Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Kidney stones will have an easier time being passed than the Jersey City Fiscal Year 2000 budget. In the mile-long march towards approving and finalizing the city’s spending plan, already into its seventh month, the City Council has taken the first steps toward closing the ledger books for the year. On Monday, local labor leaders …
Continue reading “A fine mess Council takes FY2000 budget one more step”
In almost every state, there are schools, streets and parks named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Monday, the schools will be closed in recognition of the assassination of one of the most significant civil rights leaders in history. But some say that the true meaning behind Martin Luther King Day has been forgotten. …
Continue reading “The struggle continues Martin Luther King honored this weekend”
Near the end of last week’s mammoth seven-hour City Council meeting, council members found themselves frequently looking at the clock on the wall and the watches on their wrists – much like schoolchildren stranded in class during recess. Ironically, it was because of school that the meeting took so long. Thirty-five speakers crowded the council …
Continue reading “School daze Community divided over more charter schools”
Potential renters are gobbling up apartments in Newport at a rapid pace – and the demand is so high that they’re paying to apply for units that haven’t even been built yet. On Jan. 6, it was announced that the Lefrak Organization, one of the state’s leading residential developers, would begin accepting $300 applications from …
Continue reading “Gold rush Newport demand has developers building ahead of schedule”
Joseph Barry, the former majority owner of the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain, has sold his share to longtime partners Lucha Malato and David Unger. The sale, which had been in the works since June, was completed Dec. 15. Barry, who owns Hoboken-based Applied Housing, a real estate development company that has built market-rate and subsidized …
Continue reading “New owners Barry sells Reporter newspaper chain to partners”
Robert Sabello makes no bones about it. He’s not about to hide his age from anyone. “I’m proud to say I just turned 80 years old,” said the once and current mayor of Guttenberg, who was officially sworn into office during a ceremony at the Community Center on 71st Street Wednesday night. “I love this …
The vacant Evan-Picone warehouse on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen was somehow set afire for the second time in six weeks last Monday night, causing township officials to begin drastic measures to insure no further incidents take place. A two-alarm fire broke out in the vacant structure Monday night. Four North Hudson Regional Fire and …
No matter what year it is, no matter what part of the century it has been, Hudson County has been one of the nation’s busiest transportation hubs. Serving on the front lines of the infamous New York commute, Hudson transportation has gone from offering the first underwater electric train tunnel system 90 years ago to …
Continue reading “Full speed ahead Local transportation systems pump up for 2000”
Next year has plenty of good times in store. Not just the excitement of movies filming in your neighborhood or even a rumored Dreamworks studio in Harrison, but things to do in Hudson to suit everyone’s taste. Though Orlando Cuevas just left the Jersey City Cultural Affairs department to concentrate full-time on his sculpting, he …
Continue reading “Get ready Bands, festivals and fun will dominate Hudson this year”