March 24, 2009 – Conservancy President Honored

Helen Manogue, President of the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy received a Citation from Hudson County Executive, Thomas Degise as well as the Hudson County Medal Award for Public Service on March 24, 2009. The same evening the Board of Chosen Freeholders¿ President Doreen DiDomenico presented Helen with a Certificate of Recognition as one of the Hudson County women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet. Nineteen other women including Ruth Elsasser, Ellen Gaulkin and Marie Alberion, all from Weehawken also received a Certificate of Recognition. These women were other vital participants in securing the waterfront for use by the general public, in other words the Hudson River Walkway.

The awards event was held at the magnificently restored Justice William Brennan Court House in Jersey City with a reception that followed.