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NINE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS SERVING HUDSON COUNTY • STORIES UPDATED CONTINUOUSLY AT WWW.HUDSONREPORTER.COM • A PUBLICATION OF THE HUDSON REPORTER
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 1 • SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012
Town Council appoints Boylan, expands police force
Four make for more art
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By Adriana Rambay Fernández
Artists Robin Mitchell, Susan McCallen, Bobby Travieso, and Julie Gadaleta gather in Travieso’s home.
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aren R. Boylan has been appointed to serve as the Secaucus municipal court judge for a three year term that begins Sept. 1. Boylan, who was appointed by the mayor and Town Council at their July 24 meeting, had been serving as the local prosecutor. “I find it is an incredible privilege and honor to be given the opportunity to serve as a municipal court judge and am grateful to the mayor and council for the opportunity,” said Boylan. “I promise I will serve the town well.” Boylan, 43, was appointed to serve as Secaucus prosecutor when Mayor Michael Gonnelli took office in 2010. Boylan has served 13 years as a county prosecutor in the Hudson County Prosecutors Office. A resident of 14 years, Boylan grew up in Jersey City and received her law degree from Rutgers University along with a master’s degree in public policy. “I always had in interest in fairness and justice,” said Boylan. “I grew up in Jersey City and it was something I felt strongly about.” The mayor and council appointed Boylan because they were very happy with her experience as well as the job she has done as a municipal prosecutor, according to Town Administrator David Drumeler.
HERE COMES THE JUDGE – Karen Boylan has been appointed to serve as the new municipal judge in Secaucus. Boylan is the second woman to ever serve as judge in Secaucus and takes the place of Judge Kathleen Walrod. Walrod was reappointed in a nearly split vote in 2009 when former Mayor Richard Steffens stepped in to serve out former mayor Dennis Elwell’s term after he was arrested for corruption. Walrod had served as judge since 1997.
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‘Quarters’ exhibits together locally
By Adriana Rambay Fernández Reporter Staff Writer
our artists have been exhibiting their work together throughout Hudson County as part of an artists’ group called the “Quarters.” They are Secaucus resident Bobby Travieso, Secaucus resident Julie Gadaleta, Bloomfield resident Robin Mitchell, and Glen Ridge resident Susan McCallen. All with diverse backgrounds and bodies of work, they recently held an exhibit at the Secaucus Public Library through July 2. “We have been showing on and off together for about six years now,” said Bobby Travieso. Quarters has exhibited together all over New
Jersey including Edgewater, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, and several times at the Monroe Center for the Arts in Hoboken. Their art ranges from fine art to photography to cartooning. “Quarters is a small, close-knit group of four who enjoy exhibiting our artwork in untraditional local places,” said McCallen. Some of these nontraditional spaces have included a pet spa, a kung fu academy, and an antiques cafe. “I’m very proud of these exhibits, as they underscore the message that art is for everyone, everywhere,” said McCallen. “We never underestimate the place of exhibit,” said Travieso. “The most unusual end up
Monarchs and more in the meadows
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More than 700 people see 21 species during ‘Butterfly Day’
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By Adriana Rambay Fernández Reporter Staff Writer
FANCY FLIGHTS – The common buckeye butterfly alights on a flower. Photo courtesy of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission.
ver 700 people explored the surrounding marsh and meadows on July 22 for the third annual “Butterfly Day” – a free event hosted by the Meadowlands Commission at nearby DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, just outside Hudson County. People arrived as early as 8:45 a.m. even though the event wasn’t scheduled to begin until 10 a.m. The sun-filled day also brought out high numbers of butterflies, with 21 species sighted by spectators. For the first-time ever at DeKorte Park, visitors spotted the meadow fritillary, which is orange and red with heavy black
markings and has an affinity for nectar from black-eyed susans, dandelions, and ox-eyed daisies. The brown-colored horace duskywing – another rarity in the area – was also identified.
Surge in red admiral butterflies
“They all showed up for butterfly day,” said Jim Wright, communications director about the many types of species identified during the butterfly fest. There are 20,000 species of butterfly worldwide
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