Union City News

A jury yesterday morning found a Union City man not guilty of sexually assaulting his pre-teen daughter, who had testified against the man at his trial.

She was born in Union City on Feb. 18, 1917, but grew up in Secaucus and Barnegat.

Hudson County Animal League and Companion Animal Trust will present the season's first "crop" of kittens for adoption on Sunday from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Fussy Friends Pet Supplies, 148 Newark Ave.

Sunday evening Temple Emanu-El will host the Second night of Shavuot and their traditional "Torah & Blintzes!" at 7 p.m. Temple Beth Am at 111 Avenue B, Bayonne, will have their weekly Sabbath service on Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 858-2020, email templebetham@optonline.net or visit bethambayonne.org. The Archdiocese of ... (more)

Family and friends packed the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for Hudson County Community College's 2012 commencement ceremony.

RETIRED BAYONNE Police Capt. Hanson marches in last year's Bayonne Memorial Day Parade with his granddaughters, from left, Alexis Hanson, Gianna Fogu and Gabby Hanson.

A Jersey City juvenile was charged Saturday in last week's stabbing of a 15-year-old boy on a basketball court at Peru Plaza in Union City, police said.

UNION CITY - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez officially launched his re-election campaign today from his hometown of Union City before a raucous crowd of thousands of students and nearly every high-ranking Democrat in New Jersey.

I seem to remember Mayor Healy bragging about the new solar-powered trash compactors that he was having installed with some grant money.

When Michael Guiardo was 10, he and his five-year-old sister Michelle were playing in their Union City apartment on November 4, 1974 when two uniformed police officers came to their door.

The event starts today at 2 p.m. at the park, bordered by Willow Avenue and Fourth, Fifth and Garden streets.

Mervy Michael , 18, a senior at the Academy for Enrichment and Achievement at Union City High School , won a fourth-place award in the fair's Environmental Sciences category and a first-place "special" award from the U.S. Air Force.

Hispanic residents walk by a law office in Union City, N.J., specializing in immigration in March.

An honest teen busted on pot possession charges asked cops yesterday not to tell his mom since he just completed a drug rehab program, according to police reports.

Amidst all the partying and DJing, Erick Morillo still managed to find his true love.

On May 5th at 8 p.m., Kearny units were alerted to the possibility of a pedestrian struck in the 100 block of Kearny Ave.

Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., will have an exhibit entitled "Ta-Da" by artist Beth Lucas.

Brian P. Stack, center, is being sworn in to a third term as mayor of Union City as his mother Margaret Stack, left, holds the bible, and local attorney Dennis McAlevy leads the mayor in the oath of office.

Bayonne Feral Cat Foundation will host a bus trip to Mount Airy Lodge on Sunday, June 3. $25 in slot play and $10 in food coupon.

Editor's note: Hudson County students attending the 2012 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair, which began Sunday, are blogging from Pittsburgh all week .