Obama Wins New Jersey Mock Election; 264,000 Students Cast Ballots

Senator Barack Obama captured 67.5 percent of the votes cast by 264,000 New Jersey students from 677 schools statewide and won the Presidential race in the Garden State’s 2008 National Student/Parent Mock Election. Voting took place in New Jersey schools from October 20 through the end of the school day on October 30. Senator John [...]

Halloween on the Waterfront- Doggy Style

The River View spotted Angie and Lucylolita celebrating Halloween in Downtown Jersey City’s Newport area Trick or TREAT

Ron English -Jersey City based Artist-SITE SEEING

The River View Observer’s -SITE SEEING -visits Artist Ron English’s website  www.popaganda.com Abraham Obama on building in Downtown, Jersey City which houses Hudson County Art Supply Ron English is a New-York based Pop-Artist. He is most famous for his street art, where he subverts existing billboard advertisements by using his own artwork in place of [...]

Hudson County Community College to Officially Open New Culinary Arts Plaza Park on Wednesday

Project Transformed Parking Lot into Much-Needed Green Space for Journal Square Area; College Foundation is Holding Brick Fundraising Drive to Pave a Portion of the Park Hudson County Community College President Dr. Glen Gabert announced today that the College has planned a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new Culinary Arts Park Plaza on Wednesday, [...]

CELL PHONE-ICE -IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

ICE Becomes the word to save lives – It means - IN CASE OF EMERGENCY  Apparently this is a standard procedure all paramedics follow at the scene of an accident when they come across your cell phone. ICE-’In Case of Emergency’ We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but [...]

Jersey City’s Own Mike Marino Brings his Comedy to Atlantic City

“Marino Makes the USA laugh when we really need to laugh.”   – The River View Observer   October 20-23 and 26 at the Borgota Here’s your chance to see one of the fastest rising comedy sensations in the country former Jersey City resident (Marion section), Mike Marino, will have you laughing all night. “Marino is making [...]

2008 Presidential Election-The Perfect Storm of an Election is Coming Our Way…

THE RIVER VIEW OBSERVER REPORTS ON HUDSON COUNTY’S PREPARATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION By Tom Dwyer If there’s been a more important presidential election than the one between Barack Obama and John McCain, it’s not been in my lifetime. With the economy in shreds, giant job losses, the mortgage and banking mess, plus two [...]

Bayonne Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held for 8th Street Light Rail Extension

Project to extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service farther into a new station at 8th Street in Bayonne.   Light Rail Ground-Breaking: At 8th Street in Bayonne, NJ Transit leaders and several federal, state, county, and municipal officials took part in a ceremony that marked the start of construction of the latest Light Rail extension. During the next [...]

Jersey City Artist Olivia Funghini- River View Observer Art Views

           The Art of OLIVIA FUNGHINI -Hoboken ART TOUR The Monroe Bar  October 19th                                                  Jersey City Artisit Olivia Funghini was born in  Macau, China to a Portuguese father and a Chinese  mother which makes her Macanese.  Her passion to paint and draw evolved at a very young age with the influence of graffiti. ” I can remember using my mother’s coal eye pencil [...]

TAMMY BLANCHARD -Bayonne Actress in “Living Proof” on the Lifetime Channel October 18

“LIVING PROOF” A film to see during National Breast Cancer Month-River View Observer         Bayonne’s Emmy Award wining actress Tammy Blanchard will appear with a star studded cast in the Lifetime Channel’s “Living Proof.” The film is being shown for Lifetime’s ‘Stop Breast Cancer for Life’ public service and advocacy campaign, during the National Breast Cancer [...]