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A month without shaving
Police officers grow beards to raise money for cancer research

In November, North Bergen’s police officers went an entire month without shaving their beards, as a fundraiser for colorectal research Fight Colorectal Cancer, a national nonprofit based in Washington D.C. that organized the effort. Colorectal cancer, a preventable disease, is the number two cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the U.S. “It …

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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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TASTY TIDBITS UC’s Gonzalez, now at Penn State, headed to Rose Bowl
Final Hagueini tabulations; All-Area grid team next week

When Penn State offensive line coach Matt Limegrover called Steven Gonzalez into his office last month, the Union City native didn’t know what to expect. But Limegrover was going to hit Gonzalez with some great news. Gonzalez was being promoted into the Nittany Lions’ starting lineup at right guard. And the timing couldn’t have been …

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PIZZA, ROSLYN A.

A funeral service was offered at Carmichael Funeral Home on Dec. 8 for Roslyn A. Pizza, 87, of Marietta, Ga. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Dec. 5. Born in Union City, she lived in Hoboken until 1987 when she and her late husband John moved to Marietta, where …

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