Category: North Bergen News

National Night Out Against Crime brought the community and law enforcement officials together for fun at six different locations in North Bergen on Tuesday, Aug. 2. North Bergen Police Officer George Dabal said, “National Night Out Against Crime is for the community and the police to get to know each other, listen to concerns, and …

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The North Bergen Public Library has been awarded a $92,405 state grant to build its career services programs and enhance residents’ chances of gaining employment, Library Director Sai Rao said. Rao said the grant will help the unemployed or underemployed who are looking to improve their basic career skills. The grant is from the New …

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I moved to Union City for love.Fresh out of college and head over heels for my future husband, a Union City native, I moved to Hudson County. Having spent my formative years in places where the food was painfully bland, moving to Union City was like walking into a fiesta in full-swing. I grew up …

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Guttenberg free summer concerts on Aug. 16, 25 On Tuesday, Aug. 16, the Cameos will perform songs from the 1950s to the 1970s as part of the free Guttenberg summer concerts. The next concert is on Thursday, Aug. 25, when the Infernos Band will perform songs from the last three decades, including pop and rock …

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Not long after graduating from Cliffside Park High School, Shravan Parvathaneni created a non-profit group called TAKTICS to teach kids the basics of computer science. This summer TAKTICS will tour 11 libraries around New Jersey, including a recent stop in North Bergen. On Monday, Parvathaneni and a team of high school graduates from Cliffside Park …

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“The helicopter was interesting, because we got to see how the medics help the people who got hurt,” said Sarah Usman, a seventh grader from McKinley Elementary School, one of approximately 20 middle schoolers who spent a week training in North Bergen’s Junior Police Academy. The training program ran from Monday, July 18 through Friday, …

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Drop unused or expired medication at the Police Department You can dispose of your unused and expired household medications safely and securely at any time at the North Bergen Police Department, 4233 Kennedy Blvd. The special Project Medicine Dropbox looks like a mailbox, but it is clearly marked. Please be aware that Project Medicine Drop …

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Anjali Salazar, 6, enjoyed the balloons. “We played with water balloons, and filled them up. I played with a Frisbee with the cops,” she said, standing in wet clothes on Friday, July 15 after a day of fun. She was among the children who played with water guns, water balloons, and other wet toys in …

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Residents who want to rent out their condos or rooms via sites like Airbnb may be restricted in the future, now that the North Bergen Board of Commissioners has introduced an ordinance banning short-term rentals. The ordinance will go to a final vote at the Aug. 24 meeting. Also at the commissioners’ July 13 meeting, …

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