Category: North Bergen News

Glancing into classrooms while walking through Anna L. Klein School in Guttenberg, you might observe one fifth grade teacher instructing on persuasive essays, another teacher explaining the use of the possessive apostrophe to her young students, and another teacher instructing students in using video streaming. None of these activities is inherently unusual. But the way …

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This Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, many will be sitting around their tables enjoying a dinner or catching a football game on TV, or even going to Manhattan to view the annual Macy’s parade. Others are not so fortunate during this time of the year and are struggling to make ends meet. But in several Hudson County …

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Lyndhurst man’s really bad day According to North Bergen Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella, Jeffrey Vazquez, 35, of Lyndhurst, was arrested on Nov. 12 at 12:45 a.m. after an argument with his girlfriend led to his arrest, after which allegedly police found in his possession. Cannella said that during the day Vazquez had a “minor …

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Holiday Hudson Reporter advertising deadlines Because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines. For The Secaucus Reporter, The North Bergen Reporter, The Union City Reporter, The West New York Reporter, and The Weehawken Reporter, the deadline for classified and display advertising is Tuesday, Nov. 23, at …

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The North Bergen High School Marching Band scored an impressive success this season, taking the second highest score the school has ever received in competition. On Nov. 7 they achieved 16th place at the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) Northern States Championship for division group 3A, out of 22 other bands from the tri-state …

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By May 2011, Mayor Nicholas Sacco will have served a full 20 years, or six terms, as the mayor of North Bergen, something he said he never expected would happen. Sacco, originally of West New York, said that he first became interested in politics as a college student during the presidential election of 1968. Soon …

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At the last of three informal meetings held by the company that will determine the taxable value of Guttenberg’s private properties, 60 residents, primarily those of the Galaxy Towers, questioned the need for the town’s revaluation. Appraisal Systems Inc., a Glen Rock company hired by Guttenberg for $202,870 to conduct the revaluation, hosted the meeting …

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Even though Gov. Christopher Christie has cancelled the Access to the Regions Core Tunnel, North Bergen has received $78,660 from NJ Transit to restore the trees that were removed during construction. Township Administrator Christopher Pianese said that the trees had been removed along Tonnelle Avenue, where the underpass for the tunnel was being constructed. He …

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Saw accident in NB According to Commander of the Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella, a 26-year-old North Bergen resident accidently cut four fingertips off while working on Nov. 10. Cannella said that the man, who was working at 3200 Liberty Ave., which houses several businesses, was cutting a piece of wood on a table saw …

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‘Tunnel to nowhere’ poll results in In a Hudson Reporter poll featured last week in connection with the story “Tunnel to nowhere,” we asked readers if they believed the loss of the Access to the Regions Core Tunnel would have a negative impact on economic growth in New Jersey. To find out the results, go …

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