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LIVING THE DREAM – Weehawkenite Denis Finnin plays with his “energetic” rescue cat Mallomar while he’s not photographing for the Museum of Natural History.
Picture perfect
Weehawken photographer lands dream job at Museum of Natural History

Denis Finnin, a Weehawken resident since 1987, bikes to and from work every day when weather permits – even though he works all the way across the river at the Museum of Natural History in New Yor...
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REMAINING – Tenants still occupy their trailers at the Manhattan Mobile Home Park on Tonnelle Avenue.
Calm before the storm
Many tenants still remain in Manhattan Mobile Home Park

Many tenants of the Manhattan Mobile Home Park on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen have remained in their trailer homes despite attempts of the estate owner to sell the land to developers to build ...
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AN INTEGRATED APPROACH – Hoboken Dr. Shi-Hong Loh, combines his training in both Western and traditional Eastern medicine to help people address various issues related to cancer, infertility, migraines and postpartum care amongst many others.
Oncologist turned medical acupuncturist
Hoboken doctor integrates Eastern and Western traditions

Dr. Shi-Hong Loh arrived in the United States in the late 1970s during a wave of recruitment efforts for trained medical professionals. He was part of a small number of doctors from Taiwan and he ...
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Weehawken High School’s Peer Leadership team collected new and gently used coats for Project Homeless through the Hudson County Alliance to End Homelessness on Jan. 19. This was the fourth year the group has participated in the event, and they received two citations of appreciation from the office of Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise.
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Local author to promote biography about Tourette Syndrome at the WNY library Weehawken resident Theresa Borrelli wrote a book last August called, “I Am Myself: A Woman Growing Up With Tourette ...
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LOCAL TEEN HEARTTHROB – Jack Skuller will open for Teddy Geiger at Hoboken’s Maxwell’s on his 16th birthday, Jan. 26.
Magic Jack
Local teen lands on Teen Vogue site, will play Maxwell’s

There aren’t many teenagers with PR people, nor are there many who will celebrate their 16th birthdays as sweetly as Weehawken’s singing celebrity Jack Skuller. He is set to open for pop-rocker T...
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LETTING IT FLY – Weehawken resident and author Gabrielle Jonas just published a children’s book, “When the Tree Flew,” available online.
When trees fly
Local author publishes trippy environmental children’s book

Weehawken resident and author Gabrielle Jonas was returning home on a bus from her sister’s house in Philly after celebrating a seder. As they sped down the highway, a 5-year-old child behind her...
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SUN SETS ON 2011 – The sun setting over Park Avenue in Weehawken creates a brilliant sky for the new year.
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Formula One names president and chief operations officer for local 2013 race Formula One officials selected Tom Cotter, a 30-year motorsports veteran, as president for the Grand Prix race set...
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The Weehawken Police Department will undergo a technological overhaul and personnel restructuring following the retirement of Deputy Chief Jeff Fulcher.
Modern cops
Weehawken brings police department into 2012

The Weehawken Police Department has begun a major restructuring of both personnel and technology. This is necessary because Deputy Chief of Operations Jeff Fulcher is set to retire in March, and ...
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Weehawken artist Judith Wadia died Nov. 7 after a battle with cancer. Her legacy lives on in her many public mosaic installments and community contributions, and through her husband (pictured), Pheroze Wadia.
Waxing mosaic
Weehawken remembers local artist; work appeared in train stations

“At first when people asked me to comment on Judy’s life, I wanted to say she was so, so generous,” Pheroze Wadia, Judith Wadia’s husband of 50 years, said as he sifted through boxes of photograp...
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DEMOCRATIC PEN – Weehawken students were honored in December for essays they entered into the VFW-sponsored “Voice of Democracy” contest. Left to right: Chuck Barone, Kari Vetter, Nicole Bautista, Valerie Varghese, Joe Fredricks.
Precocious pens
Four Weehawken students win VFW essay contests

Four Weehawken students won awards in two essay contests sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars recently. Three students were honored for essays in the annual “Voice of Democracy” high school ...
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EXPANDED USE – Retired Fire Captain Daniel Repette III found new uses for an invention. He’s even got patents on his heat-saving device.
A good idea?
Inventor gets patents but seeks developer

After years of trying to get his invention to market, Daniel Repette III, a retired Weehawken fire captain, has learned a lot of things – not just how to make his product more efficient, but also...
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The Township of Weehawken offers free Zumba classes to residents every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Weehawken High School gymnasium at 53 Liberty Place. (Photo courtesy of Robert DeZeeuw.)
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Town employee hits Weehawken with sex discrimination suit Assistant Recycling Coordinator Pilar Bardroff, with her attorney, Louis Zayas, filed a lawsuit against the Township of Weehawken on ...
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