Category: North Bergen News

Little did John Giraldo know that an athletic career Jersey City, Guttenberg, West New York, and Bayonne would one day lead to Springfield, Mass. and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. From those Hudson County roots would grow not only a successful high school, collegiate, and professional basketball player, but a responsible man, husband, …

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From sports to costumes, fall means different things to the residents of Union City, West New York, Weehawken, and North Bergen. Having arrived in the early hours of Sept. 23, fall marked the end of a hot summer._____________ “People are starting to come down and walk and exercise. I get enjoyment out of seeing that.” …

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East Coast prepares for possible visit by Hurricane Joaquin As late as Thursday, weather forecasters were predicting Hurricane Joaquin had the potential to reach the eastern United States coast this weekend, but were still holding out hope the storm might track east out into the Atlantic. The forecasts were alternately saying the storm would slam …

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Barbara Banta was grooving up a storm on the dance floor, smiling broadly while showing off slick moves in her motorized wheelchair. Banta has lived in North Bergen her whole life and been a resident in the Terrace Apartments senior housing complex for eight years. This year she attended the town’s annual Senior Picnic in …

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While many towns in North Hudson throw shindigs for National Night Out, Guttenberg has its own tradition. Safe Kids Day was started more than 10 years ago as a way to educate kids and families about different resources available to them, let them meet the police and firemen and other public servants around town, and …

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“Let me get this out of the way from the beginning,” said Esther Suarez, newly sworn in as the first Hispanic and first woman prosecutor in Hudson County history. “There is a lot of discussion and negative media. This is the face of immigration.” She made it perfectly clear that she felt immigrants built this …

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Even though they’re still very young, Jessy Passantino and her sister Destiny have always been very competitive. “They both have a lot of trophies,” their father Rob Passantino said. “Sometimes they compete against each other; sometimes they work together. Destiny likes being an artist.” Jessy is 7 years old, Destiny is 8. As sisters, they …

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15 summonses issued for violations of Angelie’s Law in NB Mayor Nicholas Sacco and the Board of Commissioners praised the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs for working cooperatively with the North Bergen Police Department to conduct surprise inspections of random commuter vans in the township last month, resulting in 15 summonses for violations of …

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Four police officers were promoted last week as part of an ongoing effort to restructure the police department to increase efficiency and better serve the township. David Corbisiero and Robert Farley, Jr. were both promoted to the rank of captain, while Alex Guzman and Jesus Fernandez were both promoted to lieutenant. “They’re all very qualified. …

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