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Visiting Jersey City’s 3rd Annual Book Festival

September 19, 2010 admin Leave a comment

Author’s Come Out to Talk About Their Books, Share Their Intelligence And Creativity

“A Tale of Our City” book festival offers authors, new and established, of all genres and ages, a venue where they can showcase their works andÂ bring to the reading and buying public in a neutral inspiring setting.- Sonia Araujo/ ChairÂ “A Tale of Our City.”

Â On a beautiful Saturday, September 18th the Jersey City’s 3rd Annual Book Festival was Â held in Van Vorst Park. The first author we met wasÂ

Al Sullivan with his book Everyday People: Profiles of the Garden State

Â Al Sullivan who works for the Hudson County Reporter papers-Bayonne CommunityNews. Al is a Senior Saff Writer, who reports the news and exhorts about Hudson CountyÂ politics in his weekly column.

Al was at theÂ Book Festival to promote and read from his first book “Â Everyday People: Profiles of the Garden State- published by Rutgers Press, 2001.Â As Mr. Sullivan will tell youÂ about his book “That every life has a story ripe for the telling.”

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Education, Our Community

Christ Hospital School of Nursing Prepares for Fall Semester

September 18, 2010 admin Leave a comment

– The Christ Hospital School of Nursing (SON) will be hosting its Fall Information Session on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 5:00pm in the (SON) building located at 179 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City.Â In cooperation with Hudson County Community College, the SON will be offering full-time day and part-time night divisions, as well as an accelerated LPN to RN program.Â For questions or further information, contact the Christ Hospital (SON) at (201) 795-8360.

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Local Live Theater, On the Waterfront, Our Community

Shakespeare and the Sixth Annual International Park(ing) Day on Jersey City Waterfront

September 18, 2010 admin Leave a comment

htma — Actors Shakespeare Company of New Jersey City University

“To Park or not to Park”

Hudson Transportation Management Association’s Joins Salute to World Parks in Newport Waterfront Area in Jersey City, NJ

What’s the saying… “All the worlds a stage.” On Friday September 17th in the NewportÂ waterfront section in downtown Jersey City, the Hudson Transportation Management Association used two parking spaces to prove that point.

Â Joing a world salute to parks, the HTMA , placed the Actors Shakespeare Company of New Jersey City University pictured aboveÂ between two parking spaces on Town Square PlaceÂ and Pavonia area to show that land used for parking is actually valuable real estate that could be used for public theater, parks, community uses and other events.

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Our Community

VNA Awarded $295,000 Grant Allocation for Village Park Project

September 17, 2010 admin Leave a comment

September 14, 2010 by Rob CrowÂ

The Village Neighborhood Association, in collaboration with The Jersey City Parks Coalition, has received the highly sought after recommendation from the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund Board of Directors and County Executive Tom DeGise for $295,000 of matching funds for the redevelopment of The Village Park on First Street in The Village section of Downtown Jersey City. This is huge!

Throughout the Winter and early Spring of 2010, members of the VNA, The Jersey City Parks Coalition, and Future Green Studios painstakingly compiled and completed the phone-book sized grant application. On April 8, 2010, designer David Seiter (Future Green Studio), Jim Ayers (VNA Vice President), Michele La Monica-Egar (Jersey City Parks Coalition) and myself pitched our formal presentation to the the Hudson County Board of trustees. And then, we waited….

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"Site Seeing", Our Community

Statue Of Liberty has Tornado Near By

September 17, 2010 admin Leave a comment

Hurricane Earl has some interesting side effects as witnessed in this photoÂ of a Tornado near the Statue of Libery

Source: Tina Smith

Live On Stage, Local Live Theater, Our Community

Sam Shephard’s “True West” presented by Jersey City’s Attic Ensemble

September 16, 2010 admin Leave a comment

Directed by CHRISTINE DALZELL Â Featuring:

JAMIE EFFROS
J MICHAEL POLICASTRO
PAULINE WALSH
BRANAN WHITEHEAD
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Â Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sunday matinees at 3 pm and Thursday September 30th at 7 pm.

In this American classic, sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has already sold when Lee, his demented petty thief brother, drops in. “A masterwork – tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a genius.” -New York Post
This play contains adult themes and language.

$20.00 general admission, $15 students and seniors. Group rates are also available.
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Education, Our Community

Hudson County Community College Provides Glimpse of New North Hudson Higher Education Center

September 15, 2010 admin Leave a comment

Elected officials joined the Collegeâ€™s administrators in unveiling plans for the $28,165,000, 7-story, â€˜complete campus under one roofâ€™Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

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: Pictured from left: Richard Turner, mayor, Township of Weehawken; Eliu Rivera, Chairman Pro Tempore, Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders; HCCC President Dr. Glen Gabert; Dr. Paula P. Pando, HCCC Vice President of the North Hudson Center and Student Affairs; U.S. Rep. Albio Sires; Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise; Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert; William J. Netchert, Esq., Chair, HCCC Board of Trustees; U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez; Dr. Timothy Brennan, Jr., Hudson County Executive Superintendent of Schools and HCCC Trustee; Dawn Zimmer, mayor, City of Hoboken; Hudson County Freeholder Jeffrey Dublin; and Christopher F. Irizarry, Commissioner of Department of Recreation, Parks and Public Property, City of Union City.

The Â College’s Vice President of the North Hudson Center and Student Affairs Dr. Paula P. Pando said that at seven stories and 92,250 square feet, the new North Hudson Center is the largest construction effort ever undertaken by the College. The College charged the architectural firm Rivardo Schnitzer Capazzi to design a building that is people-centered, environmentally conscious, technologically up-to-date, and capable of handling the College’s present and projected enrollment growth and its expansion of program offerings. (Hudson County Community College realized a 22% increase in enrollments in 2009-2010, the largest increase of any county college in New Jersey.) Construction on the steel-frame structure began in spring of 2009, and the anticipated opening date is spring 2011.”North Hudson Center will be a complete campus under one roof, and because we are the community’s College, it will also have spaces for a variety of College and community events,” Dr. Gabert stated. Continue reading →

Best Picks of the Week, Hollyworld-Inside the biz of showbiz, Our Community

Nicole Kidman Movie “Rabbit Hole” Cast at Press Conference at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival

September 14, 2010 admin Leave a comment

River View Observer- “Rabbit Hole”

Hudson County Actress Tammy Blanchard Co-Stars Along side Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Diane Wiest in Nicole Kidman’s “Rabbit Hole.”

Emmy award wining actress Tammy Blanchard (2nd from left) pictured here at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival press confrenceÂ at the Hyatt Regency on September 14, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. Ms. Blanchard a Hudson County residentÂ Â co-starsÂ in the movie Â “Rabbit Hole.” Standing to the right of Ms. Blanchard is writer David Lindsay-Abaire, also to her left isÂ Â actor Miles Teller, actor Aaron Eckhart, actress Nicole Kidman and director John Cameron MitchellÂ

September 13, 2010 – Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images North America)

Source: Zimbio

Best Picks of the Week, Our Community, Pet Views

Dogtopia opens First Ever Franchise in New Jersey

September 13, 2010 admin Leave a comment

River View Observer Best Pick for Pet Care: Dogtopia-“Doggie Daycare in Bayonne, New Jersey at Its Finest”

By Evelyn Bonilla

dogtopia1 — Owners of New Jersey's First ever Dogtopia Franchise Donna Ostrowski and Elise Tomczak

Bayonne residents Donna Ostrowski andÂ EliseÂ Â Tomczak have been caring for animals for many years.Â Ostrowski has been caring for animals since childhood and Tomczak a lab technician in the healthcare industry is an avid dog lover. The two have worked hand in hand, in and in-house pet care business so they can empathize with the importance of having to trust someone with one of their own.

While working in their in-house pet care business, they noticed a demand from owners looking to find quality care for their pet dogs, so together they decided to find a concept that would offer them the opportunity to help. In their search they came across a franchise entitled “Dogtopia”, founded in 2002 by Amy Nichols, Tomczak and Ostrowski decided that this is what would fulfill the demand.