Category: North Bergen News

A warrant has been issued for Juan Perez, 58, of Hillcrest Avenue in North Bergen, who faces 68 counts of animal cruelty after authorities found dozens of cats and dogs living in unspeakable conditions, according to North Bergen Police Chief Robert Dowd. Perez apparently left town a few days before officers searched his house, and …

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This is the final installment in a three-part series that looks at the early years of Meadowview Village, the low income housing development that replaced dilapidated shacks along the cliffs of North Bergen in the late 1930s. The first two articles focused on information from an old box of photos and historical documents found recently …

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NBPD praised for diversity by Hispanic law enforcement organizations The North Bergen Police Department “exceeds expectations” on diversity in its hiring and promotional practices, according to a departmental audit performed jointly by the National Coalition of Latino Officers and the Hispanic American Law Enforcement Association on behalf of the Latino Action Network, a civil rights …

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Second in a three-part series Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a three-part series that looks at the time in the 1930s and 1940s when shacks were replaced by federal low-income housing in North Bergen. A box of photos and historical documents pertaining to the time was found recently in a North Bergen …

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Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and sex: they’re not just topics of concern to young people. The six-week Senior WISE program is bringing education and awareness on these subjects and others to the residents of the four senior housing buildings in North Bergen. “We go into how to protect themselves if they are sexually active,” said Maria …

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While 2015 was good for Jonathan Perez, 30, of North Bergen in terms of health and work, he said 2016 would be even better if he achieves his New Year’s resolution: Starting a family. While some residents who were interviewed offered the traditional resolutions, others resolved to interact better with others, improve longstanding relationships, or …

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More than 50 abandoned dogs and cats rescued from house in North Bergen Animal control officers spent the frigid afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 13 removing 54 live dogs and cats and a dozen dead ones from a home on Hillcrest Place in North Bergen, and arranging for the live animals’ transportation to nearby no-kill shelters …

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First in a three-part series Long before there was a Meadowview Village, that particular section of North Bergen was officially called East New Durham. Unofficially, however, it went by a much more colorful name: The Jungles. This article is the first of a series detailing the fascinating history of the region as it morphed from …

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The three biggest new events held in James J. Braddock North Hudson Park last year – the Arts Fair, the farmers market, and the Hudson County Fair/Carnival – will return in 2016, bigger and better than ever. Freeholder Anthony Vainieri, who initiated and coordinated all three events after being elected freeholder in Jan. 2015, talked …

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