Midweek Reporter
MEET THE DUPREES – The vocal group, The Duprees, will perform at the Loew’s Jersey Theatre in Jersey City this coming Friday, March 12, at 8 p.m. Vocal groups come to Loew’s for music stop
The Duprees and Kenny Vance & The Planotones perform on Friday

When the vocal group The Duprees perform at the Loew’s Jersey Theatre in Jersey City this coming Friday, March 12, at 8 p.m., it will be one of those feel-good coming-back-home moments for the gr...
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BUSTED – Many prostitution operations have been busted because of tips received by the police about faux business cards being passed out along Bergenline Avenue. Hookers with business cards
What’s behind the sudden string of prostitution busts in area?

The world’s oldest profession is having a hard time surviving in West New York, and Union City may become more difficult stomping grounds as well. Since the new year, the Street Crimes Unit of th...
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COMMUNITY MOURNS LOSS – Around 1,000 North Bergen High School students and faculty members mourned Sgt. Marcos Gorra’s loss outside of North Bergen High School last week. He died after a military training exercise. Gorra’s cousin Melissa Cepeda is at right. Army investigating soldier’s death after training exercise
North Bergen High School remembers paratrooper

“I haven’t seen him in a long time, but when I was little, he went to my birthday parties and stuff,” said North Bergen High School Student Melissa Cepeda after the funeral procession of Sgt. Mar...
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NFPA urges caution as peak time for heating fires continues
Space heaters involved in 79 percent of fatal home heating fires

While only 32 percent of home heating fires involve space heaters, they are involved in 79 percent of home heating fire deaths, according to the new report Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment...
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SIGN OF THE TIMES – Where are the bikes? Instead, scooters fill the rack outside a day school on Washington Street in Hoboken. MIDWEEK BRIEFS
3/11/10

Local restaurant chef to compete on cable show La Isla Restaurant in Hoboken will be featured on the Food Network’s Throwndown with Bobby Flay on Wednesday, March 17 at 9 p.m. The episode will ...
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WINE EDUCATOR – Hoboken resident and wine educator Zita Keeley holds a six-week wine appreciation course at The Melting Pot, 100 Sinatra Dr. in Hoboken, beginning next week. The course costs $390, including wine and course materials, and focuses on the basics of wine tasting and wine pairing. A glass of class
TV show in development for local wine expert

Did you know that the color of wine doesn’t come from the color of the grape itself? Or that today’s average room temperature is too warm for most red wines, while modern refrigerators are too co...
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GETTING AN ARTISTIC APPETITE – Jersey City Pro Arts on Saturday, March 13, will host their first Art Eat Up from 6-9 p.m., in downtown Jersey City at Villa Borinquen, 396 Manila Ave. (corner of Second Street) in their first floor event space. An appetite for art
Local organization holds dinner/fundraiser

Heading to an art exhibit to socialize and sample some wine and hors d’oeuvres – sound like a cliché. But Jersey City Pro Arts – the local, non-profit professional artist organization – is turnin...
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THE LUGE – On the 900 block of Hudson Street. By Brian Wagner. Let it snow!
Readers’ photos of last week’s storm in Hudson County

Hudson County received about 14 inches of snow from last Thursday through last Friday, and the early Friday morning accumulation was enough to stop buses from running in North Jersey until 1 p.m....
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The Sting and the Stung
3/4/10

I hope you are a regular reader of Between the Lines, the column on Hudson County politics written every week by my colleague Al Sullivan. Few people know as much as Al about this many-storied ...
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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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HORROR KING AT HORROR EXPO – The Saturday Nightmares Expo taking place at the Loew’s Jersey Theatre in Jersey City from March 19-21 will feature special guest, legendary horror film master George Romero. Photo of Romero provided by Mike Lisa. Zombies and all comers welcome
Horror convention comes to Loew’s Theatre; George Romero featured guest

Mike Lisa remembers as a child watching horror films. A love passed down from his parents, who allowed him to watch such scary classics as Night of the Living Dead. “The grittiness of the black...
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THE VOLUNTEERS – Anthony Poulin, Ryan Orabone, Tim Occhipinti, Taryn Crosby, and Ed Wentzheimer are members of Hoboken Volunteers. Hey, selfish!
A new way to help out via ‘Hoboken Volunteers’

Several groups in North Jersey cater to young professionals who want to volunteer but can’t commit to a regular schedule. For instance, Jersey Cares, based in Morristown, sends out a calendar eac...
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