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Hudson County News

April 20, 2024

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners recently approved a $70,000 grant to the Hackensack University Medical Center/ Audrey Hepburn Children’s House for clinical services to be provided at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Child Advocacy Center. Located in Secaucus ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Area residents will have the opportunity to access a wide range of county government services at the Hudson County Resource Fair being held in Jersey City on Saturday, April. 13. Set to be heald from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at County Prep High School, 525 Montgomery ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Jersey City eighth grader Kavya Jakasania will head back to the Scripps National Spelling Bee next month, but not before she got a chance to meet with Hudson County Executve Craig Guy.  “It was an honor to meet Hudson County’s Champion, Kavya Jakasania, and to hear about how ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has approved a $93,750 dollar contract with the Urban League of Hudson County for the “Grandmothers" Program. According to officials, the program will employ, train, and supervise eight senior citizens to serve as “grandmothers” for ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A partnership worth $150,000 between Hudson County and the Rutgers University Behavioral Research and Training program will help provide support and services, including ongoing and advanced data collection regarding the Overdose Fatality Review Team and community member services ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials are pushing back on assertions that they improperly awarded a $13.5 million contract to a prison healthcare management company. On Thursday, the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller directed Hudson County not to proceed with the award saying that ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Citing the challenge it would pose to thousands of residents that use it on a daily basis, the Hudson County Board of Commissioners has called on New Jersey Transit to reconsider a proposed fare increase. “Any increase in bus, train or light rail fares presents a hardship to ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ -  The Hudson County Department of Health and Human Services will begin conducting presentations and weekly workshops focused on health and wellness for students in grades 7-12 in Jersey City’s public Schools. The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved the Memorandum of ...

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SECAUCUS, NJ - As Pre-K students in one classroom cut shapes and practiced their numbers, their counterparts across the hall celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a few days early with the recitation of Five Little Shamrocks.  While the significance of a visit by Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday may have ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners voted recently to accept $1,357,137 from the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Juvenile Justice Commission under the State/Community Partnership and Family Court Services Grant Programs. The 2024 Grant is administered ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ  Hudson County’s Washington Park will get a $1.575 million upgrade thanks to a grant from the State of New Jersey. According to officials, the funds come from the Jake’s Law Playground Grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and will be used to cover ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A longstanding relationship between Hudson County and the Rutgers University Cooperative Extension will continue thanks to the authorization of a $558,258 contract for the Hudson County 4-H Youth Development Program, Family and Community Health Sciences Program and two community ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has accepted $300,000 in state funds to support efforts by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office to fight insurance fraud. The grant, awarded by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, will aid the Prosecutor’s Insurance ...

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JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has approved the installation of “traffic-calming devices” on Paterson Plank Road in Jersey City. The decision comes just months after a crash involving a car traveling over 100 miles per hour left three people dead.  According to ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Richard Dwyer, a longtime Public Affairs Manager for PSE&G,was honored by the Hudson County Commissioners at their meeting on January 25. Dwyer has been an employee of PSE&G since 1996 when he started work as a boiler operator at their Hudson Generating Station in ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ  — The first major initiative of Craig Guy’s Administration will be to undertake a joint disparity study of how Hudson County government and its subsidiary agencies do business in order to assess whether there is a level playing field for small and diverse businesses seeking ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ -  The Hudson County Board of Commissioners voted to apply and accept funds, if awarded, in the amount of $11,844,567.44 from the NOAA Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants program for Lincoln Park Wetlands Restoration The project will result in the ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ – Hudson County Commissioner Anthony Romano will remain as chair of the body for 2024 while Commissioner Jerry Walker will serve as vice chair and Commissioner Fanny Cedeno as Pro Tempe or third in rank. Walker was also appointed to serve as the voting member to the New Jersey ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has awarded $ 400,000 to Visiting Homemaker Service of Hudson County (VHS) for Peer Grouping Certified Home Health Care Services. The funding, officials said, allows for the organization to continue providing home health care services ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials will use a $200,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, and Addiction Services to purchase a vehicle which will be used to launch a Recovery Mobile Van Program for persons experiencing substance use ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials will use a $79,200 grant from the Federal Highway Safety Grant Sustained Enforcement Program to help improve traffic and pedestrian safety, officials announced. The education and enforcement efforts will focus on impaired driving, seat belt use, driver ...

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JERSEY CITY, NJ - In a ceremony highlighted by the speaking, musical, and cooking talents of students at Hudson County Schools of Technology, Craig Guy was ceremonially sworn in as Hudson County’s 5th County Executive on Thursday. The ceremony was held at the Hudson County Schools of ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - While demolition of the existing structure, and eventual construction of a new park in its place, can’t take place until the new Hudson County Court House is built, County officials have officially conveyed the land to Jersey City. “The new courthouse has to be ready before ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County officials will use nearly $90,000 secured from two separate grants to improve traffic and pedestrian safety. According to officials, the first grant for $60,000 will be used to enhance pedestrian safety, while the second, for $38,180, will be used to help ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has awarded a $161,330 grant from the New Jersey Department of Health & Human Services, Youth Services Commission, to the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) for shelter services from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County’s Board of Commissioners recently approved $500,000 in spending to implement the Hudson County Credible Messenger Program. The initiative, to be carried out by Guazabara Insights, will, officials said, improve public safety by giving high risk, court involved ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - While the arrival of winter puts additional attention on the plight of the homeless, for Hudson County officials keeping roofs over resident’s heads is a year-round effort. With this in mind, the Hudson County Board of Commissioners acted recently to approve nearly $2.7 ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Hudson County Executive-elect Craig Guy will hold an inauguration ceremony on Thursday, January 4 when he will be sworn in by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. The event, set to begin at 5:45 p.m., will be held at the Hudson County Schools of Technology’s Earl W. Byrd Center ...

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JERSEY CITY, NJ - Jersey City-based non-profit The Waterfront Project will receive $372,000 for services provided to Hudson County residents in the coming year. The Waterfront Project, Inc. (WFP) is a free legal services organization and a HUD-certified counseling agency that, at its founding, ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - In what may have been his last official act as Hudson County Executive, Tom DeGise, aided by a student from the Concordia/St. Joseph School for the Visually Impaired, flipped the switch that illuminated the two-story-high Christmas tree in the rotunda of the Brennan Court House ...

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