Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
DPW supervisors sentenced to five years in state prison for misconduct Two former supervisors for the North Bergen Township Department of Public Works (DPW) were sentenced on Nov. 12 to five years in state prison without possibility of parole. The two men were convicted at trial in June of official misconduct for assigning municipal employees …
When her landlord lost the ownership of his property due to foreclosure, Lynn Earley had no idea her world was about to turn upside down. For nine years, Earley had been living quietly and uneventfully in the same tiny building on First Avenue in North Bergen, located in the backyard of a two-family home. At …
Continue reading “Senior citizen fears homelessness
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Don’t have time to take your car to the inspection station? Well, you’re in luck – or maybe out of luck. Because every few months the inspection station comes to you. On Thursday, Oct. 22 the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) set up a traffic checkpoint along Paterson Plank Road next to the …
Continue reading “Pop-up inspections
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Based on a state requirement for an annual inventory of best practices in North Bergen conducted by the Department of Local Government Services, the municipality scored a 43 out of 50, placing it in the top category of 41 or above. Municipalities that score a 40 or below are penalized and lose a portion of …
Continue reading “NB scores high on state inventory, retains full state aid
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A local institution for almost 30 years, Bar/None Records was founded in Hoboken by Tom Prendergast in early 1986 and is now based in Weehawken. The company has released multiple titles that have sold in the hundreds of thousands, making Bar/None an important New Jersey-based record label and one of the most important indie labels …
Continue reading “Still rockin’
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Biker melee ends in four stabbings, gunshots fired A post-Halloween party by the Lost Boyz, a motorcycle club based in North Bergen, erupted into violence at about 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, leaving four people wounded with knives and at least 11 shots fired. The occasion was an open party sponsored by the Lost …
For a few hours before Halloween, the Recreation Center at 6300 Meadowview Ave. became a funhouse of spooky decorations, pumpkin picking, and delighted kids. A long line snaked through the entire interior and out the front gate, waiting for gift bags filled with toys and candy, distributed by Mayor Nicholas Sacco. But first came the …
Continue reading “Halloween hoedown
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While the exterior may look the same, the inside of the North Bergen police headquarters is going to be completely new come January. The second floor is being gutted and rebuilt into a high-tech command center, at no cost to the taxpayer. The project will be funded by seized drug funds, to the tune of …
Continue reading “Police HQ gets new tech, $320K facelift
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He’s lived half his life in Jersey City and half in Bayonne, and PJ Leonard has seen a lot. In fact, he is the kind of guy who pops up right in the center of political action, even it’s only as the manager of a tavern. In his 48 years on this earth, Leonard has …
Continue reading “Semi-reality TV on your doorstep
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Three members elected to Guttenberg school board Three candidates were elected to the Guttenberg Board of Education after running unopposed for the three available seats. Incumbents Juana Malave and Rebecca Vazquez were joined by new member Joel Magenheimer. All will serve three years terms. Vazquez is currently the president of the nine-member board. According to …