Category: North Bergen News

On June 13, 1935, a North Bergen resident by the name of James J. Braddock shocked the boxing world when the 20-1 underdog somehow beat Max Baer at the Garden City Bowl in Long Island City to capture the world heavyweight boxing championship. It was the last time that a North Bergen resident had been …

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Facing eviction from their longtime homes, Manhattan Trailer Court residents expressed a range of emotions at the North Bergen Commissioner’s Meeting on Wednesday. At the meeting held on Jan. 27 – days before a Jan. 31 eviction deadline from developers who want to buy the property – the tenants questioned whether the township had done …

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A pocket watch marking a 12-year-term of a Guttenberg mayor who served until 1926 was recently donated to the town by a local resident. This relic of the 20th century was housed in John’s Watch Repairing, a business in Guttenberg that recently closed after being open for the last 53 years. The owner of the …

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A few North Bergen High School students decided two years ago that they would support American troops through baking. Home Economics Teacher Marlene Sapoff, the moderator for the school’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club, had read in a newspaper about a South Carolina woman who began baking for the troops during the …

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Parents with autistic children often have a frustrating experience: Their child develops without normal social and communications skills, and they are forced to scour for information on the disorder. In the past, school districts would send students to private and public institutions that could handle their particular set of circumstances, but with a growing autistic …

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The Walmart chain says it brings lower prices on food and goods into communities, but it also provides sometimes unwelcomed competition for smaller stores. North Bergen’s 217,240 square foot store opened this past Wednesday at 2100 88th St. at Tonnelle Avenue. Since the store is in North Bergen’s state-approved Urban Enterprise Zone, it is allowed …

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When a four-alarm fire destroyed two buildings next to a North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue firehouse on Jan. 16, it re-ignited the controversy over overtime, hiring, and the rotating closures of houses. The NHRFR’s leaders have been accused by firefighter unions of putting residents and firefighters at risk by the rotating closures of firehouses. …

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North Bergen has taken steps to condemn a former TD Bank on Bergen Turnpike, and they say they may move their municipal court and Parking Authority there. They also hope to borrow $2.2 million to buy the building. At the North Bergen Commissioners meeting on Dec. 22, an ordinance was introduced to begin the condemnation …

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A man walking “suspiciously” back and forth on Bergenline Avenue was approached by police who investigated his behavior and wound up arresting him for allegedly possessing a machete and 25 bags of marijuana, police said last week. According to Commander of the Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella, plain-clothed officers Frank Ponce and Robert Scuvieri were …

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