Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Local business donates to NB At a North Bergen Commissioners’ meeting two weeks ago, Denish and Shntoben Patel of Shanta Management Corp., located at 8518 Kennedy Blvd., donated $1,000 to the North Bergen Recreation Department’s public event fund. The money goes toward events like the Children’s Christmas Party and Halloween Parade. Upcoming school board elections …
Voters in North Bergen and Guttenberg will head to the polls on April 27 to choose three candidates for their school boards and to vote on the next school budget. The three candidates running for office in Guttenberg have no opposition, and three running to keep their seats in North Bergen face two opponents who …
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A North Bergen dance studio may be going to a national competition thanks to the big scores they earned at a competition held in Atlantic City earlier this month. “It was a lot of fun winning,” said Elyssa Cueto, 10, of North Bergen. “It was exciting to show my stuff.” J&L Dance Studio competed at …
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Last week the state Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced that a medical treatment facility in Secaucus will be among six places or groups licensed by the state of New Jersey to run nonprofit alternative treatments centers (ATC’s) for dispensing medicinal marijuana. Foundation Harmony of Cliffside Park will operate the Secaucus facility. Another …
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Woman plans to sue nursing home Gloria Diaz announced at a press conference on Monday that she plans to sue the Harborage nursing home on River Road in North Bergen after a worker there was caught on tape allegedly hitting her bedridden 87-year-old mother, the day before her mother died. The aide, Julia Galvan, was …
A gas pipeline expert hired by objectors to a 59-unit residential development to be built near the three Galaxy Towers and a major natural gas line has suggested to North Bergen Planning Board members some of the questions they should be asking about the project, but it’s not certain if the operator of the pipeline …
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After he and his running mates handed their combined 53,645 petition signatures into Town Hall on Monday so they can run for re-election in May, longtime North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco remarked that their opposition was “…out there collecting signatures while we are talking.” Sure enough, the opposing ticket “Citizens for Change” handed in 380 …
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For one North Bergen High School senior, being on swim team will not only aid her in applying to college, but has given her self esteem. “I used to be a shy person,” Rikki Reyes said last week. Reyes had never competitively swum before joining the high school swimming team during its inaugural season last …
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North Bergen Bank robbed Monday The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking a man who allegedly robbed the Valley National Bank at 8901 JFK Boulevard on March 14 of an undisclosed amount of cash. According to bandittrackernortheast.com, a website maintained by federal, county and local law enforcement agencies, police are seeking a Hispanic male in …
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When they started preparing to perform “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” High Tech High School’s musical theatre majors had never heard of the murder mystery, but now the learning process has given them a whole new appreciation for history. “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” was the final novel written by Charles Dickens, who died in …
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