Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Quite a few homes in North Bergen have donned their own costumes for this Halloween. As trick-or-treaters got ready to canvas the neighborhood in their ghoulish attire, these homes were definitely in the spirit. Want to take part in the ghastly spirit this Halloween? Just canvas your neighborhood.
Perhaps the most contentious county-wide race in years, the election of a county sheriff, will be decided on Nov. 2 when voters will be asked to decide between incumbent Sheriff Juan Perez – who is running as a Republican – and challenger Undersheriff Frank Schillari, who has received the blessing of the Hudson County Democratic …
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Identification of a woman’s body that fire officials found floating Wednesday morning in the Hudson River is still pending. North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Director Michael De Orio said the department removed the body from the Hudson River near 76th Street and River Road. _____________ Identification of a female body pulled from the river …
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Former Guttenberg councilman guilty Vincent Tabbachino, a former Guttenberg councilman, was found guilty of bribery and extortion on Oct. 27, according to published reports. According to the Department of Justice, Tabbachino was arrested in last year’s “Operation Bid Rig,” with caused 44 New Jersey and New York politicians and members of the Syrian Jewish Community …
William Whalen, a member of the Iron Workers Local 45 of Hudson County, attended a union rally for the Access to the Regions Core (ARC) Tunnel this past Tuesday, not knowing whether he would have a job or not on Friday, when Gov. Christopher Christie was scheduled to make a decision. “We actually set that …
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For the North Bergen parent of a 13-year-old who attends a local elementary school, the school district’s informational event on Wednesday for parents about bullying was very important. “She uses all the websites, all the Myspace, Facebook,” said the parent. “She actually has been a bully, and I’m working really hard on that.” This parent …
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Next month, Rep. Steven Rothman, the Democrat running for reelection in the 9th Congressional District, will ask voters to send him to back to Washington for his seventh term. Challenging him are Republican Michael Agosta and Green Party candidate Patricia Alessandrini. While Rothman holds a commanding lead over his lesser-known challengers, particularly in heavily Democratic …
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After a three-month delay, North Bergen is pumping its sewerage through Jersey City to the Passaic Valley Sewage Commission’s (PVSC) treatment plant, rather than to its own outdated facility. Beginning Oct. 6, the five-mile 30-inch sewerage pipeline takes combined storm drainage and effluent from North Bergen and brings it to a new pump house, nearby …
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North Bergen High School will soon have a pilot swimming program, a first for the school district, which traditionally only has a recreation swimming program during the summer months. At the North Bergen Board of Education meeting, Mayor and Assistant Superintendent Nicholas Sacco said that the district was working on composing a pilot varsity swimming …
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Gov. Christopher Christie’s threat to cut off funding to the proposed Trans-Hudson rail tunnel under the Hudson River, also known as Access to the Region’s Core (ARC), could have a huge impact on county taxes because of a pending deal with NJ Transit for the sale of Kopper’s Koke in Kearny for use as a …
Continue reading “Axed ARC will cost county
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