Midweek Reporter
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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ROCKING OUT – West New York-born guitarist Sergio Michel will perform at Saints and Sinners, a venue within O’Donoghue’s Pub in Hoboken, at 9 p.m. on Mar. 26. Photo courtesy of Michel Media. Rock god
WNY native brings ‘eternity’ to the edge

In high school, Sergio Michel was once stopped in the hallway by a teacher who was amazed by what she thought was his love of literature. After all, not too many kids would rock a “MacBeth” shirt...
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Matchmaking for seniors
Spurred by newspaper story, resident to ramp up socials

Ever since reading a recent Reporter article about an elderly widow’s luck in love, Secaucus resident Eleanor Kavanagh has been on a mission – a mission to duplicate the widow’s good fortune ri...
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OFFICERS TRAIN FOR A SHOOTING – Police officers practice walking in a diamond formation. School shooting (hypothetical)
Police train for worst-case scenario

As local students were off for winter break last week, the North Bergen Police Department began training for a worst-case scenario at their high school, preparing for how their patrol officers sh...
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Orphaned Pepperoni
2/25/10

I’m driving along minding my own business when half a block in front of me I see something fall out of the back of an open pickup. I beep, to no avail. Not sure what the object was, I pull over a...
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HE’LL BE BACK AGAIN SOMEDAY – Last Friday, the remnants of a snowman from the blizzard two weeks ago were still apparent, leaning against the basement level of a rowhome on Washington Street. Don’t worry – He’s made of snow and the children know that Frosty will be back again someday. MIDWEEK BRIEFS
2/25/10

State audit says Hoboken can lay off one-third of cops Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer released the results of a state police audit Monday, which calls for 46 to 56 police officers to lose their jobs ...
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PERSONAL LIFE – Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer talked about her roots last week. The Dawn you don’t know
County’s first elected female mayor finally has time to get personal

Four years ago, Dawn Zimmer came home to the west side of Hoboken to find a flyer on her door asking neighbors to speak out about the future of development near the city’s dilapidated southern bo...
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