Category: North Bergen News

For a former smoker who claims that she hasn’t been physically fit since her high school days, preparing for an upcoming Olympic-class triathlon has been a giant task. Katy Sastre, 23, of North Bergen, first began training for the Westchester Triathlon this past May, when she joined the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training …

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While walking down 75th Street, everything at first seems “normal” –paved streets, parked cars, traffic and shops – until after Park Avenue, where the modern asphalt is exchanged for red bricks. Residents of the street, which is comprised of mostly one-family homes and large trees, said that they choose to live here for many reasons, …

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North Bergen police have arrested a Belleville man whose car allegedly crashed into a vehicle containing a woman who was eight months pregnant. The vehicle with the pregnant woman then hit a construction worker, police said. The Belleville man was charged with driving while intoxicated. According to Capt. Robert Dowd, at 12:52 a.m. Monday, a …

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The perception of a Barbie doll – with blonde hair, a perfect waist, and an image that sells – was something that occurred to Candice Fernandez after thinking about misconceptions of beauty that are sold to young girls. Fernandez, 14, of North Bergen, was sitting in her room a few weeks ago, brainstorming for a …

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At the monthly meeting of the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue board on Wednesday, Capt. Brian McGorty, an officer in the fire officers’ union, asked the board to consider planning inoculations for firefighters in preparation for the swine flu virus. NHRFR Chairman and Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner said that it was a “very good …

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“Alice in Wonderland” was always a story that artist Alison Silva related to as a shy, whimsical child wanting to go on otherworldly adventures. Silva’s life ironically shares more similarities to the Lewis Carroll book since being diagnosed with a cavernous malformation, a tangle of small blood cells that borders the left temporal lobe of …

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Last Monday, when the temperature was 91 degrees but felt much hotter, hundreds of North Bergen residents retreated to North Bergen’s Municipal Pool Complex on 91st Street. That area of North Bergen was and is still mainly dominated by factories, railway lines and industry, but has been home to a pool for the last three …

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A North Bergen nurse who works at a live-in AIDS rehabilitation center characterizes herself as shy, yet she never shies away from speaking to her patients. Maggie Sosa’s dedication to patients living with AIDS is a large reason why Broadway House for Continuing Care in Newark, recommended her for the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey’s …

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