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Hoboken’s hospital reviews handling of train crash
Discusses new ideas for future

“I got a text from my fiancé telling me there was an emergency at the train station,” said Meika Roberson, chief medical officer at Hoboken University Medical Center, last week as she reflected on the events of Thursday, Sept. 29. That morning, reports hit the news that an accident with possible “mass casualties” had occurred …

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Serious choices
The Nov. 8 election is about more than just the president

Jersey City residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to vote on a number of key races, include the election of a president, and contests for the House of Representatives, county sheriff, county register, school board members and the council member representing Ward B. The Board of Education election is the most …

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When resiliency hurts…

Dear Editor: After Hurricane Sandy, “resiliency” (policy changes intended to reduce the impacts of flooding) became central to all of Hoboken’s legislative decisions. Building code changes requiring the abandonment of the bottom residential floor of existing buildings if renovations and/or upgrades total more than 50 percent of the assessed value of the structure have become …

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Preschool found to have elevated lead levels
Also at council meeting, uniform rules for dog park

At the end of the recent Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25, Board of Education candidate Tom Troyer asked council members about elevated levels of lead in the water at the district’s preschool (early learning center) on Mill Ridge Road. The mayor said the school would be sending letters to parents, and that signs …

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Cookies and kindness
Students send gifts to Army members, children with cancer

Since the start of the school year, North Bergen High School students have been making crafts and cookies, writing letters to soldiers in Afghanistan and children with cancer in Palisades Medical Center. “We send out at least five dozens of cookies for each package,” says high school teacher Marlene Sapoff. The after-school group of at …

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Pick up to three
Several issues in this Tuesday’s school board election

On Nov 8 Hoboken residents will not only elect a person to the highest office in America, but also three new Board of Education members. Several controversial issues have been discussed during the race: A charter school lawsuit, programs, test scores. Six candidates are vying for three seats of three-year terms on the nine-member board …

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The I’m-Not-Telling-You vote
National political signs sparse in Hudson County going into election

Hanging just above the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken is a single purple banner draped over someone’s balcony: Donald Trump for president. Probably the most visible political sign in Hudson County this year, it’s also a rare sight. That’s not because Trump is running for president as a Republican in a largely Democratic …

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Survivors of tragedies speak out
Tell students about 9/11, Holocaust, gun violence

Over 15 survivors of different traumatic experiences spoke to Secaucus High School and Middle School students for the whole day on Friday, Oct. 21. Each had a different story to tell. Holocaust survivor Ella Weissberger was forced to sing in the opera “Brundibár” in Czechoslovakia with other Jewish children being held in her concentration camp …

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A haunted night
Residents treated to Halloween party, parade

Dozens of dressed-up families picked pumpkins and collected goody bags filled with Halloween-themed rings, candy, and coloring books at the North Bergen Recreation Center on Monday, Oct. 31. Children also sat on a motorized train that went around in circles next to the Victor Kilken Field and enjoyed a petting zoo filled with goats, alpacas, …

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