HONORING THE FALLEN, ONE OF THEM OUR OWN —Hudson County's annual observance of Memorial Day will take place Thursday, May 24 at 11:00 a.m. at the county veterans plot in Holy Name Cemetery, 823 West Side Avenue, Jersey City. Attendees will include veterans’ organizations and their color guards from around the county; and the participation of ROTC students from both McNair Academy and Lincoln High School. A special tribute will be paid to Army Spc. Rafael A. Nieves Jr., who was killed recently while in action in Afghanistan. Nieves, 22, attended Lincoln High School and was a member of the school's ROTC Corps of Cadets.

THE (PEDESTRIAN) ROAD TO WEEHAKEN — Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, Freeholder Anthony Romano, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer and Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner joined in a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new Hudson River Walkway Pavilion at Park Avenue and 15^th Streets near the two municipalities border in a ceremony on Tuesday, April, 3rd.