Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Gold Coast residents can benefit from thousands of years of Eastern wisdom and discipline with the guidance of a new local business: Ivy’s Feng Shui. Ivy’s Feng Shui celebrated its grand opening this past August and has since participated in community events such as the Union City and Galaxy Arts and Crafts Festivals and a …
Latest Appleview development hearing postponed The latest Planning Board meeting to discuss the proposed Appleview development in North Bergen was set to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 4, but it has been postponed until Thursday, Jan. 3. The proposed Appleview condo development is controversial for a number of reasons. Residents are concerned that it will …
What began as a coffee break conversation between two policemen has bloomed into a new partnership project between North Bergen Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 18 and The Hudson County School of Technology. Much like other drug abuse awareness programs, Bugs Against Drugs (BAD) reaches out to students. The difference is that teens learn teamwork by …
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Efrain Evertz may be the leader of a church youth group, but what he and the group members did on Thanksgiving put warmth in the hearts of 200 local adults, and food in their bellies. “It gives us a sense of unity and hope with one another in these very hard times,” said Evertz about …
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While Hurricane Sandy uprooted the lives of many people across the tri-state area, children in foster care who already live with a degree of uncertainty as to whether they will ever find a stable and permanent home often remain in the shadows. The recent storm added another set of challenges. According to an official with …
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Was it due to Cyber Monday, or did everybody just have something else to do? A grand total of one resident was in the audience for the Town Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 26, causing Mayor Gerald Drasheff to joke afterward that attendance was probably low because there were no police promotions, which usually draw …
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1,000 FREE TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING — The North Bergen Concerned Citizens Group (NBCCG) donated 1,000 turkeys for Thanksgiving Day to seniors at the Cullum Towers complex, owned by the North Bergen Housing Authority, and to families in need. This was the first year the NBCCG has donated turkeys for Thanksgiving. The deliveries were also made …
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Chef arrested for allegedly neglecting his two dogs Young chef Benjamin Smallman, who works at a museum in New York, claimed to have been overworked when he was arrested on Friday, Nov. 16 for allegedly starving his two dogs, Ozzie and Zeus, according to Animal Control Officer Lisa Menendez. Animal control officers Geoffrey Santini and …
Detective Carlos Sanz-Batista seemed to be healthy, until he passed out on the bathroom floor and was found by his wife Michelle. What was thought to be a bleeding ulcer was later diagnosed as stage IIIB gastric cancer. The Township of North Bergen banded together to honor Detective Sanz-Batista at the Nutrition Center and also …
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Robert Fulton School’s Technology teacher Theresa Iannantuano debuted her first book at The North Bergen Free Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 13. The reading for “Who Took My Lunch?” was followed by a quiz for the children, who were entertained with the “Peanut Butter and Jelly” song by surprise guest Skippy The Squirrel, a character …
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