Tom Dwyer
 I first met Dave Cogswell, the author of the just published book Existentialism For Beginners in the early 1980’s. He was the owner of a fantastic bookstore in Hoboken called Blackwater Books.  A  bookstore with such character and personality  that it soon became the gathering place for booklovers who loved  intense debates on books and politics, and  a place to just hang and  read or buy a good book. Dave is passionate when it comes to politics. His website, Headblast is one of the top political websites around—and is banned in China.  He has written thousands of articles on business, travel, politics, and the arts for various print and online publications, including Online Journal, Democratic Underground, Bushwatch, Indymedia.org, Fortune.com, Travel Weekly, the Hudson Current and the Jersey Journal. He’s the author of Chomsky For Beginners, and has contributed pieces to a number of political books, including Fortunate Son: The Making of an American President, by J.H. Hatfield; Ambushed: The Hidden History of the Bush Family by Toby Rogers; and America’s Autopsy Report, by John Kaminski. He is currently working on a book about corporatism.

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River View Observer -Best Pick Kids Program 

 

ROSIE O’DONNELL NAMED NATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR NOW YEAR – ROUND PROGRAM WHERE KIDS CAN SEE BROADWAY SHOWS FOR FREE EACH MONTH!

PLUS LAUNCH OF FIRST EVER
BROADWAY KIDS’ ADVISORY BOARD
( Rosie O’Donnell, the award-winning comedian; television talk show host; author; and film, television, and stage actress will serve as the KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY National Ambassador for the second year in a row.

KIDS’ NIGHT ON BROADWAY (KidsNightonBroadway.com) is an audience development program created by The Broadway League (BroadwayLeague.com) to make theatre accessible, encourage theatre as a form of family entertainment, and build larger audiences for the future.

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NEW  BAYONNE MAYOR GETS RIGHT TO WORK TRYING TO SOLVE HIS CITY’S PROBLEMS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith announced that he participated in a meeting of the New Jersey Urban Mayors on municipal issues on November 12 at the Gateway Hilton in Newark. Smith said, “The session covered a variety of topics important to the people of Bayonne, including the economy, housing, public safety, education, and funding for transportation and infrastructure. At this time of difficulty in our national and regional economy, I wanted to get the latest information available to help our community. Bayonne and other New Jersey cities must become engines of economic growth.”
Mayors Cory Booker  of Newark and Jerry Healy of Jersey City were the hosts and principal speakers at the event.

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If it’s the day after Thanksgiving, it’s the Miller Branch Library program of Live Entertainment, and if you are 21 years or older, a valid Jersey City library card is your admission to hear the best ‘70s soul music this side of the Hudson.
 On Friday evening, November 28, from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Miller Branch Library, 489 Bergen Avenue in Jersey City, homegrown Soul Generation and PRIME, and ‘newcomer’ (to the annual line up) Joe Bataan perform the songs that made them famous. This is the third consecutive performance by Joe Bataan, known as the King of Latin R&B, at Miller’s Live Entertainment.

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HEALY PRESENTS GRANT TO HUDSON COUNTY HABITAT Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy (center, left) presents a check on behalf of the Jerramiah T. Healy Charitable Foundation to Margaret Cook-Levy, President of Habitat for Humanity of Hudson County that will go towards finishing two new homes for two Jersey City families. Habitat also recently received grants from The Provident Bank Foundation and United Way of Hudson County. (From left to right) Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Hudson County Santos Murillo; Chairman of The Provident Bank Foundation Paul Pantozzi; Chairman of the Board for United Way of Hudson County Howard Parish; and Director of Resource Development and Marketing for United Way of Hudson County Benjamin Dineen visited the work site for the check presentation.

  SPREADING THE WARMTH

The coats were donated by The Provident Bank, which collected new and gently used coats in its 83 branches. Provident is continuing the coat drive through November 8. The next distribution of coats and food will be on Saturday, November 22 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. 

About The Provident Bank 

With $4.1 billion in deposits, The Provident Bank serves its customers via a network of 83 branches throughout northern and central New Jersey. The Provident Bank is the wholly owned subsidiary of Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFS) which reported assets of $6.5 billion as of September 30, 2008.