Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Courtyard by Marriott holds fundraiser for charity on Feb. 14 The Courtyard by Marriott is holding a “Hotels with a Heart” fundraiser on Feb. 14. For every room booked that night, they will donate $5 to Meals with a Mission. Meals with a Mission is a nonprofit that prepares, cooks, and delivers meals to homeless …
The West New York zoning board on Jan. 28 unanimously approved a variance allowing a new animal shelter to open in a mixed-use building at 6410-6412 Dewey Ave. The facility, operated by the nonprofit New Jersey Humane Society, will be the first no-kill shelter in North Hudson. The building houses a tenant in the front. …
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The Year of the Monkey is upon us, beginning Monday, Feb. 8. Across the globe, in Asia, in urban Chinatowns, and in countless homes internationally, celebrations will take place with families gathering and exchanging red envelopes filled with money and blessings. Schools and workplaces will close for a long vacation and festivities will fill the …
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For the 26th consecutive year, Barbara Tulko, broker associate with RE/MAX Villa Realtors of Hudson and Bergen Counties, has earned the 2015 NJ Association of Realtors Circle of Excellence Award. Throughout her 30+ year real estate career, Barbara has sold and leased literally hundreds of residential, investment and commercial properties in both counties and scores …
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The Guttenberg Police Department continued to grow stronger with the recent addition of several patrol officers. Thomas Collins and Douglas Salazar both took the oath as Class II Special Police Officers at the Town Council meeting on Jan. 25. In addition, Steve Pelaez was ceremonially sworn in as a probationary police officer at the meeting, …
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Elevator repair person dies in accident in shaft of Galaxy Towers A 44-year-old elevator repair person from New Windsor, New York was accidentally killed inside an elevator shaft in Tower II of the Galaxy Towers Condominium on Boulevard East on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was an employee …
By 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sarai Colon had already put in more than 12 hours straight, working more than 42 hours in three days – and her crew still had half a dozen blocks to clear before calling it quits. An enforcement officer for the North Bergen Parking Authority, she was one of about 45 …
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Residents gained an attractive park within a park with the official opening of a new $1.1 million veterans’ memorial at the north end of James J. Braddock North Hudson Park on Thursday, Jan. 21. “People said, ‘Wait for the spring’” to open the new park, said Freeholder Anthony Vainieri, who instigated the project. “We waited …
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Shirley, 35, of Jersey City was an only child, born into a home with a mother who was “an active addict, a violent alcoholic,” she said in a recent interview. She was molested by an aunt’s friend when she was 8 years old, and dealt with the trauma by herself for years, eventually turning to …
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Free income tax preparation available North Bergen residents age 55 or over, or in possession of proof of disability, with a yearly income below $55,000 are eligible for free income tax preparation. Preparation is by appointment only. Call (551) 262-0843 from between Feb. 6 and April 13. Must bring Identification, Social Security card, tax documents …