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Residents fight their property taxes
Town says appeals may decline in 2010

With April 1 less than a month away, local governments across the state are bracing for what may be another round of tax appeals from property owners who believe their homes or businesses are wor...
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GETTING HIT – Winners of the April 20 Board of Education race will be among those grappling with major funding cuts from the state. Candidates said they hope to keep the school budget down without cutting classroom programs. Six running for school board
Seven candidates file petitions, one immediately drops out

Six candidates have filed petitions to run in the Secaucus Board of Education election next month. The six will compete for three seats on the nine-member board that will become vacant this sprin...
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SMART CUSTOMERS – Secaucus High School students and Hudson County Consumer Bowl champs (left to right) Jesse Williams, Harrekrieshma Tripathi, Riya Desai, Raveena Lalwanit, and Lauren Bradshaw now head to the Northern New Jersey regional competition. Dream team
Secaucus High School students advance to ‘Consumer Bowl’ regional after county win

There’s a clothing store chain whose motto is “A smart consumer is our best customer.” But five Secaucus High School students who recently won the Hudson County Consumer Bowl know a smart consume...
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WHAT ABOUT US? – Meadowlands Hospital employee Norma Busaco said last week that new owners MHA, LLC have shared little information regarding the sale with staff. Meadowlands Hospital staff wants answers
Workers, Town Council demand more transparency during sale

A month after news broke that Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center would be sold to new owners, the employees – many of whom are Secaucus residents – say little information regarding the sale has ...
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WE’RE ROLLING – John Flanagan of Flanagan Productions will tape the biweekly Secaucus Town Council meetings for broadcast on Channel 36. Finally on the air
Town Council meeting to hit airwaves this week

It has taken three years of wrangling among members of the Secaucus Town Council, but residents will for the first time be able to view council meetings at home on cable TV. The Town Council’s Fe...
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HANDY? – Governments across the country are implementing biometric technology to track employee hours. Town Administrator David Drumeler said similar technology could be in place in Secaucus by the spring. Down with no-shows
Hand scanners will track municipal employee attendance

Municipal employees who currently use time sheets to clock in and out of work will soon be required to use hand scanners to track their hours instead, a move that will save time for the superviso...
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PROTECTOR – New CASA advocate and Secaucus resident Pat Belenski, seen here in Secaucus’ Municipal Court. The advocate
Local resident joins ‘CASA movement’

Can a newspaper ad change a life? Secaucus resident Pat Belenski believes it can. Last year she saw an ad from the countywide organization known as CASA , which stands for Court Appointed Specia...
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MAKING IT WORK – Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said times are hard, but the county is doing its best to keep the county’s finances stable. Good news in bad times
DeGise says county is holding its own

The old adage that when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade pertains very much to the state of the county this year as county officials hunker down in bad economic times. In comments ...
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RECOGNITION – Volunteer firefighters (left to right) Christopher Snyder, Pat Maxwell, and William Heany were honored by the Town Council for their heroic efforts during the March 2006 Franklin Street blaze that destroyed a home. Council honors Franklin St. heroes
Firefighters finally recognized after four years

Nearly four years after staging a dramatic rescue on Franklin Street, five members of the Secaucus Volunteer Fire Department were at long last officially recognized for their heroic efforts in Ma...
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Matchmaking for seniors
Spurred by newspaper story, resident to ramp up socials

Ever since reading a recent Reporter article about an elderly widow’s luck in love, Secaucus resident Eleanor Kavanagh has been on a mission – a mission to duplicate the widow’s good fortune ri...
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HALTED – The exterior of the stalled Xanadu project in East Rutherford is largely completed. All it needs now is some internal work, a few tenants – and about $500 million. New life for Xanadu?
New York developer may jump-start stalled project

With thousands of jobs for the Meadowlands region at stake, the state is considering an offer from an investor to revive the stalled Xanadu project in East Rutherford, a $2.3 billion entertainmen...
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CHIEF MAYOR – Mayor Michael Gonnelli gets sworn in as chief of the Secaucus Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday. Mayor Gonnelli becomes fire chief
More DPW promotions approved; televised meetings begin next week

Mayor Michael Gonnelli was sworn in as chief of the Secaucus Volunteer Fire Department Tuesday night, nearly a month after a state law was signed allowing elected leaders to also serve as officer...
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