Category: North Bergen News

The North Bergen Board of Education will not appeal a ruling stripping North Bergen High School of its 2011 football state championship to the U.S. Supreme Court. Superintendent of Schools Dr. George Solter released the following statement on Thursday: “While we will always believe that the facts of the case are on our side, after …

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The delighted screams of thrilled children could be heard echoing across James J. Braddock North Hudson Park as dinosaurs roared and stomped and munched on random humans. For a few hours on Thursday, July 16 the parking lot alongside the North Bergen Public Library was transformed into Jurassic Park, as families and friends showed up …

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As the joke goes, the “crane” is the new official bird of the Meadowlands. Numerous construction cranes tower over the property around the megamall once known as Xanadu near MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. After several attempts to bring Xanadu to life over the past decade, the project was reincarnated last year as American Dream, …

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Test your movie trivia knowledge on July 27 Join in the fun on “Movie Trivia Night” at the North Bergen Public Library on Monday, July 27 at 6:30 p.m. Play solo or in a team. All ages are welcome. The North Bergen Library main branch is located at 8411 Bergenline Ave. For more information call …

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In a win-win arrangement, the Guttenberg Police Department recently purchased several new vehicles to help patrol the township, at no cost to taxpayers. Two new patrol cars and two new bicycles were added to the equipment roster, all of them purchased with funds seized from criminal investigations. The two Fuji bicycles cost about $1,200 each …

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Horrors are brewing in North Hudson. A whole Little Shop full. The popular musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors” will play for two nights only, July 31 and Aug. 1, at the Weehawken Elks Lodge at 2 – 50th St. All but one member of the cast are from North Bergen. Many of them are …

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North Bergen pool open mic night is July 20 Come and enjoy the open mic event at the North Bergen Pool on Monday July 20 at 5 p.m. Admission is $5, with free admission for pool members and individuals with a North Bergen Library Card. Guttenberg residents can participate in North Bergen’s Public library events. …

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“This is our little resort,” said Margaret Burt, looking very relaxed in a lounge chair. “We pretend like we’re on vacation,” added Tina Hernandez. The two friends and their kids were enjoying opening day at the North Bergen pool on Friday, June 26. The pool had been open for weekends beginning May 23; now it …

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“I coexist in two worlds,” said North Bergen resident Jon Carlo Dominguez recently. “I’m part of both and I love both.” The two worlds he lives in are that of his home in North Bergen, and his scholastic world at St. Peter’s Prep, an hour bus ride away (in traffic) in Jersey City, from which …

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“See the railroad trestle over there? We used to jump off that into the river when we were kids,” recalled John Jandreau, who has lived in Secaucus for 65 years. He was one of a number of Hudson County residents who took a Riverkeeper Environmental Boat Ride on June 22. Passengers got some river history …

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