Category: North Bergen News

The North Bergen Board of Commissioners on Wednesday authorized payments to seven retiring town employees and police supervisors for accrued, unused benefits. They also awarded a contract for renovations to the 64th Street recreation fields. The retiring employees collected sick time and vacation time in the combined total amount of $492,481. A portion of this …

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Sacco’s ‘Caylee’s Law’ signed A bill that will make the failure to report the disappearance of a child a felony was signed into law Monday, Jan. 9. Sponsored by State Sen. and North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco, along with Linda R. Greenstein, “Caylee’s Law” makes the failure to report the disappearance of a child or …

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The proposed Appleview residential development in North Bergen will once again be under review by the North Bergen Planning Board following a ruling in Hudson County Superior Court last month. Late last month, Judge Christine Farrington remanded the project back to the board, claiming that the board did not sufficiently determine whether safety considerations required …

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“I’m a big geek. I don’t believe science should be taught in a vacuum,” said a joyful Franklin Elementary School Technology teacher Stephanie Stern as she sat in the school’s impressive computer lab, decorated with high-end Macbook computers and an impressive multi-functional white board. Stern recently was awarded a fellowship from NASA, becoming one of …

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The first Guttenberg Town Council meeting of 2012 was packed with residents proudly watching as their family members and friends were honored by the council and mayor. The Guttenberg reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3 acknowledged the retirement of two town employees, promoted two police officers, and praised students at Anna L. Klein School. In …

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North Bergen Public Library offers test preparation courses The North Bergen Public Library is currently offering free online courses for elementary, middle, and high school preparation; college preparation; software tutorials; GED preparation; U.S. citizenship preparation, and more. Visit the website at www.nbpl.org, and register with a library card number to get started. North Bergen meetings …

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To read more of the Hudson Reporter 2011 YEAR IN PHOTOS click on the EXPAND button below. Open publication – Free publishing – More hoboken

Despite a stagnant unemployment rate and poor national rankings, New Jersey businesses saw a second year of improved sales, profits, spending, and employment in 2011, moving the state one more step away from its recession low recorded in 2009, according to a New Jersey Business and Industry Association 2012 Business Outlook Survey. The state unemployment …

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Fourteen years after the passing of a young North Bergen man, families, friends, and others will pay homage by way of a nationally televised parade next month. Roberto Perez, who passed away due to a brain aneurysm at the age of 18, will be the sole New Jersey honoree in a parade Monday, Jan. 2 …

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