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Public Entertainment and Appointments of Municipal Board Members Discussed

18 February 2022

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EDITORIAL: Thoughts on Black History Month

18 February 2022

February is Black History Month and every so often I hear people complain that it is celebrated in the shortest month of the year. Let’s highlight one part of that sentence. It is a month-long celebration and there is only one other ethnic group that has a month-long celebration which is Hispanic Heritage Month. As […]

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THE COMMUNITY VOICE: Letters to the Editor

18 February 2022

No Need to Fear There’s an old saying, “When everything else fails we go to war”. Well, here it comes. Some politicians and those on the left said that we failed on COVID but made billions on it. America went upside down on WOKE and on leftist ideas, but we know it’s going to fail. […]

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Friends of the Perth Amboy Library Book Sale Return!

18 February 2022

PERTH AMBOY – The Friends of the Perth Amboy Free Public Library are once again having a book sale on Saturdays February 26th & March 12th & 26th from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Brighton Avenue Community Center at the corner of Brighton Avenue and Sadowski Parkway in Perth Amboy. I know many […]

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Information for Readers

18 February 2022

Deadline for Print Ads:  7 p.m. Thursday Office Hours:  Mon. – Wed. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Thurs. 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.  Fri. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Begins Construction on Behavioral Health Expansion

18 February 2022

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Obituary: Manuel Rafael Pacheco, Age 61

18 February 2022

Submitted by Virginia Morales & Suzanne Popadin PERTH AMBOY – Manuel Rafael Pacheco of Perth Amboy, whose life revolved around his family, his music and his church, died Feb. 9 at Raritan Bay Medical Center surrounded by loved ones. He was 61. Manny was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and came to Perth Amboy as a […]

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Raritan Bay Medical Center Earns National Award for Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation

18 February 2022

Press Release 2/4/22 PERTH AMBOY, NJ – Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center has been honored with the 2021 Workplace Partnership for Life Platinum Award for its organ and tissue donation awareness program from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Platinum […]

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Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Names Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp Interim Dean

18 February 2022

Medical Leader Who Helped Shape Beginnings of Medical School to Take Top Role in Wake of the Passing of Dr. Bonita Stanton Press Release 2/1/22 NUTLEY, NJ – Jeffrey Boscamp, M.D., will assume the role of interim dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine into the fall, it was announced today.  Dr. Boscamp takes […]

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Pallone Applauds House Passage of America COMPETES Act

18 February 2022

Bill Will Strengthen Manufacturing, Solar, & Pharmaceutical Supply Chains at Home Press Release 2/4/22 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today applauded House passage of the America COMPETES Act. The bill will help fix our supply chains, ensure critical products are manufactured here in America, turbocharge American scientific and technological leadership, and strengthen […]

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South Amboy to Receive $180,000 to Create a “Public Space” at the Train Station

18 February 2022

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State Legislators Announce Emergency Mortgage Assistance for the 19th District

18 February 2022

Press Release 1/31/22 TRENTON – Throughout the 19th legislative district, many residents have been quietly struggling with mortgage payments as the pandemic drags to the end of its second year. In response, Sen. Joe Vitale, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez applaud the governor’s office for creating the Emergency Rescue Mortgage Assistance Program […]

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Pallone Announces New Jersey Will Receive Over $8 Million to Support Sport Fish & Wildlife Restoration

18 February 2022

Press Release 1/11/22 LONG BRANCH, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that New Jersey will receive $3,996,614 to restore and conserve sport fish populations and $4,410,062 to restore, conserve, and manage wildlife populations. The funding comes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program. The program […]

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Speaking to an Audience

18 February 2022

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This Week in the Civil War

18 February 2022

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Food Drive for Local Families

18 February 2022

SOUTH AMBOY – The South Amboy High School Interact Club (Rotary Club) and the City of South Amboy is holding a food drive to benefit local families. If you are able to donate, there will be a collection of non-perishable food, personal hygiene products and paper goods. Donations can be dropped off at the side […]

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Safety Announcement

We are taking safety precautions in the City of Perth Amboy, and emphasize that it is important: IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING!!
Report Suspicious Activity – Be Vigilant – STAY ALERT! Do not think that any call or report is too small. Don’t allow the actions of a few dictate your quality of life.
FOR ALL EMERGENCIES, DIAL: 9-1-1
FOR ALL NON-EMERGENCIES, DIAL: 732-442-4400