Category: North Bergen News

’Tis the season to be scary. All across North Bergen and Guttenberg the demons are out, along with the witches, ghosts, monsters, scarecrows, and a whole lotta pumpkins in advance of Halloween. On 80th Street one can find scattered bones, skulls, and headstones in many a yard, along with jack o’ lanterns sporting prominent teeth. …

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This year, for its 50th birthday, the massive stained glass window at Our Lady of Fatima Church in North Bergen is getting a facelift. The 2,700-square-foot window takes up the entire façade of the modern structure at 8016 Kennedy Blvd. The stunning artwork is made of 186 two-inch thick glass panels, designed by Atelier Barillet, …

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Free vaccine dates for adults Upcoming dates for the Adult Free Vaccine Program have been posted on the North Bergen website (northbergen.org). The vaccines are sponsored by the public health department servicing Guttenberg, North Bergen, Secaucus, Union City, Weehawken, and West New York. The goal is to provide free adult vaccines to residents in the …

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At the age of six months, Daniel Torres had already endured more medical hardships than most people experience in a lifetime, having undergone open-heart surgery two days after birth, followed by a liver transplant. Soon afterward he was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension (PH), a rare, incurable disease caused by unusually small blood vessels, resulting in …

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Halloween is nigh, so you better getting moving to decide whether you’ll be a warlock, Frankenstein, ghost, or some other scary creature._____________ “I think it’s being cute; it’s funny. A witch is not being scary for me.” – Hyce Claros____________Hyce Claros of Weehawken said she will be a witch this year, already having purchased her …

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The call came out of the blue. “I had the woman repeat it four times on the phone, I was so shocked,” said Guttenberg resident Myra Brodsky. The caller assured her that it was true: Brodsky had been named Braille Student of the Year by the Hadley School for the Blind, a free, nonprofit school …

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Halloween magic show comes to the Kennedy library on Oct. 29 The Kennedy branch library will be hosting a Halloween Magic Show on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. The Kennedy branch is located at 2123 Kennedy Blvd. For more information call (201) 869-4715 or visit nbpl.org. Visit the ‘Haunted Stacks’ at the library’s Halloween …

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After an absence of well over three decades, the Hudson County Fair returned to James J. Braddock North Hudson Park over Columbus Day weekend. “Years ago, they used to do this all the time,” said Donna Rosillo, attending with husband Christian and twin sons Lorenzo and C.J. “When I was a kid we looked forward …

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“Very fashionable,” is how student Jessenia Morales described her new school uniform. “And protective.” Covered head-to-toe in a baggy white suit complete with thick gloves and a mesh net helmet, Jessenia was prepared to step into the cage behind High Tech High School, a countywide public high school based in North Bergen. Inside that cage …

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