Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Dear Editor: I haven’t noticed much news coverage of this, but I wanted everyone to note that our Congressman, Albio Sires, has joined the Republican party in two recent crucial votes of the new Congress. He voted with the GOP majority to further gut the Dodd-Franks Act which prohibits Wall Street from gambling on derivatives …
BAYONNE – Bayonne Police are investigating the cause of death of a man found under a pedestrian bridge on the city’s east side on Thursday, Jan. 29. According to Capt. Robert Geisler, the body was found by a passerby at 3:44 p.m. under the 25th Street pedestrian bridge that links Avenue E and Prospect Avenue, …
HUDSON COUNTY — As of Friday, Accuweather predicted our area could get 6-10 inches of snow on Monday. The prediction for snow on Monday has been consistent for a few days, unlike some of the other recent forecasts. Keep up to date by clicking the weather symbol in the upper right of hudsonreporer.com. Got good …
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JERSEY CITY — What could be a foreshadowing of the next gubernatorial race, NJBiz has Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop as number 10 in its top 100 most powerful people in the state. State Senate President Steve Sweeney, who is expected to opposed Fulop in the 2017 Democratic primary for governor, came in at number …
Recently a Capital New York article http://www.capitalnewyork.com * noted: “A new report analyzing the costs of widespread use of the lifesaving hepatitis C drug Sovaldi found the drug could cost New York State’s Medicaid program $3.6 billion per year.The drug costs $1,000 per pill and is part of a 12-week treatment regimen, meaning the full …
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A selection of Broadway stars will perform at a special benefit concert to help raise money for HT Musical Theatre, a performing arts group at High Tech High School – a public high school accepting bright students from all Hudson County towns. Students in the Musical Theatre program have been selected to perform their spring …
STATEWIDE — Hindus are urging New Jersey public and private schools with a significant number of Hindu students to include Diwali, the most popular Hindu holy day, as a school holiday in their 2015-2016 school calendars and beyond. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said in a statement that it was unfair to Hindu pupils and their …
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SECAUCUS – 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 this past weekend. The three-story garage is located adjacent to the Clarion Hotel Empire Meadowlands Hotel Harmon Plaza, just off Meadowlands Parkway. The 40-foot wide hole opened up …
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Recently a NJBiz article http://www.njbiz.com * noted: “The U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings released this week put a spotlight on a few top-ranked hospitals in the state and nation, many of them larger hospitals in busy metropolitan areas. But hospitals that don’t make the list have other ways of competing for patients and …
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85, of Bayonne, died January 15, 2015, at the Cusack Care Center. Born in Jersey City, Irene resided most of her life in Bayonne. She was employed as a bank vault attendant for the First Jersey Bank of Jersey City for many years until her retirement 22 years ago. She was predeceased by her parents, …