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Donate food by leaving it at your mailbox
Campbell soup teams up with mail carriers to help the hungry

On Saturday, May 9, people in many communities in the country will have an opportunity to help local food pantries as Campbell Soup Company and the National Association of Letter Carriers join forces to stamp out hunger. This is the nation’s largest one-day food drive, in which people can leave nonperishable food items at their …

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Plants for the future
Fulton School gets ‘green’ donations; 300 trees in NB

Planting trees last week gave the Robert Fulton School students a sense of empowerment, and a belief that maybe their generation could curtail global warming by conserving energy. Josephine Solorzano, a fourth grade teacher at Fulton School, in currently a graduate student at St. Peter’s College. One of her classes asked its students to organize …

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Upscale steak purveyor coming to NB
Also at meeting, ‘Best Western’ hotel granted additional floor of rooms

Patrick Ralph La Frieda, the well-known New York City meat purveyor, will be moving his headquarters to North Bergen. A developer’s agreement signed by the township, the Planning Board, and La Frieda was approved at the North Bergen Commissioners meeting on April 22. The site of the new two-story warehouse/commercial space will be 3701 Tonnelle …

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Pssst…wanna buy a light bulb?
Lincoln School’s PTA raises funds while helping environment

Instead of the routine candy sale, the Parent Teacher Association and students at the Lincoln School in North Bergen have been raising funds this year by helping the environment through the sale of energy efficient light bulbs. PTA President Rekha Davé said that they are working with a relatively new company called Green Market Fundraising, …

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One door closes, another opens
St. Joseph principal proposes new charter high school

The principal of a local Catholic high school that is scheduled to close indefinitely in June recently proposed a new charter school to serve the same student population. Bruce Segall, the principal of St. Joseph of the Palisade High School in West New York, and six fellow founders have applied for state approval of a …

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Triple threats
North Bergen dance school sweeps performing arts competition

Students at J & L Dance Center in North Bergen are not your everyday dancers, but instead present the triple threat of dancing, singing and acting. Their dedication paid off at Access Broadway’s regional competition in Atlantic City last month. J & L Dance Center, at 7309 Broadway Ave., was started 16 years ago by …

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Reporter chain wins statewide awards
Newspapers honored for investigative reporting, graphics, photos, ads

The Garden State Journalists Association announced last week that the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain won six awards for its stories and photographs published in 2009, most notably the Hildy Johnson award for “story of the year” and several first-place photography awards. In addition, this past February, the New Jersey Press Association gave five awards to …

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The judo kid
High Tech Student wins bronze at national tournament

After participating in judo, a Japanese martial art, for a little over a year, Jeremy Abuan has already won a gold medal in a regional competition in Philadelphia and a bronze medal at a national competition in York, Pa. Jeremy, a sophomore at High Tech High School in North Bergen, competed in his weight division …

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20 dead dogs, cats, sheep found in NB lot
Officials continue investigation into animal dumping

This past Monday, 20 animals in various states of decomposition were found in an empty lot along Paterson Plank Road in North Bergen. The discovery came a week after local health officials revealed that someone has been dumping domestic and wild animals throughout the township, as many as 20 per week. Officials have speculated that …

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Activists criticize Riverview development
NB announces possible park; updates old ordinances

Arguing for open space along the river, members of the Sierra Club spoke out against the proposed Riverview development at the North Bergen Commissioners meeting last week. Riverview, which would be built at the base of Bulls Ferry Road, has been under review by the North Bergen Planning Board for more than two years. The …

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