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Township adopts $86.7 million municipal budget with zero tax increase Mayor Nicholas Sacco and the Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the township’s 2015 budget, which includes a zero percent increase in municipal taxes. The $86.7 million budget has met all state approvals and comes with a reduction in municipal debt and an increase …
Temperatures are rising in North Bergen, and it’s not just the onset of spring. The upcoming municipal election on May 12 has pitted two vehemently opposed mayor/commissioner tickets against one another in an escalating war of words, with a wild card independent candidate waiting in the wings. The North Bergen form of government calls for …
Continue reading “Mudslinging and grudges
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Four workers were busy this week painting the rocks bordering both sides of the road in James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park near Bruins Stadium. It was the second time in two weeks the rocks were painted. The first time caused an uproar when residents unexpectedly discovered that the rocks were suddenly a patchwork …
Continue reading “We will rock you
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Harmony Foundation in Secaucus is one of six Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) authorized in March 2011 to grow and dispense the herb in New Jersey – two each in the northern, central and southern regions of the state. Yet, here it is almost four years later, and the facility at 600 Meadowlands Parkway …
Continue reading “Medical marijuana coming to Hudson County
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The Joshua Louis Animal Cancer Foundation has announced its annual fundraiser to help families who have pets with cancer. The all-volunteer nonprofit group’s second Walk, Run & Wag 5K and Ice Cream Social will be held at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, on Sunday, May 3, and registration is open for the event._____________ “Cancer affects …
Continue reading “Purr-fect way to help pets
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The nine-member forensics team from Saint Dominic Academy’s 7th and 8th grades won a third-place team trophy at the Forensics Tournament held at Hudson Catholic Regional High School in Jersey City on Saturday, March 28. It was the second time the academy entered a team into the competition. In addition to the third-place team trophy, …
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NBPD hires five new police officers including four military vets “It is an honor to welcome these fine new officers to the Police Department,” said Mayor Nicholas Sacco on April 13 while swearing in five new officers. “The North Bergen Police Department is one of the best in the state of New Jersey and the …
Twelve candidates are vying for the three available seats in this year’s Board of Education election in North Bergen. The election will be held April 21. The board has nine members in total, each serving a three-year term. Every year, three of those terms expire. This year the terms are ending for board member Ruth …
Continue reading “School board elections on April 21
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The Easter bunny was only one of the attractions at the annual Easter Show in North Bergen on Thursday, April 2. Equally popular was the long table manned by local artists painting children’s faces and providing temporary tattoos. Meanwhile the line for the 850 goodie bags snaked around the floor of the Recreation Center where …
Continue reading “‘A beautiful thing’
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It should come as no surprise that comics aren’t just for kids anymore. “I went to see Art Spiegelman’s ‘Wordless,’ and he talked about how comics have gone from junk culture for children to acceptable and highbrow forms of entertainment and art and culture,” said Cliff Galbraith in 2014, referring to a history of graphic …
Continue reading “Superheroes seize Secaucus
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