Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Saint Dominic Academy Students recognized for achievement Four students from St. Dominic Academy earned distinctions recently in arts and academics. Grace Patrick, a freshman from Jersey City, was nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington, DC on Nov. 14-16, 2014. The nomination was based on Patrick’s academic achievement, leadership potential and …
Jailyne Aguilar, 17, a junior at Bayonne High School, knows what a phone book is, but she has only used it once. “It was a very long time ago,” she said. It was seven years ago, to be exact – when Aguilar was 10 years old. “I use my phone, Facebook, and stuff like that,” …
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Weehawken tax bills highest in county in 2014 Property owners in Weehawken paid the highest average total property taxes, at $12,250 per tax bill, in Hudson County in 2014, according to figures released by the state Department of Community Affairs early this month. Harrison was in second place at $10,186, followed by Kearny ($9,524), Bayonne …
Warm up your green thumbs at a Hoboken Garden Club workshop To inspire gardeners during these winter days, the Hoboken Garden Club (HGC) will present a Houseplant Workshop on Sunday, Feb. 22 at the 14th Street Garden Center at 793 Jersey Avenue in Jersey City, just over the southern Hoboken border. Noted horticulturist and master …
On Saturday night, Nov. 29, the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad took home the 1st place prize for “Best Lighted / Decorated Ambulance” at the annual Wallington Fire Department Holiday Parade. This is the sixth consecutive year the squad has participated in this ever-growing holiday tradition. The decorating committee carefully transformed an ambulance into the …
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Dear Editor: I am proud to announce Plan One of my agenda if elected to the Jersey City Municipal Council. There are many times in which candidates run and gives a vague explanation of a plan. That will not be the case for me. I will be open, honest and transparent. Plan One: Safe Havens …
Dear Editor: I am writing to commend the firefighters who arrived at my house very very early Thursday morning when all the smoke alarms were all going off. I have 3 children and was so worried. I could not find the cause, couldn’t be sure if there was a problem and did not know what …
Dear Editor: We join the rest of the world in mourning the brave staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, gunned down by religious fanatics for defending freedom of the press. Meat industry fanatics in the U.S. have devised a more subtle means of stifling freedom of the press. The states of Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, …
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Commissioner Ferraro announces upcoming retirement at end of term “Representing the people of North Bergen for the last 16 years has been a wonderful, enlightening and truly rewarding experience,” said longstanding North Bergen Commissioner Theresa Ferraro. “I take great pride in the growth of our police department during my tenure, especially its diversity, with more …
Route 3 eastbound closed this weekend for emergency bridge repairs All lanes on Route 3 eastbound will be closed from the Meadowlands/Route 120 in East Rutherford to Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus from 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 to complete emergency bridge repairs. Emergency vehicles will have access to cross …