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Munoz withdraws from commissioner race Former Freeholder Jose Munoz says he won’t run for the Board of Commissioners in the May elections. “At this time, following much activity in my personal life, I have chosen not to run for commissioner of West New York,” he said in a statement. “It was a difficult decision for …
Dear Editor: I write this letter to clarify and put to rest any rumors or gossip concerning my relationship with North Bergen Mayor/State Senator Nick Sacco. I can tell you, both Mayor Sacco and I have found common ground and the benefits of working together, as opposed to constant battles that distracts us from our …
Satirist Lenny Bruce said it best. “Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.” Bruce meant that satire after the fact is pointless, since its role is to change behavior and point out the …
Dear Dr. Norquist: Recently I have been feeling like I am stuck in a lifestyle that no longer feels like me. I worked very hard to get where I am, but now it isn’t what I want. I have a successful career that I have worked long and hard for. It brings with it many …
A mass of Christian burial was held Feb. 10 at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Jersey City, for Peter J. Walsh, 60, of Holmdel. He passed away surrounded by his family on Feb. 7 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Peter was born in Jersey City, where he grew up and lived …
Dear Editor: What’s in your wallet that you value most? A health insurance card, along with the security and peace of mind that quality, affordable coverage brings with it, should be near the top of everyone’s list. We are all just one accident or unexpected diagnosis away from needing health insurance. Yet, for generations, millions …
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Icies Hammer knew that it was going to be her final season of basketball at North Bergen High School. With the encouragement of her head coach, Dan Reardon, Hammer realized it was time to – pardon the pun – put the hammer down and make her last season her best. “We started this in the …
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TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a mortgage broker who owned a property management company in Jersey City pleaded guilty today to laundering the proceeds of a criminal scheme in which he conspired to steal more than $1.2 million from lenders by filing fraudulent mortgage applications, diverting mortgage proceeds and falsifying …
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JERSEY CITY — Badawy M. Badawy, 52, of Bayonne, who practices in Jersey City, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton federal court on Feb. 11, according to a release issued by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. The licensed pediatrician practicing in Jersey City …
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SECAUCUS – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced the cancellation of the emergency bridge repair work scheduled for this weekend to the Route 3 bridge in East Rutherford due to forecasts of dangerous winds. Repairs were planned for Saturday night into Sunday that would have necessitated the closure ofall Route 3 eastbound …
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