Category: North Bergen News

North Bergen Group allegedly attacks officer Six bar patrons, two of whom were allegedly involved in a robbery, turned on officers who were at a bar assisting with closing on Tuesday night, according to the Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella. The group consisted of two females and four males. Cannella said that Ingrid Cruz and …

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NB takes on MUA’s debt, pays other bills The township agreed to assume up to $2,844,758 in debt from the North Bergen Municipal Authority at the Feb. 9 commissioner’s meeting. According to Township Administrator Christopher Pianese, this includes cost overruns from a sewer pipeline that has allowed the township since October 2010 to move its …

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The term “gadfly” describes someone whom many people – especially those in power – tend to find annoying. But they watch your tax dollars and challenge the status quo by asking difficult or novel questions that more timid residents may be afraid to vocalize. _____________ “As someone who is scared about what is going on, …

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Around 80 residents packed a North Bergen Alcohol and Beverage Commission meeting on Monday, claiming that opening a new liquor store in the mall along Tonnelle Avenue near 88th Street would add traffic and pollution. However, the residents’ recently-formed North Bergen Concerned Citizens Group (NBCCG) was accused of being a front for a competing liquor …

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Every child wishes for the occasional snow day, a respite from their studies that allows them to play in the same inclement weather that was serious enough to close schools and town halls. This year, instead of the normal one or two school cancellations, the North Bergen Board of Education has declared three snow days …

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Driving into poles, running in circles A Cliffside Park resident was arrested last Sunday when he not only allegedly drove away after police pulled him over, but then crashed his car into a light pole and allegedly ran away from the cops, who were forced to tackle him to the ground. Edward Colon, 23, was …

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Members of a new group called the North Bergen Concerned Citizens Group have been protesting continued retail development on Tonnelle Avenue, complaining that it will make traffic tie-ups worse in the area – but they’re not alone. A survey of local shoppers by the Reporter found that many of them are frustrated with traffic on …

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