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Gourmet night is coming
‘Taste of Weehawken’ offers delicious way to support library

Foodies, rejoice! One of the top culinary events of the year is nearly upon us, as more than 30 of the area’s top eateries will showcase their cuisine at the 16th annual Taste of Weehawken on Tuesday, April 26. Attendees can sample from local restaurants, caterers, bakers, and food specialty shops, and savor more than …

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Proms for a princess
Girls from WNY, UC, North Bergen get dresses that won’t break the bank

Going to a school prom can cost a teenager and parents more than $700 these days, with a dress, limo rental, hair styling, nails, new shoes, and a new purse or clutch. But 50 to 75 graduating seniors in from Union City High School, North Bergen High School, and Memorial High School in West New …

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Hands-on civics lesson
Students from throughout Hudson County take over gov’t

If Frank Gargiulo, superintendent of the Hudson County Schools of Technology, expected to have an easy time when he appeared at the freeholder version of the “County Government for a Day” program on April 12, he got a rude surprise. Students posing as county officials grilled him about the new Schools of Technology campus, due …

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Get your mind onto the gutter
Mural competition brightens up storm drains for Earth Day

It’s too easy for some people to walk down the street and toss their trash into a storm drain without remembering that they empty into the Hudson River. But what if that gutter was decorated with some sea critters, or a wave? It’d be harder to ignore. That’s exactly what Hoboken’s Green Team (a five-year-old …

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Get your tickets to ‘An Evening of Italian Song’
HRPAC 2016 benefit concert and dinner gala will honor late Justice Marie Garibaldi

The Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, Inc. (HRPAC) will host its annual benefit concert and dinner gala at the Chart House Restaurant in Weehawken on Saturday, April 16 at 6 p.m. The evening will honor of late state Supreme Court Justice Marie Garibaldi, who lived in Weehawken, where the HRPAC effort is also based. HRPAC …

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Here to help
Weehawken High School wins charity competition

Weehawken High School was among several high schools in New Jersey that recently won an award in the annual Charity Champions Competition sponsored by Optimum and Cablevision. In the contest, high schools in the tri-state area compete for a $1,000 prize that will then be donated to a chosen charity. Nine high schools in New …

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Town official pleads guilty
Fifth man charged in bid rig investigation

A town official pleaded guilty last week to helping rig the selection process by which contractors competed to replace sidewalks and rehabilitate affordable housing in town. Washington Borgono, 65, an officer with a local government agency that received grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, pleaded guilty on April 5 by …

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