Category: North Bergen News

As motorists have surely noticed, last year’s prediction from the state Department of Transportation that the Tonnelle Avenue road-widening project would be completed in July 2010 isn’t even close to coming true. And North Bergen Township officials are upset for a number of reasons. They say that on top of the need for some of …

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Local residents discovered through print and televised news reports last week that the imam at the center of the controversy over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near the former World Trade Center site lives in Hudson County and is a property owner here. According to The Record, which spawned many spinoff reports quoting …

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Correction in ‘School Districts set for September’ It was reported last week in the North Bergen Reporter’s story “School Districts set for September” that school would begin at Guttenberg’s Anna L. Klein School on Sept. 8 in last week’s edition. Classes will actually start on Sept. 9. North Bergen’s Pathmark to close at the end …

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Private First Class Felipe Ramirez’s young life was cut short while riding his motorcycle two weeks ago when he was struck by an alleged drunk driver. His family and friends were devastated, but last week they came together to say that his generous, passionate spirit will live on, and to celebrate his influence on their …

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Guttenberg taxpayers will be taxed $5.5 million for a six month, $8.3 million municipal budget which will fund operations until January, when the town will transition to a calendar year budget. The average homeowner living in Guttenberg will see a $100 increase in their bills for the next six months, said Mayor Gerald Drasheff, after …

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North Bergen officials hope they will be able to cover some costs of their police and department of public works operations through Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) funding, but are still unsure whether the funds will remain frozen by the state. At the township’s Aug. 25 commissioners’ meeting, two resolutions were passed asking for funding from …

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New curriculum, programs, and technology await North Bergen and Guttenberg students when they return to school in September. Students in North Bergen will return on Sept. 2, while Guttenberg kids return to Anna L. Klein, the district’s sole school, on Sept. 8. While both school districts lost state aid and had to cut staff, students …

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North Bergen Allegedly ‘careless’ motorcyclist gets tickets A 21-year-old Carlstadt, N.J. resident allegedly drove his motorcycle recklessly in traffic while a North Bergen Police officer attempted to pull him over, said police. Police Capt. Gerald Sanzari said that Daniel Nojek was driving on Tonnelle Avenue on Aug. 21 when Officer Constantino Apostonakos spotted him. Nojek …

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Holiday Hudson Reporter editorial and advertising deadlines Because of the Labor Day holiday, some of the Hudson Reporter newspapers will have special advertising deadlines. For the Sept. 8 edition of the Bayonne Community News, the display ad deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2. The classified deadline is noon on Friday, Sept. 3. For …

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