Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Funeral mass was celebrated Jan. 31 at St. Aedan’s Church for John A. Rea, 87, of Jersey City. He passed away at Christ Hospital on Jan. 23 after a brief illness. Born in Hoboken, John was a lifelong Jersey City resident. His early career was in media, where he worked as a professional photographer and …
Over the objections of environmentalists and defenders of Liberty State Park, Gov. Christopher Christie signed legislation on Feb. 5 that merges the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, a move advocates fear will open Liberty State Park to commercial development. The bill, sponsored Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D – …
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Harmony Foundation in Secaucus is one of six Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) authorized in March 2011 to grow and dispense the herb in New Jersey – two each in the northern, central and southern regions of the state. Yet, here it is almost four years later, and the facility at 600 Meadowlands Parkway …
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The city of Hoboken moved one step closer to bringing the first major initiative of its comprehensive parking plan to fruition this week. On Tuesday, the City Council approved an ordinance designating the visitor parking side of every block in Hoboken as metered parking zones. However, parkers who have a business or other permit won’t …
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Dear Editor: With Hoboken finally receiving its fair share of snow in 2015, once again its residents have been put to the test to combat the wintry conditions. This year has gone quite smoothly as far as the roads go with steady plowing and salting, however it is the condition of the sidewalks that has …
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Secaucus residents Ira and Su Ni Morenberg raised their glasses in another in a series of toasts. “We get to taste a variety of international beers that we can’t buy over here. It’s awesome,” said Su Ni. The couple was wandering the floor of the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus on Saturday, Jan. 31, enjoying …
Continue reading “Peanut butter beer? Chocolate bacon bark?
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Fourth grader Isabella Arias brought a piece of Death Valley to class on Friday, Jan. 30. It was the day of the National Park Fair at Franklin School in North Bergen. Isabella, in her park ranger hat and wearing a homemade I.D., exhibited a cactus she had bought online so that students at the school …
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With Valentine’s Day drawing close, thoughts turn to love triumphs and near-misses. The release of the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey” on Feb. 13, the beginning of Valentine’s Weekend, has refocused attention on how potential love interests come together, whether they meet “Mr. or Ms. Right,” or put themselves out there only to get disappointed …
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In a move that would have seemed impossible only two years ago, Mayor Felix Roque and three other commissioners voted on Feb. 4 to appoint Cosmo Cirillo to replace Rubin Vargas on the town’s five-member Board of Commissioners. At 27 years old, Cirillo is the youngest person to ever serve as a commissioner in West …
Continue reading “Cirillo replaces Vargas as a WNY commissioner
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A funeral mass was held Feb. 2 at Epiphany R.C. Church, Cliffside Park, for Paul Charles Rotondi, 90, of Lakewood, and Pompano Beach, Fla. He passed away after a short illness on Jan. 28. He was born and raised in West New York, and resided for many years in Cliffside Park, Hoboken, and Mantoloking Shores …