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The town of Secaucus renovated a dilapidated apartment complex to create Patriot Commons, an affordable housing development. Goodbye, to affordable housing agency?
State Sen. Lesniak proposes major overhaul

If State Sen. Ray Lesniak gets his way, Secaucus and other similar communities across the state will be able to block new affordable housing developments in their towns. Under a bill he introduce...
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MEETING THE NEEDS – Danielle Puro wanted her daughter, Page, who was diagnosed with autism in October, to be able to see a movie without being asked to leave the theatre during an outburst. So she is organizing dates for special needs children at the Hoboken movie theatre. Movies for special needs kids
Mom with autistic daughter teams with Clearview, needs sponsors

A local mother is organizing movie times at Hoboken’s new theatre for children with special needs, including her autistic daughter. Danielle Puro, a lifelong Hoboken resident, said the movies are...
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GOOD MEDICINE – Assemblyman Vincent Prieto was a co-sponsor of the medical marijuana bill that became law in January. Toke of the town
Future of cannabis-ness, medical marijuana law rests with Gov. Christie

The fate of the state’s weeks-old medical marijuana law is now in the hands of new Gov. Chris Christie, who has said for the past year that he a problem with the legislation. Although the legisla...
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FAMILY FRIENDLY – Parade organizers are hoping the city can control the bar crowd and residents can separate the parade from the party. The St. Pat’s parade and the party
Council may raise fines to $2,000 or community service

The Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Saturday, March 6 at 1 p.m., but residents and officials are worried about the after-party in the streets. In the last few years, the city’s p...
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THE CHANGED ENVIRONMENT – Attendees on a recent nature walk looking for wildlife at Laurel Hill County Park. A bird in the hand
Free nature walks available for Hudson County residents

For almost a year, on the third Tuesday of every month, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission ( NJMC ) has been conducting free, two-hour nature walks. This month’s walk was in a county park in S...
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SLEIGHBOY – “Mr. Stinky” greeted passers-by on Hoboken’s Washington Street last week after the first major snowfall of the season. He was spotted outside Sullivan’s bar uptown, enjoying a few frosty beers. BRIEFS
12/27/09

Clerk: Two dead people signed WNY recall petitions Even the Grim Reaper can’t stop a man from showing his political stripes in Hudson County. Numerous signatures on petitions to recall West N...
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MEMORIAL – The hill that is part of the state’s “Empty Sky” 9/11 memorial being built in Liberty State Park in Jersey City has been the subject of protests by the Friends of Liberty State Park, and was the recent subject of a NJ appellate court ruling. Uphill battle
Activist group loses suit to move state 9/11 memorial

A local activist group that has been challenging the construction of the state’s 9/11 memorial in Liberty State Park is unsure of their next move now that their suit was dismissed last week. The ...
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WALL LOCATION – This is where the 25-foot wall proposed by New Jersey Transit and Weehawken Township will be constructed on West 18th Street. Coming in 2010: a 25-foot wall
Residents agree to let NJ Transit place noise barrier

Agreement was reached at a public meeting last week to place a 25-foot-high wall along the Hoboken/Weehawken border near an area where NJ Transit plans to construct an emergency shaft for a train...
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GIVING AND RECEIVING – This Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, the St. Lucy’s Shelter, 619 Grove St. in Jersey City, will hold its annual Thanksgiving dinner for anyone in need on Thanksgiving Day at 4 p.m. The shelter also accepts donations that can be dropped off at the shelter. Many free meals offered for Thanksgiving
Where to eat, donate, or volunteer in each town

This Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, and the days before that, the less fortunate can get a free meal, and local residents will be able to donate food or volunteer. _____________ Sky Club Fitness &am...
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HOME BIRTH – Newborn Polina Pribylovsky was born at her home on Hudson Place in Weehawken on Nov. 11. Labor of love!
Baby girl born at home in Weehawken

While the township was observing Veterans Day two weeks ago, one lucky Weehawken family was celebrating new life. Newborn Polina Pribylovsky was born at her home on Hudson Place in Weehawken only...
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ON DANCER – The first new Santa Claus float in over 20 years will debut in 2009, with Santa’s sleigh elevated above his house as he leaves the North Pole. Macy’s parade starts in Hoboken
Floats for Thanksgiving Day parade built in old factory

Hidden inside the former Tootsie Roll factory on Willow Avenue, in a large nondescript warehouse in uptown Hoboken, floats have come to life. A 78-foot-long Spiderman, a gigantic Buzz Lightyear, ...
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FOUND – Baby David Ventura was found here the night of Sept. 13, 2005. His mother, Lucila Ventura, had thrown him and a sibling in this air shaft. WNY incest mom could be out of jail in ‘days’
Teen who threw babies gets reduced sentence

Lucila Ventura, 22, will soon be out of jail after being sentenced to five years in prison for throwing her two newborn children down the airshaft of the building where she lived in West New York...
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