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PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 'Sunny' day for students in the Meadowlands Astronomy convocation for county's gifted classes By ROSE DUGER BW CORRESPONDENT The sun was the spotlight of a two-day astronomy convocation presented by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission for students enrolled in the Hudson County Gifted and Talented Consortium.

This promises to be a year of change in New Jersey government and politics. By the end of January, the state will have a new governor, a new Senate president, and a new Assembly speaker - the first time since 2002 that the three most powerful positions in state government all will have changed hands.

At its last meeting of 2009, East Newark's governing body appointed several area residents and community leaders to the borough's Planning Board and moved to set up interlocal services agreements with the East Newark Board of Education and neighboring Harrison.

Birdair Inc. has completed the installation of the tensioned-membrane roof that covers a new stadium in Harrison, N.J. The 25,000-seat Red Bull Arena, home to the Major Indoor Soccer League 's New Jersey Red Bulls, will have the largest canopied roof system in the league.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Where Hudson improvements are planned Here's a list of appropriations earmarked for Hudson County in the proposed 2010 federal spending plan: $200,000,000 for construction of the ARC Tunnel $400,000 for the planning and design of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail Jersey City Bayfront Extension $300,000 for a traffic signal ...

One of two alleged bosses in a female-led narcotics ring in Essex County that collected $50,000 a week before it was dismantled last summer, pleaded guilty to drug charges in Superior Court in Newark today, authorities said.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> Montclair Kimberley 2, Nutley 2 Nick Picinic scored a goal with 5:23 left in the third period to help Montclair Kimberley erase a 2-1 deficit at Codey Arena in West Orange.

A dog died after falling into water at West Hudson Park in Harrison this morning, officials said.

T he sun was the spotlight of a two-day astronomy convocation presented by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission for students enrolled in the Hudson County Gifted and Talented Consortium.

Cynthia Repasy searches for gifts for her for sons at the Kearny Wal-Mart. Five military families received an early holiday gift this week when and Wal-Mart in Kearny gave each family a $1,000 gift card .

Riverbend District HARRISON, NJ-At a time when many developers are postponing progress at their developments, Bedminster-based Advance Realty is moving ahead with construction at the Riverbend District, one of the largest brownfields mixed-use, redevelopment transit districts underway in New Jersey.

Library's holiday show looks at transit village Thursday, December 10, 2009 1 "Trains are festive and they evoke the holiday spirit," McCarthy explained.

Richard J. Hughes was a hard-drinking, chain-smoking Irish-American politician, a fiercely partisan Democrat who probably could cut a deal with the devil if necessary - he did, after all, cut many deals with Republicans.

An early morning fire tore through a frame OMD in Harrison, forcing the residents into the street with only the clothes they were wearing, and leaving them without a home just before the holidays.

Share + Dec 7, 2009 11:54 am US/Eastern Reporting Jay Dow HARRISON, N.J. A fast moving fire tore through two New Jersey apartment buildings Monday.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> Nutley 5, Montclair 2 Joey Fierro scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period for Nutley at Codey Arena in West Orange.

The gang helps Ted out when he finds the perfect girl is available to date; and Marshall finds a letter he wrote when he was young, and it has a dramatic effect on him.

The Harrison Fire Department reports that the three-alarm blaze on Franklin Avenue is out.

Six families made it out safely from an inferno that engulfed their homes in Harrison, New Jersey on Monday morning.

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