Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Zika virus health seminar is May 4 A health seminar regarding the zika virus affects on pregnant women at the North Bergen public library on 8411 Bergenline Ave. on Wednesday May 4. The check-in starts at 6 p.m. and the seminar starts at 6:30 p.m. The admission and parking is free along with free food …
“I never knew this, but goats eat poison ivy,” North Bergen member of the Hudson County of Chosen Freeholder Anthony Vainieri said in a recent phone interview. Vainieri, whose specialty on the town commission is parks and recreation of the eigth district, knows it now. Recently, the North Bergen Parks Department and the County of …
Continue reading “It’s not just little lambs who eat ivy
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Avid autism supporter and North Bergen Public Library Assistant Victoria Cepeda has four children with autism. She’s helped host plenty of autism events at the library. This year she contacted Supervisor of Early Childhood Esther Ortega, who works for the North Bergen Preschool, to help organize start the first ever autism walk for preschoolers. The …
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What’s a vegetable that starts with the letter ‘A”? When kids at Anna L. Klein School in Guttenberg were asked this question recently, they gave a host of answers. A second grader said avocado, but school food services chef Zach Fitch told them an avocado is a fruit because of its huge seed. Onion was …
Continue reading “Are you smarter than a second grader?
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Seminar on Zika virus and pregnant women to be held at NB library in May A health seminar on the Zika virus and how it affects pregnant women and women of childbearing age is scheduled for Wednesday, May 4, at the North Bergen Public Library, 8411 Bergenline Ave., North Bergen. Check-in time for this free …
It’s the hard-knock life for many a youngster who tries to make it in the world of theater, but one little girl in North Bergen is on her way. Third grader Nadia Nale, 8, who attends Robert Fulton School in North Bergen, has been spending her days rehearsing for several upcoming performances of the musical …
Continue reading “Breaking: Sun to come out tomorrow
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Going to a school prom can cost a teenager and parents more than $700 these days, with a dress, limo rental, hair styling, nails, new shoes, and a new purse or clutch. But 50 to 75 graduating seniors in from Union City High School, North Bergen High School, and Memorial High School in West New …
Continue reading “Proms for a princess
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Students from High Tech High School – a countywide public school based in North Bergen — showcased a performance called “The High Tech Talk Show: Start the Conversation” on March 24, followed by a question-and-answer session at the Blackbox Theater in High Tech. The show was completely written, directed, and performed by High Tech High …
Continue reading “Showcase highlights solutions to bullying
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The Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, Inc. (HRPAC) will host its annual benefit concert and dinner gala at the Chart House Restaurant in Weehawken on Saturday, April 16 at 6 p.m. The evening will honor of late state Supreme Court Justice Marie Garibaldi, who lived in Weehawken, where the HRPAC effort is also based. HRPAC …
Continue reading “Get your tickets to ‘An Evening of Italian Song’
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A new county budget introduced on April 12 will probably increase the county tax portion of the property taxes paid by residents in Union City, Weehawken, Jersey City, and Hoboken. Explaining that cuts in aid and salary increases are to blame, County Executive Tom DeGise said last week that the $529 million county budget introduced …
Continue reading “County budget rises to $529M
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