Funeral services were held Jan. 16 for Mary Anne Ferri Pisa, 79. She died Jan. 11 at her home. Born in Jersey City, the daughter of the late Lorraine and Harold McNally, she lived in Secaucus the l...

Superintendent Christine Johnson presented the district’s demographic data at the last Board of Education meeting.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christine Johnson released a Diversity, Inclusion and Global Learning Report during this month’s Board of Education meeting and presented a strategic plan to ensure th...

The town’s current recreation center.
Secaucus residents who want more recreational space may have a second recreation center in coming years because the Town Council is working on making that a reality. But with one recreation center ...

Rents are rising faster than inflation.
The cost of rental housing throughout New Jerseyhas been increasing faster than inflation and is taking a greater chunk of household income than ever, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bur...

WORKING TOGETHER – Volunteers study maps of Jersey City to locate where homeless people might be found, and then pack up items to give them.
Volunteers searched throughout Hudson County on Jan. 24, seeking to collect data on the number of homeless persons for the annual Point-In-Time Homeless Survey. The Hudson County Alliance to End Ho...

STATE CHAMPS – The St. Dominic Academy track and field team celebrates last Friday night after capturing the NJSIAA Non-Public B state indoor relays championship at the Bennett Center in Toms River. It marked the first time in the history of the school that the Blue Devils won a state relays title and it was the first time that a Hudson County girls’ team captured a relays state crown.
Before he loaded his team on the bus to make the trip down the Garden State Parkway to the Bennett Center in Toms River last Friday, veteran St. Dominic Academy head track and field coach John Nage...

A GRIM TASK – Hudson County Freeholders are reviewing a report on conditions that led to at least five deaths in the jail this year, and will release some of the information to the public later this month
Some details of a report on why six people died in the Hudson County Correction Facility over the last two years will be released to the public at a special meeting on Jan. 31, according to Hudson ...
Police arrest city employee for alleged involvement in stolen batteries According to a press release from the Hoboken Police Department, police arrested city employee and Jersey City resident Wilfr...

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS – A federal report was critical of conditions for housing detainees in Hudson County Correctional Facility
In order to rectify problems found at the Hudson County Correctional Facility, the Hudson County Freeholders are recommending changes. In response to concerns raised by immigrant rights groups and ...
Dear Editor: What? Bulletproof desks! ( Hoboken Reporter , Jan. 21) This must be a premature April Fools joke, I thought, until I read that the City Council has actually allocated thousands of doll...