Empire Meadowlands Hotel Harmon Plaza, just off Meadowlands Parkway. The 40-foot …
Dear Dr. Norquist: I am so frustrated and angry I don’t know what to do. I was dating a woman I really like and now she isn’t interested in seeing me anymore. Some people we both know told her bad things about me that aren’t true. I know she likes me, but now she won’t …
The resignation of Daniel Bryan has sent shock waves through the Hoboken political community – both among those who support Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and those who are opposed to her. Bryan has been Zimmer’s chief of staff for five years and announced two weeks ago that he would be taking a senior position in …
Dear Editor: We join the rest of the world in mourning the brave staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, gunned down by religious fanatics for defending freedom of the press. Meat industry fanatics in the U.S. have devised a more subtle means of stifling freedom of the press. The states of Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, …
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Pictured at The Annual West New York Fire Department Reunion luncheon held recently at DiPalma’s Restaurant in North Bergen are left to right, Retired Firefighter Bill Renner, Retired West New York Fire Chief Bob Aiello, and Retired West New York Fire Captains Alan Ballester and George Arthur.
Funeral mass was offered Jan. 29 at Immaculate Conception Church for Grace Tanner, 88, a lifelong resident of Secaucus. She passed away Jan. 23. She was the wife of Irving Tanner; mother of Meryl Tanner-Hill and her husband Joshua; daughter of William F. and Rose Krause who were one of the original founding families of …
She might not have that household name just yet, but give it time. Very shortly, a lot of people in the Hudson County basketball scene – and beyond – are going to be talking about Zyearah Taylor-Gaston. Taylor-Gaston is a freshman on the St. Anthony girls’ basketball team. She’s a Jersey City girl, a product …
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