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“Pianist Pamela Ross & Cellist Adrian Daurov Present “An April Fool’s Day Concert” at The Hudson School

 

By Evelyn Bonilla

 

On Sunday, April 1st at The Hudson School in Hoboken, N.J, pianist Pamela Ross and cellist Adrian Daurov take the stage to present, “An April Fool’s Day concert of “pop-sical” music and we’re not kidding!” Ross and Daurov will bring to life the works of Marvin Hamlisch and classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Shostakovich. This concert is sure to be an exciting event with a mix of pop and classical music! Continue reading “Pianist Pamela Ross & Cellist Adrian Daurov Present “An April Fool’s Day Concert” at The Hudson School →

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Covenant House NJ recently launched Jersey City outreach program

Asking the Public to Learn About its Services and How You Can Help!

Many children in Jersey City are brought up in communities ruled by gangs, violence and drugs. These kids fall victim to street life, mainly because they aren’t given the opportunity to explore their dreams and see what else is out there. Covenant House New Jersey (CHNJ) recently launched an innovative program to help change these patterns and bring hope to the lives of Jersey City teens.
From September 2009 through March 2010, an exploratory study of Jersey City was conducted by CHNJ to identify the challenges faced by the homeless and at-risk youth in this city. The goals of the study were to determine if there was a need for Covenant House services in Jersey City and to examine level of services provided to youth up through the age of 21. The findings showed that there weren’t any agencies in the city that conducted street and community outreach with the purpose of connecting at-risk youth to stable housing and critical support services.

In 2011 CHNJ started its Jersey City outreach program with grant funding from the W.E. Simon Foundation. This grant allowed Covenant House to hire outreach workers, purchase a vehicle and secure office space on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Jersey City. The outreach employees work tirelessly to infiltrate Jersey City’s poverty stricken communities, develop trusting relationships with the citizens and help prevent youth from turning to gangs, prostitution and crime to survive. Covenant House’s Jersey City outreach is a unique program; there aren’t any other non-profit organizations or services that infiltrate the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods on a daily basis. Continue reading Covenant House NJ recently launched Jersey City outreach program →

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HEALTH VIEWS -Palisades Hospital offers Free Seminar on Balance & Vestibular Rehabilitation

Palisades Medical Center will offer a Free Seminar on Balance and Vestibular Rehabilitation. 

 The event on April 19 at 7 pm at Palisades’ Auditorium will feature physical therapist Diane Matlick, vestibular rehab specialist, as the guest speaker.  Free transportation is available.

North Bergen, NJ, 28 March 2012 – Palisades Medical Center is offering a free seminar to the community regarding Balance and Vestibular Rehabilitation on Thursday, April 19, at 7pm.  It will focus on treatment for balance and vestibular related problems such as dizziness, vertigo, imbalance and hearing loss.  The event will take place in the Auditorium at Palisades Medical Center located at 7600 River Road in North Bergen.   Continue reading HEALTH VIEWS -Palisades Hospital offers Free Seminar on Balance & Vestibular Rehabilitation →

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Spring Cleaning Your Finances

 Tips for organizing your money from The Provident Bank

When spring fever hits, remember it’s not just your home that needs cleaning up. Spring is also an ideal time to organize and refresh your finances.

“With tax season upon us, we’re already organizing important financial documents. But before filing them away again, it’s a good time to review personal finances and make adjustments for the future,” said Chris Martin, chairman, president and CEO of The Provident Bank.

These seven tips from Provident will help consumers get started:

1. Clear the clutter: To reduce the paperwork pileup, sign-up for online statements and bill pay. And if the receipts and paper statements you have in your filing cabinet are more than three years old, you should sort and shred them.

2. Consolidate accounts: Instead of juggling multiple credit card bills and statements from several checking and savings accounts, see which ones can be closed or consolidated. It makes it easier to monitor activity and it could bump you up to a higher interest rate. However, you may want to hold onto your oldest credit card because the history of your credit impacts your credit score. Continue reading Spring Cleaning Your Finances →

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The Simpson Baber Foundation seeks Hand to Hand participants during Autism Awareness Month.

 April is National Autism Awareness Month. In preparation of this annual event, The Simpson Baber Foundation for the Autistic is reaching out to the business community and asking for participation in its most aggressive fundraising campaign of the year, the Hand to Hand campaign.

 Along with dedicated Hand to Hand sponsors, BCB Bank and the Bayonne Board of Education, participating businesses will be supplied with “Caring Hands Cards” to display your customers’ name when they make a donation to the Simpson Baber Foundation.  Join the growing list of participating businesses committed to making a difference in the lives of those affected by autism.

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Collectables, feasts and festivals

Not Yo Mama’s Fair Organizers LLC., and LITM present Fool’s Fair Sunday April 1, 2012 11am-5pm 140 Newark Ave Jersey City, New Jersey

Not Yo Mama’s Fair Organizers, LLC (NYM) is an event planning company which coordinates craft fairs, based out of Jersey City, NJ. NYM was started in 2009 with the idea of bringing high end crafting into the mainstream and helping develop the business of thousands of artisan crafters. Not Yo Mama’s Fair Organizers, LLC partner with local community and art organizations to set up fairs and ultimately donate a portion of the proceeds to the partnering organization. Not Yo Mama’s Fair vendors create a wide range of handmade goods; jewelry, handcrafted leather, stationary, original artwork, home goods as well as furniture. Currently run by artists Megan Gulick and Michelle Mumoli, NYM has 15 fairs scheduled from April through December of 2012, with as far a reach as Newark and Asbury Park.

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All-Saints Catholic Academy Bayonne to Host Annual Gala Honoring Notable Bayonne Residents

 Bayonne, NJ – All Saints Catholic Academy will host its’ annual dinner gala on March 31st honoring notable Bayonne residents Matthew Dorans, Cynthia Macon, Dr. Ellen O’Connor, Sr. Joan Sullivan and John J. Gillespie. The event will benefit the students of Bayonne’s only Catholic grammar school.

 “We are very excited this year to be honoring a fine group of people who truly demonstrate a commitment to our community and advancing Catholic education”, says Fr. Paul Schetelick, parochial vicar of All Saints.

 Matthew Dorans is the past president and current 2nd vice-president of the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce, as well as the current vice-president of In-Line Air-Conditioning.

 

 

 

Cynthia Macon is the president of the Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the director of fraternalism for the Royal Arcanum Fraternal Benefit Society, an international volunteer organization.

 

 

 

 

Hellen O'connorDr. Ellen O’Connor recently retired after dedicating her career to childhood literacy. She is the former Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at the Bayonne Board of Education.

 

 

Sr. Joan Sullivan is an adjunct ESL instructor at Passaic County Community College. She previously served as the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Newark.

 

 

 

 

John J. Gillespie was a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice for 31 years until 2003. He then went on to work for Pamrapo Savings and Loan in Bayonne until 2010.

 The dinner gala will take place at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, NJ. Cocktail hour begins at 7pm followed by dinner at 8pm. Guests can expect an evening of fine dining, dancing, networking and fun. Tickets are priced at $125, and can be purchased in advance by calling Kathleen Hennessey at  201-443-8384, extension 14.

 

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The Downtown Coalition of Neighborhood Associtations and NO Gas Pipline request your presence At Jersey City -City Hall

 Come to the Event Monday, March 26 7pm-8:30 pm

FERC APPROVES Spectra Pipeline! Pipeline Update Presentation & Panel at City Hall

The Downtown Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (DCNA) and NO Gas Pipeline, together with our panel guests below, will provide an update on the proposed Spectra Energy gas pipeline and what options are available if we need to overturn the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) ruling following the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) relative to Jersey City. This event will start promptly at 7:00 PM. Q&A to Panel will follow.
  Monday, March 26, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – PANEL DISCUSSION 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm FILM VIEWING “DON’T BLOW UP”
Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall 230 Grove Street, Jersey City
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued their Final Environment Impact Study (FEIS) two weeks ago approving of Spectra’s plans to build a pipeline through the heart of Jersey City to deliver gas to Manhattan. For those not familiar with the plans, you can find a map of the route as well as other information on the NO Gas Pipeline WEBSITE.
What does this mean for THE VILLAGE section of downtown Jersey City.
This is possibly one of the most important issues to face our neighborhood, and your involvement is key to stopping it.
Check out this NBC report filmed right in our neighborhood HERE
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Golden Gloves on the Jersey Waterfront Local Boxers Train Hard to be Contenders

  Bouts on March 24th , March 30 and April 7th

By Sally Deering 

Photos by Sally Deering and Joe Botti

Union City Boxing TeamInside an old municipal building and up a steep flight of wooden stairs is a world of sweat and hope, a cavernous space filled young men and women who bring their dreams of championship titles and Olympic gold medals into the four-sided ring of the Union City Boxing Club. Joe Botti, a Union City Police Lieutenant and former amateur boxer has been running the Union City Boxing Club for 23 years and on a recent March evening, the gym is filled to capacity as Botti and his team of volunteer trainers help young boxers train for the 2012 New Jersey Golden Gloves. “We’ve had 29 Golden Gloves Champs,” Botti says, lacing up a young hopeful’s shiny red gloves, “and hopefully this year we’ll have our 30th. We have five team trophies.” Two boxers who train there are Juan Rodriguez, who won the Golden Gloves in 2009 in the Open Class and Jason Escalera, who won Open Class in 2008; now they’re both professionals. A young fighter being coached by Joe Botti

“They used Golden Gloves as a jumpstart to professional careers,” Botti says.

Herkin DeLaRosa, 20, of Union City, has 26 fights under his belt and sees a Golden Gloves title as his opportunity to go pro.

“Everybody wants to be a Golden Gloves champion,” DeLaRosa says. “It means a lot of hard work. It’s like a goal to me. I get to compete in the Nationals.”

DeLaRosa is one of ten boxers at the Union City Gym who will be competing in the 2012 New Jersey Golden Gloves amateur boxing championship’s preliminaries for a shot at the nationals.

The team also includes Felix Tejada, Jose Aviles and Johnny Hernandez of Union City; William Arevalo, Anthony Valentini, Jarrett Blair and Gino Montero of Jersey City; Carlos Lopez of North Bergen; and Hector Melendez of Hoboken.

Melendez, 17, has won 20 fights and two Diamond Glove championships. He also takes AP classes at Hoboken High School and plans to major in economics in college.

“I want 70 amateur fights before I go pro,” Melendez says. “I want to travel, spar in different places. I’m trying to get experience. I only lost one fight. I think boxing will open doors for me.”

Melendez also has high praises for his trainer.

“Joe Botti, he’s great,” Melendez says. “It’s not about money; he does this for free. He cares about his fighters. He does a lot for us and we do for him. I fight hard in the ring. It’s my way of paying him back. It’s not always about boxing. It’s about family. He’s like a dad.”

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Hudson County Community College and Saint Peter’s College Sign Historic Transfer Agreement

Agreement will enable HCCC Associate’s degree grads to continue studies towards Bachelor’s degrees at SPC at NJ state college tuition rates

Hudson County Community College and Saint Peter’s College signed documents formalizing the memorandum of understanding between the two colleges. Seated from left: HCCC President Dr. Glen Gabert and SPC President Dr. Eugene Cornacchia. Standing from left: SPC Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Marylou Yam and HCCC Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Eric Fri               

March 23, 2012, Jersey City, NJ – On Wednesday morning, Hudson County Community College (HCCC) President Dr. Glen Gabert and Saint Peter’s College (SPC) President Dr. Eugene Cornacchia signed a memorandum of agreement that will allow HCCC graduates to transfer their credits to, and complete their baccalaureate studies at, SPC for the same tuition students would pay at a New Jersey state college. The signing of the agreement took place in the HCCC Culinary Arts Institute/Conference Center on the College’s Journal Square Campus in Jersey City.

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