Category: North Bergen News

Guttenberg voted on the final version of its $15.2 million budget at a special meeting on Jan. 11 after receiving word that they would get $360,000 in state aid. The amount of the budget that needs to come from taxes is $10.5 million, up $700,000 from last year’s $9.8 million tax levy. However, the levy’s …

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Some students have difficultly grasping how their studies will pay off in their adult life. North Bergen High School was one of 16 schools recently chosen to be a part of the Personalized Student learning Pilot Program (PSLP). The North Bergen School District received a $30,000 grant for the next two years from the New …

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For almost five years, Dr. Jorge Verea, whose practice is in West New York, and his wife Lourdes have been trying to turn their sorrow into a hopeful warning for others. Upon losing their daughter Rebeka in a car accident in 2005, they committed their lives to preventing similar tragedies from happening to other parents. …

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Dispute between friends ends in carjacking According to Commander of the Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella, a dispute among friends ended in a carjacking after one allegedly turned a knife on the other and drove away with his vehicle. Cannella said that on Jan. 11 at 12:30 p.m. Nelson Estevez, 62, a Cliffside Park resident, …

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A bedbug problem may still be lingering in the federally subsidized senior housing buildings operated by the North Bergen Housing Authority, but because residents are charged for extermination, some of them may be keeping it quiet, sources said. This can only lead to a greater infestation, they said. After publishing an article in September 2009 …

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When North Bergen Police were contacted by the parents of a 16-year-old North Bergen girl on Monday, saying they’d received phone calls demanding $50,000 cash or “something bad” would happen to their daughter, they were immediately suspicious. Lt. Frank Cannella, commander of the Detective Bureau, said that the alleged kidnapping victim was “known” to the …

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A small group of North Bergen employees decided last month that they should be doing more for the township at whole, so they formed a committee and organized a food drive for their neighbors who were in need. According to Township Administrator Christopher Pianese, during a departmental meeting, the idea was raised to have employees …

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A North Bergen resident decided to do her own investigating when she purchased a video camera to conduct surveillance in her room after $8,000 was removed from it while she was at work, North Bergen police said last week. According to Commander of the Detective Bureau Lt. Frank Cannella, a 54-year-old woman who lived in …

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Guttenberg couple flip car on River Road A Guttenberg couple driving south on River Road flipped their vehicle last Wednesday after swerving to avoid an oncoming vehicle, said police. According to Traffic Commander Lt. James Somers, Lacarrubba Bearman, 80, was driving with her husband Edward in the passenger seat when a silver vehicle pulled out …

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