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HUDSON COUNTY -- There are some scoops and exclusive articles in this weekend's Hudson Reporter newspapers for Hudson County, New Jersey, on topics that affect your life. Check out the print e...
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Former Giant Amani Toomer to take TV viewers on tour of Weehawken 'man cave;' Jet Muhammed Wilkerson goes house-hunting in JC on Super Bowl Sunday
WEEHAWKEN, JERSEY CITY, AND BEYOND -- Former New York Giants wide-receiver and current Weehakwen resident Amani Toomer will take fans on a televised tour of his newly renovated, self-proclaimed ...
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Where to watch the Super Bowl locally (or order food)
HUDSON COUNTY -- Where do you plan to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday? Which local establishments are having food specials? Get all the info in the cover story in this week's Midweek Reporter...
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JERSEY SHORE THING? United Decorating on Washington Street in Hoboken was prepared for the Snooki invasion.
Snookigate update: Snooki could still come to Hoboken to film 'Jersey Shore' sequel in private locations; store owner and 495 Productions react to permit denial
HOBOKEN AND BEYOND – Snooki and JWoww (a.k.a Nicole Polizzi and Jennifer Farley) from the hit MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" could still film the spinoff in Hoboken, despite their film permi...
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North Hudson Community Action Corporation wins free one-year lease on CR-V from Hudson Honda
UNION CITY AND BEYOND -- Hudson Honda General Manager Chris Tropiano presented the North Hudson Community Action Corporation (NHCAC) with a brand-new white 2012 Honda CR-V on a free one-year lea...
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Sky Tobacco owner Markus Garcia (left) with Socstock co-founder Jay Finch at the upscale cigar shop on Grove Street. Sky Tobacco will soon launch a fundraising campaign through Socstock.
Taking stock
Using unique model, customers invest $$ in local small businesses

Like many small business owners, Josephine Hernandez needed a little bit of money – a few thousand bucks – to help her business grow. But Hernandez, who co-owns the 367 Grove Street Laundromat wi...
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Jersey City Medical Center cuts ties with Aetna
Bayonne and Hoboken hospitals are already out of network

Aetna health insurance members in Hudson County recently received letters from the company informing them that Jersey City Medical Center has cut ties with the company. This limits the local hosp...
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NO SHELTER – In recent years Jersey City’s Journal Square area (pictured) has become home to a large community of homeless people.
‘I used to have it all: A wife, a job, a home’
Advocates conduct annual county homeless count

Charles E. Donaldson became homeless seven years ago. “They put their hands on me, beat me up, and threw me out,” he said recently, giving his version of the day he was evicted from an apartment ...
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SAFE SEAT – Peter Brennan will likely retain his seat since ordinance supporters do not have enough votes to override a mayoral veto.
Brennan still prez
Massey’s swing vote preserves council leadership

Despite an effort to remove him from his current position, City Council President Peter Brennan will be able to keep his post, thanks to a swing vote from newly-appointed Ward F Councilwoman Mich...
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PEACE AT LAST – Weehawkenite Christine Cornell (pictured with her Conyer, Bubba), who is no stranger to the sounds of birds, was driven nearly nuts by a looping anti-pigeon tape played at the Pathmark that seemed to project straight into her yard.
Bird brains
Supermarket’s tape of hawk noises drives local residents crazy

Christine Cornell is no bird-hater. In fact, she keeps 11 fine feathered friends as pets. But she isn’t so happy about the fake bird noises that have been heard repeatedly by her and her neighbors...
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A (Snow) Ball was had by all!
Scenes from annual Art House bash

Hundreds of revelers – decked in everything from purple velvet to silver and gold laméwith Afro wigs – turned out for the annual Snow Ball celebration on Jan. 21. The annual fundraiser benefits A...
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Catch the “Painted Hearts” exhibit at Made with Love, 530 Jersey Ave., now through Feb. 15. To read a story, see this past Thursday’s Midweek Reporter, in print or online on the lower half of the screen at hudsonreporter.com. For more information, call (201) 451-5199. Pictured: Heart Squared by Stephen Cimini.
JERSEY CITY BRIEFS
Jersey City Medical Center and health care company make $100.4M offer to buy Christ Hosp Christ Hospital has received yet another purchase offer, this time from Jersey City Medical Center and...
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BREAKING: West New York can't buy school unless it gets approval from the Vatican
WEST NEW YORK AND BEYOND -- The town of West New York wants to purchase a private school to use to house some of its students, as its high school is hundreds of kids over capacity. But they must w...
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ALL ABOARD? – There’s a renewed effort to bring the USS Battleship New Jersey to Jersey City’s Liberty State Park, a push that is sure to make waves in Camden where the ship is currently docked.
‘Big J’ coming to JC?
Campaign building to bring famed Battleship New Jersey to Liberty State Park

A behind-the-scenes campaign to relocate the U.S. Navy’s most decorated war ship from Camden to Jersey City is now underway, a campaign that threatens to revive an old tug of war between north an...
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‘NO’ TO OUTSIDER – Several parents attended a rally last week organized by the Jersey City chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee to protest the state’s appointment of Cathy Coyle to the school district.
Is Big Brother watching?
Parents question what state appointment means for school super search

Jersey City parents are questioning the integrity of the search for a new superintendent of schools now that the state has appointed a professional monitor to supervise the public school district...
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ON THE SIDELINES – Few tax abatement agreements, like the one granted to Aqua Blu, are likely to change as a result of the property revaluation.
What does the reval mean for tax-abated properties?
Properties that have tax deals with the city may have little at stake

While commercial real estate owners and the owners of non-abated residential properties have voiced their opinions and concerns about the revaluation currently going on, one group – the owners of ...
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SNIP, SNIP – Ric Ayala, the new president of the 2012 Puerto Rican Heritage Festival and Parade, has vowed to shorten the parade route and cut the festivities down to one day.
Less is more
New prez of Puerto Rican fest and parade vows one-day event, shorter route

It has been said that bigger isn’t necessarily better, an adage that may very well apply to ethnic festivals and parades in Hudson County this year. A week after a Hoboken committee canceled that...
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