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Baseball on parade
Little Leaguers march proudly through town

North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco and his team of commissioners, along with Commissioner Candidate Julio Marenco, Freeholder Anthony Vainieri and North Bergen Chief of Police Robert Dowd, joined hundreds of local children at the township’s annual Little League Parade on Saturday, April 18. The town officials and all the children and parents paraded from James …

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Saint Peter’s University advances with new high-tech facilities and innovative programs

State-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge programs are becoming increasingly important to today’s undergraduate and graduate students. Saint Peter’s has responded to this demand with updates to the physical campus and academic programs. The School of Business and the School of Education recently underwent a nearly $4 million transformation to create an ultramodern learning environment. The centerpiece …

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NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

Two town employees charged with theft; impacts mayoral campaign Two North Bergen township employees were charged this week with allegedly falsifying their time sheets to collect pay for time when they were not on the job. The allegations followed a raid by the New Jersey Attorney General on the North Bergen Parks and Recreation Department …

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Construction begins on Guttenberg school addition and rec center
New shared-use facility set to open January 2017

The good news: Guttenberg is getting a recreation center after years without one, and the Anna L. Klein School is getting a much-needed addition to alleviate overcrowding and increase resources. It will be a shared-usage facility directly adjacent to the existing school building, and will be available for classes during weekdays and open to the …

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NB cops compete for Biggest Loser
Contest will benefit Special Olympics of New Jersey

Nearly three dozen North Bergen police officers are currently pitted against one another in a difficult and challenging competition, with every last one them a loser. At least that’s the goal. They are competing to see who can drop the most body weight in five weeks. The person who loses the most will take home …

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Slab of history unearthed in Secaucus
Lost base of statue found on former pig farm

While clearing the grounds of a former pig farm on the Secaucus/Jersey City border in preparation for building two new warehouses, a worker from Hugerich construction stumbled across a huge block and hauled it out of the dirt. “The guy scoops with the backhoe and a square rock come out,” said Walter Hugerich, owner of …

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Slices of fame
Union City/North Bergen photographer’s famous photos line pizzeria

Customers pay for takeout dinners. Pizza deliverymen hurry into the store for hot pies to whisk off to local addresses. High school and college-age cashiers take orders at the register. That’s the scene most evenings at the Mona Lisa Pizzeria on Broadway near Fifth Street in Bayonne. But what many do not see is a …

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Hoboken’s Arts & Music Fest turns 21
J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf to headline

Peter Wolf has seen and done more than most in his day. As the lead singer of J. Geils Band, he scored genre-defining rock hits like “Love Stinks” and “Centerfold.” He has married (and divorced) Faye Dunaway, sang duets with Aretha Franklin and Mick Jagger, and written for Rolling Stone magazine. After May 3, he …

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