Hoboken Family Planning concerned about funding Group offers wide array of services including basic med care, screenings
“The program is under threat,” said Director Bill Bullock as he sat at a grey oval table in a well lit back conference room of Hoboken Family Planning last week. The non-profit agency is one of many family planning centers funded by Title X federal funds for over 40 years. Hoboken Family Planning first opened …
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Union City welcomes the holidays Officials light tree, students croon Christmas songs
Union City officials wished everybody a happy holiday this year while lighting the Christmas tree in front of Town Hall on Friday, Dec. 2. Students from the high school choir and band performed holiday music on the sidewalk while Santa Claus made an appearance. Resident Micaias Rojas came to see his daughter Raquel, 18, perform …
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WNY mayor goes to court on bribe charges Roque says he’s confident he’ll be vindicated
For the second time since taking office in 2011, Mayor Felix Roque is on trial. In conjunction with his private pain management medical business, Dr. Roque has been charged with allegedly accepting cash kickbacks for referrals to MRI testing centers. Although originally indicted on three counts for the offense, two of the counts were dropped …
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Too much eggnog? At commissioners’ meeting: Drunk driving crackdown; parking
North Bergen’s Board of Commissioners have been given a $5,000 grant to fund the township’s 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, part of a national law enforcement program to prevent drunk driving during the holidays. Law enforcement and highway patrols will try to reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road by …
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Fidel Castro dies at 90 Death of former leader of Cuba has local leader rethinking policies
For many old-time Cuban residents of Hudson County, the death of Fidel Castro is personal. Some recall fleeing his Communist regime when they were children, to take refuge in the United States. Some extremely long-time residents recall when Castro came to Union City in the late 1950s to raise money for what was then seen …
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Group for needy people who need legal help expands New digs near Journal Square offer more access
For those familiar with the classic movie “On the Waterfront,” they know the basement of St. Peter & Paul Church in Hoboken was originally a meeting place of people attempting to reform the crime-ridden waterfront. People who really needed help came to meet there. Since 2013, in real life, this same basement has become a …
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Hoboken Family Planning concerned about funding Group offers wide array of services including basic med care, screenings
“The program is under threat,” said Director Bill Bullock as he sat at a grey oval table in a well lit back conference room of Hoboken Family Planning last week. The non-profit agency is one of many family planning centers funded by Title X federal funds for over 40 years. Hoboken Family Planning first opened …
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Group offers wide array of services including basic med care, screenings
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Union City welcomes the holidays Officials light tree, students croon Christmas songs
Union City officials wished everybody a happy holiday this year while lighting the Christmas tree in front of Town Hall on Friday, Dec. 2. Students from the high school choir and band performed holiday music on the sidewalk while Santa Claus made an appearance. Resident Micaias Rojas came to see his daughter Raquel, 18, perform …
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Officials light tree, students croon Christmas songs
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WNY mayor goes to court on bribe charges Roque says he’s confident he’ll be vindicated
For the second time since taking office in 2011, Mayor Felix Roque is on trial. In conjunction with his private pain management medical business, Dr. Roque has been charged with allegedly accepting cash kickbacks for referrals to MRI testing centers. Although originally indicted on three counts for the offense, two of the counts were dropped …
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Roque says he’s confident he’ll be vindicated
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