Category: North Bergen News

Guttenberg – a 4-by-12-block town founded in 1859 from a portion of land that was originally part of North Bergen – recently held the first of several planned celebrations of its 150 years of existence. The first event, held at Anna L. Klein School, featured students reading excerpts from the town’s history. The cafeteria was …

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Gaurish Naik was given a cell phone by his son Harish because Gaurish’s need to help others often made him a hard man to track down, even at 70 years old. “We got all of these surprises [when he passed away] about what he did, because once he left the house, we didn’t know,” said …

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A breakfast of “green eggs and ham,” the dish made popular by the Dr. Seuss book of the same name, was served to students at North Bergen’s Robert Fulton School Tuesday morning in honor of “National Read Aloud Day.” Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, would have been 105 on Monday, March 2. Schools …

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For the last three months the Park Players, including the group’s two founders, have spent a large portion of time impersonating nuns – and no, this is not their first time donning a habit. This will be the sixth “Nunsense” performance by the Park Players, a non-profit Hudson-Bergen County theatre troupe. The series of plays …

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North Bergen will join around 250 New Jersey school districts next year when they begin to utilize Learnia, a software package provided by the Department of Education that will allow teachers to track the progress of students in grades three through eight before state testing gives its verdict on their proficiency. According to Superintendent Robert …

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The owner of an evangelical church on Tonnelle Avenue is worried that when the township vacates a portion of 88th Street in preparation for Vornado Realty Trust’s future mall, his property may be on the chopping block next. At a North Bergen Commissioners meeting on Feb. 25, an attorney representing 8701 Tonnelle Avenue LLC, Lane …

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“Slumdog Millionaire” – the tale of a 18-year-old orphan who goes on India’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” in the hopes of finding his true love – left the Academy Awards with eight Oscars last week. The film, based on Vikas Swarup’s novel “Q & A” spans Jamal Malik’s life with each question on …

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North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue – the fire department that covers five towns in Hudson County – spent an hour in closed session last week before announcing that the department will appeal a civil rights lawsuit that has taken away their ability to hire new firefighters. The lawsuit was filed by four individuals along …

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After serving the Guttenberg Police Department for 22 years – with 11 years as a patrol officer, nine years as a sergeant and two and a half years as the town’s lieutenant – Joel Magenheimer was promoted to the rank of captain at Guttenberg’s last council meeting. Director of Public Safety Michael Caliguiro said at …

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