The Hackensack Riverkeeper, a North Jersey environmental group, has announced that it will sponsor a waterfront clean-up at DiDomenico-16th Street Park in Bayonne on Sunday, July 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Hackensack Riverkeeper will provide tools, gloves, trash bags, and refreshments for volunteers. All are invited to participate. There is no cost or registration involved for families or individuals. Look for the big white tent and mobile clean-up unit on the lower level of the park, near the boat ramp on Newark Bay. Check in with Operations Director Lisa Ryan to get started. Continue reading Newark Bay Waterfront Clean-up Set for Sunday, July 10, at 16th Street Park
Summer Fun Jersey Style
Just for you Free Shows, Movies and Other Happenings on the Jersey Side
By Sally Deering
Well, its summertime and that means blowing up beach balls and dashing to the sandy Jersey shore to slather on sunblock and frolic in the Atlantic’s waves. But for urban dwellers who can’t slip away for some beach blanket bingo, there are plenty of fun and free activities in Hudson to help you enjoy the sunny days and balmy nights ahead
 Hoboken’s Cultural Affairs Department offers movies, kids’ shows, even Shakespeare in the park
 Family Fun
Free Outdoor PerformancesÂ
Shipyard Park, 13th Street & McFeeley Drive
June 28 – Mother Goose, rhymes, songs and stories, www.after3theatre.org; July 12 -Â The Hey Ya Brothers, slapstick comedy, www.heyyabrothers.com; July 19Â -Â Yosi, kids sing-along, www.yosimusic.com; July 26Â – The Fuzzy Lemons, family-friendly rock band, www.thefuzzylemons.com; Aug 2 – Music Together, music and movement for babies and toddlers, www.musictogether.com; Aug 9 -Â Big Jeff & the Bouncy People, singer-songwriter, www.bigjeffmusic.com; Aug 16Â -Â Starfish, kids/family band, www.myspace.com/rockwithstarfish; Aug 23 – Americana Family Jamboree, bluegrass and folksongs, www.facebook.com/americanafamilyjamobree
Real Estate – OPEN HOUSE – Uptown Realty -Jersey City 3 Family – 227 8TH STREET
OPEN HOUSE JUNE 25THÂ Â Â 1pm to 3pm
3 Family
227 8TH STREET
JERSEY CITY
Asking …$760,000
Beautiful 3 family brick row house one block from historic Hamilton Park. Four floors of living space plus unfinished basement good for storage. Ground floor offers Garden level duplex with 2 bedrooms, laundry room and private spacious backyard. 2nd and third floor offers alcove bedroom with windows giving plenty of natural light. High ceilings, hardwood floors large eat in kitchen and full tile bath. Short walk to PATH, Newport.
ELIZABETH FLYNN-201-923-6673
UPTOWN REALTY INC
Office: (201) 656-8100
117 WASHINGTON STHOBOKEN NJ 070
Hudson County Community College to Hold Information Sessions for College Graduates Interested in Becoming Teachers
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 JERSEY CITY, N.J. / June 23, 2011 – Hudson County Community College is continuing to conduct information sessions to acquaint college graduates with a program that will enable them to become licensed teachers. The next session will be held on Tuesday, July 12, at 6 p.m. at the College’s Culinary Arts Institute/Conference Center, 161 Newkirk Street in Jersey City. Please pre-register by calling HCCC’s Non-Credit Office at (201) 360-4255.
  Additional sessions will be held on: Tuesday, August 23, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, September 21, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, November 9, 6 p.m., and Wednesday, December 7, at 6 p.m. Continue reading Hudson County Community College to Hold Information Sessions for College Graduates Interested in Becoming Teachers
Real Estate – Bayonne-Open House June 26th at 170 W. 17th Street, Bayonne, New Jersey
Exit on the Hudson Realty will present an Open House on Sunday, June 26th
170 w. 17th Street, Bayonne
808 Broadway Bayonne, NJ
 201– 437-0411
Call Nancy DÂ Â Â Cell 201-988-7802Â
www.exitonthehudson.com
                 2 Family on Desirable Bay Block                                   Â
1st floor 2 bedroom one bath rental
2nd floor owners duplex apartment.
Eat in Kitchen, modern appliances, new 1/2 bath.
Kitchen has sliding glass door leading to a trex deck for  “Al Fresco” dining and relaxation.
Formal dining room and large family room/living room. 3rd floor has Master Bedroom with full bath plus 3 other bedrooms and another full bath. Home is 5 minutes from Municipal Pool, playground, basketball court, boat launching pad and fishing pier in
 waterfront park. This could be your “STAYCATION†HOME!!
You will not be disappointed
Asking $449,000
                Call Nancy Mazzilli D’AntonioÂ
Cell 201-988-7802
[email protected]
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Union City’s Donna Bostany Appearing in Polaris North’s “Plays For A Summer Night”
Union City Actress Donna Bostany will appear in a play “Sammy and Delilahâ€Â on Sunday June 26, 8pm – Monday June 27 , 8pm and Tuesday June 28th 8pm as part of Polaris North’s “PLAYS’ FOR A SUNNER NIGHT.”
Anyone wishing to attend must RSVP 212-939-2361
POLARIS NORTH 245 w 29TH st 4th Floor, New York City
FREE EVENT: DONATIONS BENEFIT POLARIS NORTH REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED AFTERÂ
The following plays will be presented:
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Jon Huntsman Announces His Run for President in 2012 at Jersey City’s Liberty State Park
Photo’s by steveamack.com
“This is the hour when we choose our future. I’m Jon Huntsman and I’m running for president of the United States,” with those words  Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman announced on Tuesday, June 21st, at Liberty State Park in Jersey City his candidacy for President in the 2012 race thus becoming one more Republican contender to join the race for the White House. Liberty State Park is also the location chosen by  former President Ronald Reagan to announce his bid for President in 1980.Â
Huntsman was President Obama’s Amabassdor to China until this past spring.
Sean Hannity from Fox’s Hannity’s America was on hand to interview Huntsman. When asked by Hannity why the former Utah Governor and Ambassador to China decided to enter the race;Â Huntsman said, “Because I love my country. And I can’t stomach the thought that we are passing down to the next generation, a country that is less viable, less good, less competitive, less compassionate than the one we got. You have a choice then, you can either stand on the sidelines or you can do as Teddy Roosevelt used to preach, and you can get in the arena and do something about it.”
Golden Girls of Doo-Wop- The Carmelettes inspire new play
New Play at LaMama in New York based on The Carmelettes, the 1950s All-Girl Doo-Wop Group from Jersey City
By Sally Deering
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Before the Shangri-Las and girl groups of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond, there were girl doo- whop groups and one fondly remembered was The Carmelettes, a Jersey City trio of teen girls christened their girl-group name by their parish priest at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. In 1959, the girls Angela LaPrete, Vicky Cevetello and Virginia Verga recorded two songs, “My Foolish Heart” and “Promise Me a Rose,”  and in 1960 “Aching for You” and “Something Tells Me I’m in Love.” They sang backup for Neil Sedaka’s hit “Oh Carol,” and Carole King’s hit “Oh Neil.” And when the group regrouped under the name “The Kittens,” (after Verga left for a solo career,) the LaPrete and Cevetello sang backup on several songs including the Top 40 hit “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” – which bombarded the airwaves during the summer of 1960. When the group disbanded in the 1961, the girls went on to start other careers and raise families. LaPrete married James Murphy (folks just know him as “Murphy”) and the couple raised their  daughter Susan, who went on to earn a BFA in Drama at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and become a singer in clubs and cabarets while performing in Off-Off Broadway plays. A drama teacher at Snyder High School, Susan Murphy continues to reinvent herself and her latest career turn is her new play, “Girl/Group: A Daughter’s Tale” a personal piece about her mother’s life as a doo-whop singer and the affect it has had on Murphy’s life. (“Girl/Group: A Daughter’s Tale” features Murphy along with Tom Cappadona, Drew Citron, Alison Scaramella, and Jenna Smith and is directed by Mario Giacalone. It opens at LaMama’s The Club in New York City on June 17 and runs through June 26.)
Continue reading Golden Girls of Doo-Wop- The Carmelettes inspire new play
Bayonne Laces Up for Relay for Life
Local Residents Raise Thousands of Dollars for the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a 24-hour event that gives people across the globe the chance to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the U.S., along with communities in 20 other countries, take part in Relay for Life to raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer.
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On Friday, June 17, beginning at 6 pm 84 Relay teams will gather at the Don Ahern Veterans Stadium on the Bayonne High School campus for the American Cancer Society’s annual fundraising event that will continue overnight and into Saturday. Throughout the event, teams – which have raised more than $84,000 so far, will be walking and/or running the stadium’s track in support of friends and loved ones affected by cancer. Continue reading Bayonne Laces Up for Relay for Life
65th Tony Awards- River View Observer was there!
On Sunday June 12th the 65th Annual Tony Awards were held at the Beacon Theater and our Photographer Steve Mack was there to capture all the excitement.
Hudson County Nominee Tammy Blanchard arrived at the Red Carpet as did Al Puccino, Christie Brinkley, Lynn Redgrave, Kelsey Grammer, Brooke Shields, John Legusiamo, and others.
See all the photo’s by Steveamack.com
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