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March 6, 2000

Transportation Authority adopts 2001 budget

Hudson County Executive and North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority Chairman Robert C. Janiszewski announced the NJTPA’s endorsement of the Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Construction Program last week. Hudson County is slated to receive $91,493,000 for capital improvements. The Capital Construction Program was originally supposed to be voted on three weeks ago. However, Janiszewski delayed the …

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March 3, 2000

Will Lynch finally have his day in court?

Dear Editor: The Mayo, Lynch and Associates engineering firm is suing the authority for millions of dollars. At the 2/7/00 meeting of the Secaucus Municipal Utilities Authority, they instructed their attorneys to move forward in preparation to go to trial on March 6. In my opinion it will be settled out of court and let …

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March 3, 2000

Electrician position proves a successful experiment

For as long as Richard Damata can remember, he’s fiddled with wires and electrical devices. He was one of those kids who couldn’t keep himself from trying to rescue every thrown-out radio, TV, light fixture or stereo he could find. Now, after three successful years as the town’s electrician, he finds himself neck deep in …

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March 3, 2000

A fair test? School board takes on new firm

A firm whose admitted errors in scoring resulted in the mistaken failing of thousands of students in the New York City school system has been hired by the Secaucus Board of Education to test students here. Mistakes made by McGraw-Hill, which developed and scored the test for New York City last year, resulted in many …

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March 3, 2000

Poetry reading honors Secaucus’ 100th anniversary

Secaucus-based Sensations magazine will host a poetry reading on Sunday, March 12, that presents previously published poems written in and about Secaucus, some presented by the original authors. The reading will run from 4 to 5:30 p.m. upstairs in the banquet room of LaReggia Restaurant, 40 Wood Ave. The reading is free, and the public …

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March 3, 2000

Assembly committee approves regulations on rebates and therapists

Three bills introduced by Assembly Democratic Conference Leader Anthony Impreveduto (D-32nd Dist.) that would protect consumers, certify psychoanalysts, and regulate marriage therapists passed through the Assembly Consumer Affairs and Regulated Professions Committee last week. The Committee approved a bill, sponsored by Impreveduto and Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen (D-20th Dist.) that would crack down on retailers …

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March 3, 2000

Council changes direction about open space and professionals

In a slight change of direction, the Town Council voted to amend a $5 million bond passed in 1999 for open space to help purchase land for a parking lot at its Feb. 22 meeting. In the original bond, the council had authorized $250,000 in down payments for the purchase of several tracts of land, …

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March 3, 2000

No drunks near schools

In an effort to tighten its regulations regarding drunk driving, the Town Council voted to change its school drug zone ordinance to include stricter language allowed under a revised state law. “This has to do with a Nutley crossing guard that was run down several years ago,” said Councilman John Reilly. “We feel that we …

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March 3, 2000

Transportation Authority adopts 2001 budget

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March 3, 2000

Police put brakes on large UC/WNY auto theft ring

UNION CITY – When their vehicle dies on them, your vehicle may be its replacement. Last Tuesday, the Union City Police Department and the New Jersey State Police announced an ongoing investigation that has thusfar resulted in the arrests of 68 people – 25 of them Union City residents and 10 of them West New …

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