Category: North Bergen News

In July of 2010, Natasha McNight-Henderson of Jersey City was 38 years old and finalizing her first adoption — a child whose mother had died and later ended up in a cousin’s custody, a frequent occurrence due to courts’ preference to place children with family members. Two years later, at an adoption party for her …

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Cooling centers open through Saturday North Bergen’s three designated cooling centers will be open this week due to the forecasted high temperatures. The centers will be open Thursday, Sept. 8 through Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at all locations. The three cooling centers are the uptown library on 8411 Bergenline Ave., …

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Public school students in North Bergen and Guttenberg have a few more days of summer this week and then return to class on Thursday, Sept. 8. Thursday and Friday are full days of school. Students in Guttenberg attend Anna L. Klein Elementary School and go to North Bergen High School starting in ninth grade. According …

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Before living in Union City for 10 years, author of “To Catch a Cat” Heather Green lived and worked as a journalist in Manhattan. When visiting her boyfriend Matt Greer in Union City on weekends, she saw a mother cat caring for three kittens in his neighbor’s backyard, and fell in love. She wanted to …

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North Bergen officials welcomed about 1,000 residents to the 10th annual Pool Party on Friday, Aug. 26, this year with a “Mardi Gras” theme. Attendees came to eat, swim, gamble, and dance from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. In keeping with this year’s theme, a New Orleans jazz band played alongside colorful decorations created by …

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North Bergen Mayor Sacco’s mother passes away On Wednesday morning, Aug. 31, Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s mother Angelina passed away. Her viewing was scheduled for Friday, Sept. 2 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Vainieri Funeral Home on 5923 Kennedy Blvd. Mass is scheduled for Saturday Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church …

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It took several hours, but heroic emergency responders from more than four agencies were able to coax a distraught 44-year-old man back inside from the roof of the tall Galaxy Towers condo buildings in Guttenberg last Thursday. Police from Guttenberg, North Bergen, and the Port Authority, as well as the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department and …

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Residents who want to rent out their condos or rooms with websites like Airbnb will face restrictions now that the North Bergen Board of Commissioners has adopted an ordinance banning short-term rentals in town. The officials voted to approve the ordinance at the Wednesday, Aug. 24 meeting. At the meeting, the commissioners also discussed ways …

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Miriam Corrales, a resident of the Guttenberg senior building on Boulevard East, celebrated her actual birthday on Aug. 10, but she enjoyed cake and good cheer with a handful of other seniors who had August birthdays on Saturday, Aug. 20 in the community room. The new monthly celebrations for residents of the town’s senior housing …

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