Category: North Bergen News

The North Bergen Board of Commissioners on Wednesday introduced their $83.3 million budget for calendar year 2012, which will result in a 2.6 percent increase in municipal taxes, said Chris Pianese, township administrator. Residents’ taxes are determined by three budgets – the town budget that was just introduced, the school budget that is usually approved …

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Guttenberg resident and former North Bergen teacher Edie Stokes may be in her twilight years, but she has no plans to quit entertaining any time soon. The Robert Fulton, Horace Mann, McKinley and John F. Kennedy schoolteacher retired in 1994 after 30 years of making a living as an educator. Since that year, she embarked …

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After a pot-bellied big was abandoned in the nearby town of Palisades Park and spent three days in a crate in the rain, an animal rescuer named Elaine Samman from Animal Life Savers in North Bergen has found a home for him at the Secaucus Animal Shelter. Now, the porky pet may even become a …

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Taxpayers may shell out 3 percent more to fund the North Bergen school district next year if the $116.4 million budget introduced last week by the Board of Education is approved at a future meeting. At a special meeting on Tuesday, the board introduced the budget, which was up roughly $3.7 million from last year, …

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‘American Dream’ (formerly Xanadu) won’t fully open by 2014 Super Bowl The American Dream recreation and entertainment project formerly known as Xanadu will not fully open in time for the 2014 Super Bowl right next door, reported NJBiz yestereday. Jill Renslow, spokesperson for the developer Triple Five, said that a water park and amusement park …

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An attorney for the Galaxy Towers Condominium Association at Tuesday night’s North Bergen Planning Board meeting questioned the merit of testimony from an engineer who said putting a high-rise development near a local gas pipeline is safe. Neighbors of the proposed site of the Appleview condo development at the North Bergen/Guttenberg border have expressed concerns …

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Soon, more residents and town employees will be able to be notified if a hurricane is swirling toward North Bergen or a major fire is ripping through town. The township of North Bergen plans to update its emergency notification system following a resolution passed at the Board of Commissioners meeting last month. At the meeting …

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Lifelong North Bergen resident Alycia Kluegl has dedicated her life to making people healthier. As an exercise physiologist and nutritionist, Kluegl launched her health and fitness business, “Empower Your Body,” 10 years ago to help promote health and wellness in the Hudson County area. Through her company, Kluegl provides health consulting to clients through training …

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The mayor and Secaucus Town Council unanimously passed a resolution at their Feb. 21 special meeting to hire Marlene Prieto as a program coordinator in the finance department. Prieto, the wife of local Assemblyman Vincent Prieto, will earn an annual salary of $35,000, half of which will be paid for by a federal community development …

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