Laico’s Restaurant Neighborhood Favorite for Over 30 Years

River View Observer reviews Laico’s Restaurant one of Hudson County’s favorite and Best Italian Restaurants by Sally Deering Thirty-eight years ago, Louis and Felice Laico opened a neighborhood restaurant on Terhune Ave in Jersey City, where families shared a huge pizza pie, soda came in a pitcher and beer flowed from the tap. A humble [...]

Jersey City Film Producer PJ Leonard Lends a Helping Hand With The Premiere of Falling Faithful

Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid!    Film Producer PJ Leonard Rolls out Red Carpet for Little Curly Top at NYC Premier of “The Fallen Faithful”  By Sally Deering  Film producer PJ Leonard grew up in Jersey City at a time when mothers taught sons to do the right thing with a smack in the back [...]

SECAUCUS RESIDENT AWARDED US NAVY MEDAL FOR SUPPORT OF HAITI EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

       Dover Business College Instructor Carlos Sanchez (right) receives the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from Deputy Director, Navy Nurse Corps, Reserve Component, Rear Admiral Cynthia Dullea, for his support of the victims of the January earthquake in Haiti. Mr. Sanchez collected medical surplus from Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, NJ, where [...]

Octoberfest Held for 5th Year at Bar Majestic in Downtown Jersey City

Across from Jersey City’s City Hall a little Octoberfest Om-pa -pa got underway on Friday October 8th, when the trendy restaurant Bar Majestic held its 5th Annual  Octoberfest Celebration. On hand for the festivities was master of ceremonies  Real Estate Developer and partner of Bar Majestic; Paul Silverman, a few members of the Jersey City Council,  The Octoberfest Girls [...]

CANCOlofts Condominium In Jersey City Celebrates Groundbreaking For CANCOpark

Park Will Be Built For Use By Residents And Community   JERSEY CITY, N.J.  – CANCOlofts, an industrial-to-residential condominium loft building in Jersey City, celebrated the groundbreaking on Sept. 10 for CANCOpark, a public park that is being constructed across the street from CANCOlofts, at 50 Dey Street.  CANCOpark, which will offer 15,000 square feet [...]

The Rolling Stones Live on Film : 1964-1975 Exclusive New Jersey Premiere Presentations

DeBaun Auditorium- Steven’s Institute of Technology Wed. Oct. 13 -Doors open at 7pm Music Legends Live on Film-Rare Performances from the Shelley Archives An exciting evening of rare early performances by The Rolling Stones, including their first appearances on television in the USA & Europe, promo films, concerts & newsreels by film and music archivist BILL [...]

Hi-Lighting the Positives of Youth Counseling Services

October 10th, the Friends of YCS will host their fifth annual Walk In Edgewater Along Hudson River  By David Block  Canoeing, fishing, swimming, splashing the grown ups, receiving holiday and birthday presents – these are normal joys that most children experience. Unfortunately, for many children who enter Youth Counseling Services (YCS) for the first time, [...]

Happenings:On the Other Side of the Hudson River

The First Annual Green City Challenge Competition New York, NY – On Sunday, October 17, 2010 the first annual Green City Challenge will take place in Lower Manhattan.  Contestants will race from one green business to another on bicycles and complete challenges that demonstrate their knowledge of how to live, work and eat green.  They [...]

Dining Out – The Embankment Restaurant in Jersey City

River View Observer -Restaurant Views -Elegant Dining and a Sexxy Upstaris Lounge at the Embankment by Sally Deering   Dave  and his sister Anne Marie carved a niche on Grove Street with their handsome little restaurant, The Merchant, where the bar is cozy, the drinks are yummy and the food is All-American delish! It’s a [...]

Finalist Enzo Palumbo of Big Brother Season 12 Gets Home Coming Party at Bayonne’s Ten East Restaurant

Ten East Restaurant, Bayonne NJ  location “Welcome Home Party” for Big Brother season 12 finalist Enzo Palumbo Happy to be home and out of the house Big Brother finalist from season 12 -Enzo Palumbo and his family and friends enjoyed a night of partying at Bayonne, New Jersey’s Ten East Restaurant on Friday October, 1st. The River View Observer was [...]