Category: North Bergen News

The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has upheld the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue’s (NHRFR) decision to terminate Steven Winters, a former fire captain turned whistleblower, but his lawsuit against the department will move forward unless future appeals by the NHRFR halt it. Winters was a former Union City firefighter …

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After a year of searching for a man who allegedly robbed $15,000 from an elderly woman by pretending to complete home improvements, North Bergen Police were able to catch up to the individual after he allegedly made terroristic threats to a former landlord. According to North Bergen Police Detective Bureau Lt. Christopher Brignola, on Oct. …

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Gov. kills Trans Hudson tunnel According to the Associated Press, Gov. Christopher Christie has announced he cancelled plans for the Access to the Regions Core (ARC) tunnel, one of the largest and most expensive infrastructure projects in U.S. history, in the making for two decades, out of concern for the eventual cost of the project. …

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The explosion in San Bruno, Calif. last month has sent shock waves into many communities where residents live in uneasy proximity to high pressure natural gas pipelines. At the third North Bergen Planning Board meeting for a developer whose proposed five-story waterfront building would be built close to a pipeline and Guttenberg’s Galaxy Towers, a …

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The six-month budget the Guttenberg Council unanimously approved at their Sept. 27 meeting is an amended $8.3 million version that will finance municipal spending until January, when the town will transition from a fiscal June 30 to July 1 schedule to a calendar year budget. The budget’s portion of state aid was amended to reflect …

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Before there was a Jersey City or a Hudson County, the village of Bergen – the first European settlement in New Jersey, founded in 1660 by Dutch settler Peter Stuyvesant – had its origins in what is now the Journal Square area of Jersey City near Academy Street. Now, 350 years later, the village will …

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Every year the senior citizens of North Bergen meet at their annual picnic, organized by the township, and spend the day dancing to oldies and enjoying refreshments. At the North Bergen 17th Annual Senior Citizen Picnic, held on Sept. 15, the picnic and the seniors were in full swing. Around 1,000 seniors were bused to …

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Two High Tech students nominated for scholarship program Two High Tech School students were recently nominated for a New Jersey Blood Services’ High School Student College Scholarship Program. According to High Tech and Academy of Architectural & Contemporary Themes Director Dr. Joseph Giammarella, North Bergen resident Crystal Shah and Secaucus resident Julia Eisler, both graduating …

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