Category: North Bergen News

Within a two-week period, efforts by the Guttenberg Police to combat drug dealing led to the arrest of two suspects. The first arrest also uncovered alleged illegal residences, while the second suspect’s alleged attempt to escape from police was thwarted. According to Guttenberg Police Capt. Joel Magenheimer, residents had complained of drug dealing on Adams …

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Guttenberg’s Town Council introduced at a special April 13 meeting an amended $12.7 million budget to run the town. The budget covers spending from last July 1 through this coming June 30, 2009. Guttenberg recently found out that the town will not be receiving any state aid for this year. They cut the proposed budget …

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A local humane society manager said last week that there is a sudden increase in animals being found dead in North Bergen. Denton Infield of Newark’s Associated Humane Society, which is contracted to pick up animals from 30 area municipalities, said he has seen an influx of calls from the town of North Bergen to …

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“Cabaret,” set in 1931 Germany during the rise of Third Reich, is a musical not often put on by high schools because of its controversial material. But later this month, High Tech High School students will perform their interpretation of the show created by John Kander and Fred Ebb in the 1960s. The music centers …

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A North Bergen man was apprehended early Wednesday morning after a warrant was issued for his arrest due to his allegedly involvement in nine burglaries, police said. According to Cpt. Robert Dowd, Daniel Aquino was linked to one burglary last month, when latent fingerprints found at the crime scene. North Bergen Police sent the prints …

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Students and teachers took the stage at Horace Mann School in North Bergen April 3 and played games that not only spotlighted math’s whimsical side, but focused on its practical uses. ArtsEcho, a Union City non-profit arts organization, had received a $500 per show grant from Target that enabled Horace Mann School, as well as …

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This year, students attending Anna L. Klein School in Guttenberg have been merging their normal classroom studies with a technology-based lesson plan aided by Apple iMac computers. The district spent $150,000 in last year’s budget to purchase the new computers, which were installed in a lab for seventh and eighth grade students and in various …

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Three school board incumbents from North Bergen, including the president and vice president, face reelection to the nine-member board on April 21. But two independent candidates are trying to wrest away two of the seats. Board President Julio Marenco, Board Vice President Maurena Luzzi, and member Ruth Shaw are seeking new terms. Herbert Shaw (no …

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North Bergen and Guttenberg’s school district budgets were both passed on April 1 by their respective school boards, but if past history is any guide, the public may vote them down on April 21. For North Bergen’s $111 million budget, taxpayers will be levied $39 million, up $1.5 million from last year, said School Business …

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The North Bergen Board of Commissioners voted at their March 25 meeting to hire engineers for an environmental impact study on the proposed Avak Properties development along the Palisade cliffs. A controversy over the project pits the town, which wants the commercial development, against the county Planning Board, which doesn’t, saying it violates state Department …

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