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The tents and stands seem to stretch on and on at the Secaucus Fair during the weekend of June 7 to 9.
Calzones and crafts
Town Center welcomes Secaucus Street Fair

You can’t keep a good fair down. That was the lesson in Secaucus last weekend, June 7, 8, and 9, as rain forced the cancellation of Friday, the first day of the Secaucus Street Fair, but did not s...
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A LIBRARY FOR EVERYONE – Actors played parts of an Alice in Wonderland adventure as part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the Secaucus Library.
Ahead of its time
Secaucus library celebrates 10th anniversary at new location

Ten years after it opened its doors at its current location at 1379 Paterson Plank Road, people still call the Secaucus library new. This is only partly due to the upkeep that makes the place look...
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SKIMMING OFF THE TOP – Adults from the Bergen County Special Services Workshop dip netting into the water for aquatic life found in the unique Meadowlands ecosystem. (Photo courtesy NJ Meadowlands Commission.)
SECAUCUS BRIEFS
Joseph A. Unanue, 88, passes away; former president of Goya Foods Joseph A. Unanue, former president of Goya Foods of Secaucus, and son of company founder Prudencio, died Wednesday, June 12, ac...
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RUNNING GOVERNMENT – Secaucus High students Jennifer Jernstedt (left) and Alexis Anderson (right) join Councilwoman Susan Pirro on the dais.
High schoolers run the show
Youth takes over the Town Council meeting

The Town Council doubled in size and looked younger overall a week ago Tuesday, when Student Government Day was held in Secaucus. For the council’s regular evening meeting, Secaucus High School st...
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ANALYZE THIS – Freeholder William O’Dea was vocal while looking for ways to trim the county budget.
Freeholders look for fat
Phone bill went up by almost $700K; Can they keep your taxes from rising?

The overseers of Hudson County’s $304 million budget are holding a road show, and on Wednesday and Thursday they made stops in Secaucus and Hoboken. The Hudson County Board of Freeholders introduc...
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GET READY TO ROCK – Rock and roll, oldies, country and more will be offered this year through the Secaucus Music & Movie Summer Series.
Free concerts all summer
Sing-a-longs and scary movies

There’ll be a whole lotta shakin’ going on this summer in Secaucus as the town sponsors the 2013 Music & Movie Summer Series. Deputy Mayor John Bueckner, who handles the summer concert planning, ...
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A REAL FIGHTER – U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg is remembered as someone who stood up for what he believed in.
A man of the people
Lautenberg remembered as someone who gets things done

Back in the late 1980s, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg had a reputation as a man who got things done. Serving then along with U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, Lautenberg was considered amazingly accessib...
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WALL PAINTERS – Secaucus artists Tina Kirvin and Diana Saha Albert stand in front of a wall at the Secaucus Senior Center. They recently painted a scene from Mill Creek Trails. Kirvin entered some of her art in the recent Secaucus Town Hall Art Show. Albert has exhibited at the annual Washington Square Art Show in New York.
SECAUCUS BRIEFS
Secaucus Animal Shelter fundraiser Buy a cup of java and help an animal live and find a home. The Meadowlands Parkway Dunkin’ Donuts will hold a “Paws for coffee day” to benefit the Secaucus Animal...
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IT STARTS RIGHT HERE – Second Ward Council candidate Mark Dehnert begins his political career, hobnobbing with well wishers, minutes after being announced as a ticket member.
Mayor/council election coming in November
Gonnelli’s slate holds kickoff; Bueckner will not run again

A torrential downpour did not stop more than 250 supporters from packing a ballroom at the La Quinta Inn & Suites on Thursday, May 23 to show their support for the “Take Back Secaucus” slate in th...
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HARD TO GET – Patients are waiting a year or more to get marijuana for medical purposes. Some can’t get it at all.
Up in smoke
Years after its approval, resident says NJ Medical Marijuana Program a ‘scam’

“At this point, I’ve given up. I’ve given up any hope of getting help from the state through legal channels. I’ll just get what my wife needs illegally.” The Jersey City resident, who did not wan...
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Mackie, the Casino Resorts “mascot,” wants Super Bowl tourists to come visit. “The Super Bowl two-and-a-half hours long, but Super Bowl week is several days,” he said.
Don’t forget about us
NJ businesses, town officials meet in Secaucus to talk Super Bowl marketing

As part of the ongoing effort to ensure that New Jersey and northern New Jersey municipalities get a piece of the estimated $550 million in economic impact from Super Bowl XLVIII, the Meadowlands ...
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When getting it first isn’t necessarily best
Six months after Hoboken man was misidentified as Newtown shooter – what was learned?

As details about the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., began to emerge on Friday, Dec. 14, the name Ryan Lanza started circulating on major ...
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