Category: North Bergen News

The Waterside Restaurant was transformed into a Las Vegas-style casino by Monte Carlo Casinos for Palisades Medical Center (PMC) on Thursday, Aug. 23. This was the sixth year for Annual Casino Night, and gamblers played games of chance while enjoying the view from the restaurant overlooking the waterfront from River Road in North Bergen. The …

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Christie Administration announce grants for two North Bergen projects The Christie Administration announced on Wednesday that a $210,000 grant has been awarded to North Bergen to replace a traffic signal and a $482,069 grant has been approved for the New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad to build a rail siding in the township. The $210,000 …

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The North Bergen Board of Education is apparently not ready to give up the 2011 state high school football championship title that the Bruins won on the gridiron last December. The board has hired attorney Patrick Jennings of Hackensack to represent them in an appeal against the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association in order …

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Their dramatic view of the Hudson River and New York City skyline has been obstructed by utility poles, and some Galaxy Tower residents are not happy about it. In early August, the poles were installed by PSE&G along River Road, near the densely populated condo towers in Guttenberg. Lukasz and Agnieszka Szelag, who live on …

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North Bergen Township has honored Port Authority Police Officer David LaMagne, who died in the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, with a plaque and a tree in front of his family home on 3201 Liberty Avenue. Mayor Nicholas Sacco, EMT workers from North Bergen and Union City, the Police Department, …

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The Waterside Restaurant was transformed into a Las Vegas-style casino by Monte Carlo Casinos for Palisades Medical Center (PMC) on Thursday, Aug. 23. This was the sixth year for Annual Casino Night, and gamblers played games of chance while enjoying the view from the restaurant overlooking the waterfront from River Road in North Bergen. The …

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North Bergen has demanded that Union City pay what they say is an overdue contribution to the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR) squad – which serves five towns in Hudson County – or face legal action. The demand has widened a longstanding political rift between the two towns’ mayors, Brian Stack and Nicholas …

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Palisades Medical Center schedules events Holy Family Church, 530 35 St., Union City, will offer free health screening and information by Palisades Medical Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9, covering blood pressure, heart rate, percentage of oxygen in the blood, peak flow/respiratory, Body Mass Index (BMI), sugar and cholesterol. For …

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School starts in both North Bergen and Guttenberg on Thursday, Sept. 6. Students in tiny Guttenberg attend the Anna L. Klein school for elementary school and North Bergen High School from grades nine and up. Students in both districts should anticipate some new teachers and renovated buildings. Changes in Guttenberg At the Anna L. Klein …

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