Archive for May 2010

D’Agostino Eying Secaucus

May 28th, 2010 | By | Category: Business, On tap

To tweak the old advertising jingle, Mr. D’Agostino may be moving closer to us. Senior executives of the New York-based supermarket chain D’Agostino met with Secaucus officials today to discuss the company’s potential plans to build a store in the Transit Village condominium development in Secaucus. A Secaucus location would be the chain’s first store [...]



WFAN Van Hits Secaucus

May 28th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

If you stopped by the Plaza on Wednesday for some KFC, pizza or groceries, you might have come home with Yankees tickets and a new shirt. Sports fans may have noticed the WFAN “Fan Van” in the Plaza on Wednesday. The visit in front of the KFC restaurant was a promotional stop for the all-sports [...]



BOE: Re-Hires, Awards

May 27th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap, Schools

The Secaucus Board of Education meets Thursday night at Huber Street School in its regular monthly meeting as it is slated to give out Teacher of the Year Awards and vote to re-appoint three elementary teachers for next year. Thursday’s agenda indicates the board will vote on re-appointing three teaching positions for the 2010-11 school [...]



Statement from Councilman Jim Clancy

May 27th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

May 26, 2010 Dear Editor, As the Fire Department Liaison for the Council, I would like to clarify the reasons the Town Council has recently hired the law firm of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter to conduct an investigation into what happened with regard to the incident at the North End Firehouse in 2004, the [...]



Happy Memorial Day

May 27th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

To the veterans that have protected us; to the active military that continue to do so — thanks for your service to the country. Happy Memorial Day to all of our readers. Enjoy the beach, BBQ or whatever you’ve got planned and take a minute to remember why you’ve got the freedom to do what [...]



Law Firm Hired in Fire Probe

May 26th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

Updated 5/27 with statement from Councilman Clancy: The Secaucus council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to hire a Morristown law firm to produce a report on the circumstances that led three firefighters to resign amid a multimillion-dollar bias settlement paid out by the town in 2008. The town will pay $12,500 for McElroy, Deutsch Mulvaney & [...]



Super Bowl Lands in N.J.

May 25th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

The NFL’s Super Bowl and all the hoopla that comes with it will be invading our area in February 2014. Team owners voted today to play the game at the New Meadowlands Stadium, the first time it will be outdoors in a cold-weather area. The Meadowlands beat South Florida and Tampa. We wrote last week [...]



Biz Briefs: Bob’s, Xanadu

May 25th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

Bob’s Discount Furniture is slated for a grand opening this week, new tenants and leases have been inked in Secaucus’ ommercial zone, the requisite Xanadu update (a new name!) and more in our wrap-up of business news in Secaucus… Bob’s Discount Furniture is opening its doors on Thursday, May 27, in the Mill Creek Mall [...]



Middle School Drama Thurs.

May 25th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap

The Secaucus Middle School Drama Club will present their second-annual performance on Thursday evening, May 27, titled “Whatever the Weather.” The group is overseen by 7th grade English teacher Allison Cunniff. The 7:30 p.m. performance will be held in the Arthur F. Couch Performing Arts Center.  Admission is free and refreshments will be served following [...]



District Addresses Cuts

May 24th, 2010 | By | Category: On tap, Schools

Secaucus has pink-slipped a handful of teachers and notified aides that their jobs might not be around next year, despite passage of the $32.2M budget by voters earlier this month. Superintendent Cynthia Randina is on bereavement leave but district spokesman Gene Manfra said that four non-tenured teachers were notified that their contracts would not be [...]