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Former Gov. Jim Florio blazed his campaign trail through Jersey City last week, as he has been attempting to make a political comeback. Florio, who is running for the Democratic ticket in next year’s Senate elections against millionaire businessman Jon Corzine, was in town to speak with veterans of foreign wars as part of his …
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Danny Colombo was an Army machine gunner during the decisive Battle of the Bulge, which helped the Allied forces bring Nazi Germany to its knees toward the end of World War II. Hanging with the 28th Infantry, Colombo saw his share of war. “I thought I was going to be dead,” said Colombo, who looks …
Harley Cabrera, 9, of Jersey City recently egged the competition in a Perdue Farms art contest to create a new chicken nugget for the powerful poultry producer. Though the youngster did not win the Grand Prize, Harley was selected as a finalist from hundreds of entries submitted from around the country. Harley’s design, entitled “Peace …
The Hudson Reporter newspapers won nine awards in a statewide competition for weekly newspapers, the New Jersey Press Association announced last weekend. The contest drew entries from scores of weekly newspapers from around the state. The NJPA’s annual “Better Newspaper” competition includes categories for news writing, feature writing, column writing, and layout. The Reporter newspapers …
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When most legislative bodies squabble over chairs, they are usually referring to the chairmanships of prestigious committees, but the latest brouhaha at the City Council refers to the chairs you sit on. The controversy stems from the fact that one particular councilman does not want to sit next to another anymore during meetings. Even though …
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Donning backpacks and baseball caps, 20 Stevens Institute of Technology students gathered on a recent icy Thursday afternoon in the Pierce Building on River Street in Hoboken – but not to discuss fluid mechanics or the hot new computer language Java. They were listening to Prof. Edward Foster comb through the finer points of Baudelaire’s …
While officials expected to have scores of new faces at school next year thanks to a new school choice program that would admit out-of-town students to Hoboken schools, state figures released this month show that not even a school bus could be filled with the newcomers. As the window to take advantage of the state …
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Thanks to the generosity of a local mom and Internet techie, getting “on line” in the Mile Square Pre-School Program at Wallace Primary School doesn’t mean standing behind a classmate anymore. Now, the class of nearly 30 just-out-of-diapers students can be seen happily pointing and clicking away in front of four brand new iMacs that …
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The Hudson Reporter newspapers won nine awards in a statewide competition for weekly newspapers, the New Jersey Press Association announced last weekend. The contest drew entries from scores of weekly newspapers from around the state. The NJPA’s annual “Better Newspaper” competition includes categories for news writing, feature writing, column writing, and layout. The Reporter newspapers …
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Ravi Genao was a typical student/athlete until last August. The Hoboken teenager was enjoying life at Hudson Catholic High School as a member of the school’s track team and as an accomplished student who was invited to participate in an exchange program with a school in Australia. Genao was a former basketball standout during his …
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