Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Wine tasting and chocolate bar to benefit CASA On March, 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., a wine tasting and chocolate bar will be held to benefit Hudson County CASA, an organization that helps local children in foster care find safe and permanent homes. The benefit will be held in The Atrium at Harborside …
Last year Jamie Bond, a 2007 graduate of North Bergen High School, saw a television commercial alerting viewers to apply as contestants for “Who Wants to Become a Millionaire.” She figured she would take her chances on the syndicated game show, never knowing that she would actually appear on television and walk away with $18,750. …
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Hidden hospice cam captures alleged abuse After police were presented with video evidence that portrayed Julia Galvan, 59, of North Bergen, allegedly striking a patient she was supposed to be caring for, they arrested her on charges of elderly abuse and neglect and assault last week. Commander of the Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella said …
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Guttenberg’s Anna L. Klein School had over 900 students answer 397,710 math questions correctly last week as students from kindergarten through eighth grade participated in World Math Day. On March 1, students from across the world competed for an entire day answering mathematical problems. Hady Chahine, a sixth grade student, completed more questions correctly than …
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During North Bergen’s Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Wednesday, the board voted to introduce an ordinance that if approved will change the schedule of striking a city budget and issuing tax bills. Currently the township operates on a fiscal year budget (July to June) and tax bills are sent out twice a year, with each …
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Correction In the Progress Report insert in last weekend’s edition, it was mistakenly reported that St. Joseph of the Palisades Elementary School on Palisade Ave. is under consideration for sale to West New York. The school is actually in the process of growing and redefining itself for increased service to the growing West New York, …
In Jill Stein’s class, kids learn about Black History Month each year not by simply writing a report on an important African-American, but by becoming that person for a day. Robert Fulton Annex, a public K-8 bilingual school, planned the third annual “wax museum” event last week, where third, fourth, and fifth grade students pretended …
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Iradys Ortega was apprehensive when her son Joey was diagnosed with autism and placed in the North Bergen School District’s pre-K program last year. She said he had “no vocabulary” and wasn’t sure what the program would offer him. “His vocabulary has increased like three times than where we were, at least 100 words more,” …
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The main office extension at North Bergen High School was originally scheduled to be completed last October. But several delays – most recently a leak that caused a “waterfall” in a new hallway and will cost $26,565 to correct – have delayed the $1.2 million project until at least April. In spring 2010, construction began …
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After they completed their third undefeated season as champions of the Hudson County Youth Football League, the North Bergen Recreation Department threw the Red Raiders a party last month to celebrate their success._____________North Bergen Recreation threw a party for the champion Red Raiders.________ Football players and cheerleaders received awards and refreshments at the party, which …
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