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CONTENDERS – One thing Hoboken’s mayoral candidates have in common is that they are all current or former council members representing the city’s 4th Ward, but besides that, they’re pretty different. From left: state Assemblyman Ruben Ramos, Mayor Dawn Zimmer, and 4th Ward Councilman Tim Occhipinti.
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There are several major differences among the three candidates running to become mayor of Hoboken in the Nov. 5 election. Assemblyman Ruben Ramos Jr. has lived in Hoboken his entire life, while 4th...
FIRST TO MARRY – Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer (right) married Stewart Fishbein (left) and Peter Auperrle in the city’s first ever same-sex ceremony on Monday.
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The story of Peter Auperrle and Stewart Fishbein, who last week became the first same-sex couple to be married in Hoboken, reads like a history of the gay rights movement. In the 20 years that they...
VOTING FOR THE BOARD -- Residents will go the polls on Tuesday, Nov 5. to select four candidates for the school board.
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When Jersey City voters go to the polls to select four candidates for school board on Tuesday, Nov. 5, the election will be marked by several “firsts.” It will be the first school board election to...
This weekend, the Jersey City Parks Coalition and 650 volunteers will once again fan out across the city to participate in the third annual Big Dig, a volunteer-run event that enables residents to plant flower bulbs in city parks and public spaces throughout the city.
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About this time last year, Jersey City residents twice came together to demonstrate their love for the city and the communities in which they live: Once during the second annual Big Dig event and t...
Newlyweds Ami Levine (left) and wife Nancy Scott celebrate their marriages shortly after the City Hall ceremony ended in Jersey City Monday morning.
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Last week felt like June wedding season in the Garden State as dozens of gay and lesbian couples said their “I do’s” in city halls across New Jersey. In a rare sight, City Hall in Jersey City was a...
DEBRIS NO MORE – A year ago, the streets of Weehawken’s low-lying Shades neighborhood were filled with debris from Hurricane Sandy. Today, all but one family have moved back into their homes.
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A year after Hurricane Sandy sent 7 feet of water rushing through the streets of Weehawken’s low-lying Shades neighborhood, devastating houses, cars, and St. Lawrence Church, life is all but back t...
NO WAY OUT – The Hudson County Lunatic Asylum in Secaucus was open from 1873-1939. Generally, people who entered never departed.
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They got signed in, but never got signed out. Like the Hollywood creations “Shutter Island” and “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Secaucus long ago also had a facility to which sane people were so...
EYECATCHING – The tree-trunk memorial for the Bello parents sticks out from among the others in Flower Hill.
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Each headstone tells a story – sometimes a short one, sometimes a more elaborate tale. They tell of brave military service, of too-early departures, of partners or parents separated decades prematu...
‘PROUD PARENT’ – Melissa Pettignano displays her creation, paperback book “Suzanne Lantana,” which was the driving force behind Pettignano being nominated for “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading” honor.
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Melissa Pettignano of Secaucus is waiting for the word, and it will come soon. The 25-year-old author, singer, and entrepreneur is busy with a number of media and entertainment projects, but it is ...
SAYING IT ALL – The CAST flyer says it all; another exciting production by the town’s entertainers in residence.
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“Dooby dooby doo,” “A-tisket, A-tasket,” and “Bye, Bye Blackbird.” If any of those words make sense to you, don’t miss “CAST's Great American Songbook.” And if they don’t? – come anyway, because yo...
AN INTENSE MAN – Dave Kieffer was a great cop, a dedicated family man and passionate in his beliefs. He also liked to play rock and roll.
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I met David Kieffer within the first few weeks working for the newspaper in Secaucus – during one of those trips when I had to travel to the police station to collect iems from the blotter. Prior t...
ON DUTY – U.S. Marines seen here prior to the 1983 attack on their barracks were part of a peacekeeping force. Frank W. Cones, second from left, survived the attack, but did not live to see the 30th anniversary.
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Frank W. Cones was 18 years old when he joined the U.S. Marines. A Bayonne native, he was 21 when he was assigned as part of an American peacekeeping force to Lebanon, where he managed to survive o...
ANOTHER OPTION – James Davis has decided to run for mayor in next May’s election.
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Growing up in Bayonne, James Davis often had to distinguish which James Davis he was. Soft spoken, but not soft, Davis is a captain on the Bayonne Police Department. He is not the house painter or ...
THEY DARE YOU – This house on Avenue A provides a lawn full of Halloween fun.
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Like many Bayonne residents the Gaeta family didn’t believe Hurricane Sandy would be as bad as it was until a few hours before Newark Bay overflowed, flooding nearly every house on theirs and nearb...
GOTTA HAVE HEART – Jaime Boyaca Jr. of Guttenberg has star billing in the Park Players production of the “Wizard of Oz,” playing the Tin Man, looking for a heart.
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The path to Oz not only winds along the Yellow Brick Road, but also through several North Hudson towns this year, the 75th anniversary of the film classic. That’s because the stage production next ...
State Sen. Nicholas Sacco
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A long-serving state legislator from North Bergen vs. an upstart Kearny businessman and former Board of Education member. A Secaucus construction code official and his West New York lower-chamber r...
NO WAY OUT – The Hudson County Lunatic Asylum in Secaucus was open from 1873-1939. Generally, people who entered never departed.
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They got signed in, but never got signed out. Like the Hollywood creations “Shutter Island” and “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Secaucus long ago also had a facility to which sane people were so...
Your host for tonight: City Commissioner Lucio P. Fernandez, festival organizer and emcee.
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The red carpet was out, bands played, and cameras flashed as filmmakers and stars ascended the steps to the awards ceremony last week. No, it wasn’t Hollywood, it was Union City and the occasion wa...
HIGH ALTITUDE – Flying spooks seem to be the theme at this 66th Street residence in West New York.
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Scary and spooky scenes abound in the county with Halloween days away. Whether it is ghosts, goblins, witches, or skeletal brides, many residents have adorned their properties with the creepy, craz...
State Sen. Nicholas Sacco
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A long-serving state legislator from North Bergen vs. an upstart Kearny businessman and former Board of Education member. A Secaucus construction code official and his West New York lower-chamber r...
HIGH ALTITUDE – Flying spooks seem to be the theme at this 66th Street residence in West New York.
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Scary and spooky scenes abound in the county with Halloween days away. Whether it is ghosts, goblins, witches, or skeletal brides, many residents have adorned their properties with the creepy, craz...
Your host for tonight: City Commissioner Lucio P. Fernandez, festival organizer and emcee.
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The red carpet was out, bands played, and cameras flashed as filmmakers and stars ascended the steps to the awards ceremony last week. No, it wasn’t Hollywood, it was Union City and the occasion wa...
State Sen. Nicholas Sacco
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A long-serving state legislator from North Bergen vs. an upstart Kearny businessman and former Board of Education member. A Secaucus construction code official and his West New York lower-chamber r...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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