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Hudson Reporter Hudson County launches mobile vaccination unit × Hudson County launched a new mobile vaccination unit that will serve as a popup clinic in neighborhoods throughout the county. This new resource will allow the Hudson County Vaccine Task Force to bring the COVID-19 vaccine directly to hard-to-reach communities and host onsite vaccination clinics for local businesses and organizations. The unit is a small passenger bus that has been repurposed and outfitted to administ...

Hudson is launching a mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit to serve as a popup clinic as the rate of residents with at least one dose hits 60%. 

Hudson Reporter × Dear Editor: Senator Nick Sacco is proposing legislation to limit the height of new construction in Hudson County, BUT…his good intention of preserving peoples’ incredible NYC skyline view is marred by a developer’s proposal to destroy another incredible view, that of perhaps the most iconic symbol of NJ, the Palisades Cliffs. A 13-story building is being proposed on River Rd., on the property line of Braddock Park’s Bird Sanctuary and Riverview Park. The ...

× Health Officer Janet Castro (center) has been pivotal to the vaccine rollout in North Bergen. North Bergen has issued over 40,000 COVID-19 vaccines to residents, according to the township. The number includes vaccinations administered through the local site as well as other sites that the Health Department administers through a shared services agreement. Under the leadership of Health Officer Janet Castro, the township site opened in January along with partner sites in Union City, Se...

Hudson Reporter Celebrate Earth Day with Hudson County Lincoln Park The Hudson County Improvement Authority, in partnership with Hudson County, will host two Earth Day celebrations in North Bergen and Jersey City. The events keep the HCIA’s 30-year tradition of observing Earth Day and will comply with social distancing regulations. The first event will be held April 17 at Braddock Park in North Bergen near the 90th Street and Bergenline Avenue entrance. The second event will be held on A...

Save Braddock Park-Safe Schools Dear Editor: For 20 years North Bergen Mayor and State Senator Nick Sacco has resisted moving the NB preschool out of Braddock Park where it has been in violation of NJDEP regulations. Braddock Park is reserved for recreation and open space use. We don’t have enough park land in Hudson County. NB’s 17 trailer preschool violated important safety regulations by having 1, not the required 2 fire exits. New Jersey Educational Association says school trailers, eve...

Hudson Reporter 2020: Hudson County, on PAUSE In a plague year, business as usual in unusual times   2 / 14    3 / 14    4 / 14    5 / 14    6 / 14  A digital rendering of the latest residential complex Hartz Mountain received approval to construct in Lincoln Harbor   7 / 14    8 / 14  Hudson County Commissioner Fanny Cedeno and Union City Commissioner Wendy Grullon march on Bergenline in calls for legislation to protect immigrants   9 / 14    10 / 14  Hector Ose...

Recent homes sales in Boston and Cambridge (Dec. 23) ALLSTON 147 Kelton St. #701 Condo, built in 1988, 1,400 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 1,400-square-foot lot. $730,000 BACK BAY 776 Boylston St. #W12A Condo, built in 2008, 3,222 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 3,222-square-foot lot. $11,500,000 315 Commonwealth Ave. #1 Condo, built in 1890, 2,885 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 2,885-square-foot lot. $9,000,000 315 Commonwealth Ave. #2 Condo, ...

× Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, Senior Director of Nursing and Patient Experience, Nursing Administration, was among the first group of JCMC employees to be given the COVID-19 vaccine. As vaccines for COVID-19 roll out in Hudson County, the virus continues to surge in North Hudson municipalities. Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen was the first hospital in the county to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, administering it to frontline healthcare workers on ...

Hudson Reporter Contact the NJ OAG to Make Your Vote Count × Dear Editor: In 2001, after North Bergen illegally replaced a NJDEP Green Acres funded softball field with its preschool trailers, Mayor Sacco said this would be “temporary”. In the last 20 years, NB told NJDEP several times the preschool would be moved out of the park and each time, NB reneged. Finally, on On 06-08-17 NJDEP told NB: “Removing the trailers as quickly as possible is the only scenario we are consideri...