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After 17 historic years as the first woman to ever serve on New Jersey’s highest court, lifelong Hudson County resident and State Supreme Court Justice Justice Garibaldi will officially retire Feb. 1. Garibaldi is still five years away from the mandatory retirement age of 70, but feels the time is right now. Recently, Garibaldi, a …
After months of closed meetings and private dealings with the Town Council, the Board of Education finally unveiled at its Jan. 27 meeting plans to expand the two elementary schools, although the $5.9 million price tag may not reflect the real cost to the taxpayers. Board members, who have been reluctant to reveal the details …
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Expansion plans as presented by the Board of Education on Jan. 27 would build an addition to each of the two existing elementary schools. Clarendon School, designed in the 1960s, is a group of round buildings or pods with connected passageways. From above, the pattern looks remarkably like Star Trek’s spaceship, with one large round …
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Fifty years ago, Byongman Lee could not have imagined that he would be sitting in the Secaucus Public Library learning to refine his English in the year 2000. Back then, he was too busy making his way south, down the cold rugged terrain from North Korea to South Korea, his possessions on his back, his …
When Jane Kelly came to Hubert Street on Monday morning, Jan. 24, she hadn’t heard the news about an e-mail threat made to a student in the school. She just saw the police officers on school grounds and knew something was wrong. As she came inside the school, she heard students talking about the threat, …
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New languages can be learned, novels can be written and buildings can be constructed faster than the time it takes the county to publish an artists’ directory. After nearly three years of deciphering and fact-checking forms filled out by artists, the county’s Division of Cultural Heritage says it is finally ready to publish an all-county …
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A retirement in the upper ranks of Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski’s staff has resulted in a reshuffling of personnel. The staff changes will go into effect as of Feb. 14. William Northgrave, who has severed at chief of staff for two years, will succeed retiring Frank DeLeonardis as county counsel. Filling Northgrave’s spot as …
Police began investigating and some parents began worrying last week after a seventh grader who attends Secaucus Middle School apparently sent threatening electronic mail to a sixth grader at Huber Street School on Sunday, Jan. 23. Although the mail supposedly turned out to be a joke, the sixth grader told his sister about the message …
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One of the first things Dennis Elwell did as the town’s new mayor was change the color of his office. While it may seem like a trivial issue, he said it could be symbolic of what his administration wants to do. “I wanted to brighten things up around here and make Town Hall look cheerier,” …
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The word that might best describe Anna Portales when you first meet her is “intense.” It is not that the new special education teacher at the middle school is flamboyant or outgoing. She seems a bit shy at first, like the quiet students in high school and college who draw little attention. Portales denies this …
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