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HUDSON COUNTY — Since Hurricane Earl probably won’t keep you cooped up at home this weekend, why not pop out and pick up your town’s edition of the Hudson Reporter newspapers? There’s...
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NJDOT announces upcoming traffic pattern changes on Pulaski Skyway
HUDSON COUNTY – The N.J. Department of Transportation ( NJDOT ) today announced upcoming traffic pattern changes on the Route 1&9 Pulaski Skyway in Kearney and Jersey City. Beginning o...
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BREAKING: Local residents implicated in national cell phone fraud case
HUDSON COUNTY — Nine former employees of the national cell phone company, Sprint, (four of whom are from Hudson County towns) have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a...
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Hurricane Earl will pass to the east, look out New England
HUDSON COUNTY AND BEYOND — The New York metropolitan region today remains caught between a heat wave from the west and the effects of Hurricane Earl from the east. Although a Trop...
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NJ Transit ready to take on overflow due to strike
SECAUCUS AND BEYOND - Thousands of mass transit users, including many in Secaucus, were forced to find alternative routes to and from work today after drivers, mechanics, and other DeCamp...
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EMPTY SKY TO BE FILLED – The state’s $13 million 9/11 memorial project, ‘Empty Sky’ in Liberty State Park in Jersey City is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 11 of next year, the 10th anniversary of that tragic day. The state requested bids last week from contractors to complete the memorial. ‘Empty Sky’ no longer up in the air
Next phase of state’s 9/11 memorial project going forward despite opposition

Right now, “Empty Sky,” the state’s $13 million 9/11 memorial project in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, is just a huge hill framed against the Manhattan skyline, and not ready for any tribute...
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TRANSITION BUDGET - The City Council introduced the $255.7 million Transition Fiscal Year 2010 Budget at a special meeting on Monday. It came about because the city is changing from a fiscal year to a calendar year, which starts on Jan. 1. Getting through the year
Council introduces $255.7 million transition-year budget to cover the next six months

When the Jersey City Council decided to change from a fiscal year budget cycle to a calendar year cycle, it meant they could introduce a budget early for once. The $255.7 million Transition Fisca...
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GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL – Families were waiting and mingling on Aug. 28 at Audubon Park in Jersey City during a back-to-school giveaway sponsored by Hudson County Freeholder Bill O’Dea and City Councilman Steven Fulop. Backpacks, lunch periods and homework, oh my!
Kids, parents and others look ahead at new school year

When Jersey City’s 38 public schools open for the new school year on Thursday, Sept. 9, changes will be noticed in the school district by children, parents and employees, including new schools, n...
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THE PRODUCER – Entrepreneur Al Parinello talks about his film, “Clear Blue Tuesday,” which will be the subject of a free screening and Q&A on Tuesday, Sept. 7. A ‘9/11 musical’
1,000 invited to free screening of Hoboken native’s film at NJCU

Al Parinello’s career in entertainment evolved with cable TV and eventually landed him in the world of independent films. But first, he sharpened his entrepreneurial skills as a young boy on the ...
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TWO SIDES, ONE SHELTER – The Liberty Humane Society’s animal shelter in Jersey City is still at the center of controversy over its euthanasia policy. Interim board member Laura Moss and interim executive director Niki Dawson spoke at the shelter on Thursday. That evening, people opposed to the policy stood in front of the shelter to let the public about dogs being put to sleep. Two sides, one shelter
Animal advocates want JC facility to stop putting dogs to sleep; management defends themselves

The battle rages on at The Liberty Humane Society’s animal shelter in Jersey City between the shelter’s management and former volunteer workers over the shelter’s euthanasia policy. And the s...
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TALKING ABOUT NEW BOOK – British lawyer and first-time author Adeyinka Makinde spoke on Wednesday at the New Jersey Room of the Jersey City Free Public Library about his new book, “JERSEY BOY: The Life and Mob Slaying of Frankie DePaula.” The book tells the story of the late Frankie DePaula, a legendary Jersey City boxer who died in September 1970. JERSEY CITY BRIEFS
Free High Holiday services Chabad Jewish Center of Hoboken offers free High Holiday services for Rosh Hashana (Sept. 8-10) and Yom Kippur (Sept. 17-18). All services will take place at the Boys...
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SHOWING OFF COLLECTION – Longtime Jersey City resident Claire Warlikowski shows off her vintage postcard collection of Jersey City last week. The impulse to collect
Marilyn Monroe, vintage postcards, and just about everything else

Tony Lambiase’s fascination with Marilyn Monroe memorabilia began in 1990 with a gift. “It started when my sister-in-law bought me a cigarette lighter with Marilyn Monroe’s picture on it,” said d...
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HE WANTS CHANGE – Former downtown Jersey City resident Jesse Turner spoke at La Conguita Restaurant on Grove Street in Jersey City on Wednesday. It was one stop on a walk he is taking this summer from his current home state of Connecticut to Washington D.C. to protest national education policies such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. Walking the walk
Jersey City native treks from Connecticut to DC to raise awareness of education crisis

Jesse Turner has lost almost 60 pounds since he started a protest walk from his home in New Britain, Conn. in June that will end in Washington, D.C. The distance is approximately 300 miles, but h...
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APPROVED SQUARE PLAN – The City Council approved the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan at their Wednesday meeting. Journal Square Councilwoman Nidia Lopez was one of the eight council members who voted in the affirmative. Journal Square plan OK’d by City Council
50-year plan calls for revitalization of 211 acres in city’s center

The City Council approved the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan by an 8-0 vote at their meeting on Wednesday. The plan calls for the revitalization of 211 acres, divided into nine zones. One...
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HERE’S A SUGGESTION – Downtown Jersey City resident Warren Curtin lives near Hamilton Park, and suggested how the city can deal with its current financial problems. Bright ideas for a dark subject
Downtown residents’ suggestions for the city’s financial problems

Facing residents irate about their increasing tax burden and an estimated $80 million municipal budget deficit, Jersey City officials are searching for ways to get the cost of government under co...
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VOLUNTEERS – Eileen Markenstein heads a volunteer board of trustees who have chosen to restore the Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery as a place of dignity and history. Preserving a sacred place
Volunteers bring new life to cemetery left for dead

The Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery looked like it had been left for dead two years ago. Abandoned by its caretakers, weeds covered the tombstones and homeless men and women were camping out ...
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REPUBLICAN RUNNNING – Henrietta Dwyer is the Republican candidate in the race for the 13th Congressional District this fall. She is running against incumbent Albio Sires. Republican on the run
Congressional candidate takes on politics in a Democratic county

Though “diminutive” in size, West New York resident and Union City native Henrietta Dwyer has been ruffling a few big feathers in Hudson County politics lately, and she’s not making any apologies...
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