Category: North Bergen News

With thousands of jobs for the Meadowlands region at stake, the state is considering an offer from an investor to revive the stalled Xanadu project in East Rutherford, a $2.3 billion entertainment/retail/sports complex on Route 3. Related Companies, a New York City-based real estate development company, may kick in millions to complete the project, which …

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The board representing Guttenberg’s subsidized housing had two attorneys sitting at the dais at the last meeting, one of whom admitted that he is representing the executive director rather than the board. However, both attorneys refused to answer questions about why the newer lawyer is needed, and whether federal funds are paying for him. Since …

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Robbery, burglary, rape, criminal mischief, and arson all decreased in North Bergen in 2009, according to statistics released by the Police Department last week. However, the department had to deal with increased incidents involving aggravated assault, auto theft, and larceny. There were no murders. North Bergen’s last homicide occurred in 2006, police said. Captain Robert …

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Hudson County was once full of breweries, with Hoboken seeing the first one in the United States in 1642. In recent history, construction workers building Union City’s new high school unearthed bottles from the once-thriving Hudson County Consumers Brewery Company. And neighboring Guttenberg was crammed with breweries in the 1800s. In the 1990s, a microbrewery …

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Most of Hudson County knew by Tuesday that a blizzard was predicted for the next morning, scheduled to dump 13.2 inches of snow for Hudson County. Local schools and even some offices were closed in advance. _____________ “I wanted to slide down the hill since I was little, and this is the first time.” – …

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When a North Bergen school security guard noticed someone allegedly entering the high school who appeared not to belong, police ended up making an arrest. On Feb. 8 at 1:30 a.m., a North Bergen High School security guard observed Jonathan Michael Kennedy, 26, of North Bergen allegedly entering the school, according to Commander of the …

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Last week, a North Bergen resident visiting James J. Braddock Park was stunned when he came across a duck with elaborate and colorful feathers. “The first thing I thought about was a parrot, because its colors are so brilliant,” said Arthur Presslaff. Presslaff, who calls himself a “bird whisperer,” said that around the age of …

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For one North Bergen child, life has been a series of obstacles, but he has overcome them even when the odds were against him. Martha Gonzalez knew when she was four months pregnant that her son would be born with a heart defect. Two days after he was born on Dec. 3, 2005, Daniel underwent …

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For North Bergen resident Glenys Munoz, the North Hudson Community Action Corporation’s North Bergen site makes a big difference. “I like this clinic,” Munoz said as she sat in the waiting area last week. “The people are so nice. Every time they help me. The doctors are very good.” When the government-funded North Hudson Community …

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A 93-year-old North Bergen woman woke up on Jan. 30 to find a family heirloom missing. She realized several pieces of jewelry were missing after she woke up and witnessed her plumber’s assistant leaving her apartment, she told police. One of the pieces was a family heirloom that had been given to her by her …

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