Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Fleet freshman’s sprint to glory Lincoln’s Wilkes takes NJSIAA Meet of Champions’ 55-meter title It’s safe to say that there wasn’t a soul in the track and field spectrum who knew anything about Takara Wilkes before a few weeks ago. Sure, her coach at Lincoln High School, Neil Khalid, insists that people on the Hudson …
A caravan of nearly 30 vehicles wended its way through Union City, Hoboken, and Jersey City Saturday to advocate permanently ending the U.S. Navy’s test-bombings on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Vieques, a tiny island with a population of 9,800, is located in the Caribbean off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. Ten months …
In a lecture that was peppered with profanities, young Dominican-American novelist Junot Diaz discussed literature and activism with a roomful of students at New Jersey City University on Tuesday, Feb 29. Diaz is the author of Drown, a critically-acclaimed 1996 collection of short stories set in both Santo Domingo, where the writer spent much of …
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There was something especially sweet about reading at Washington School in Union City recently. On March 2, kids were treated to free scoops of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, part of the third annual “Read Across America” day. And there may be more sweet stuff to come. Ben & …
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After spending most of the morning taking state-mandated tests Tuesday, students at Union City’s Emerson High School on 18th Street received a break from their normal routine when they viewed “The Yellow Dress,” a play about teen dating violence and relationship abuse. The Union City Police Department, in conjunction with the National Institute of Justice …
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After practicing law for the past 20 years, lifelong Union City resident Mark Nelson will be sworn in as a Superior Court judge on March 28 at the Brennan Court House in Jersey City. Nelson didn’t always know he wanted to be a lawyer. “It’s just something that happened,” he said last week. “I didn’t …
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In a dramatic turn-around, county officials agreed to allow for the painting of a green line down the center of a section of JFK Boulevard in Jersey City Sunday as part of the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. In discussions during the Hudson County Freeholders’ caucus meeting on March 7, Bill Northgrave, counsel for the county …
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For young children throughout Secaucus, March 2 proved to be a day in which books came alive. The Secaucus Public Library, Huber Street School and Clarendon School participated in the “Read Across America” program, joining millions nationwide celebrating the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel who wrote such classic children’s books as “The Cat in the …
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In an effort to even out the populations in the town’s two elementary schools, the Board of Education voted at its March 2 meeting to re-draw the district lines, sending some kids to Huber Street School who formerly attended Clarendon School. This will require busing of students on Roosevelt Avenue, something that prompted questions from …
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No signs on the street mark the entrance to the headquarters for the Urban League of Hudson County on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City. People in the neighborhood know where it is, pushing open its brown metal door for the long climb to the second floor. While many low-income people of all ethnicities and races …
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