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Get ready to laugh
First Annual Meadowlands Comedy Festival will feature some local performers

Residents with a yen for yucks can rejoice. The First Annual Meadowlands Comedy Festival will run from April 14 to 19, bringing six nights of high-spirited entertainment to venues in Secaucus and surrounding towns. The event will be capped by a competition finale where America’s Stand-up Comedy Champion will be crowned at the Meadowlands Plaza …

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NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

Residents to decide what color Braddock Park rocks should be A group of rocks near Bruins Stadium in Braddock Park suddenly changed color last weekend. Here’s why, according to the Facebook page of Freeholder Anthony Vainieri: “These rocks in Braddock Park have always been painted white for safety as cars used to hit them at …

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Crime in NB up slightly after record low 2013
High tech prevention intelligence center coming to police HQ

The number of crimes in North Bergen was up 0.7 percent in 2014 over the previous year, reported Chief Robert Dowd at the North Bergen Commissioners Meeting on March 25. According to a detailed report posted on the police website (northbergenpolice.com), there were 2,614 total crimes logged in the township in 2014, as opposed to …

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Menendez vows to fight
Indicted by federal grand jury, senator claims innocence; colleagues offer support

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez vowed this week to vigorously defend himself against public corruption charges made in an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. Federal investigators allege the New Jersey Democrat improperly helped a Florida-based eye surgeon, Salomon Melgen, a campaign contributor to Menendez, in a number of ways. Menendez has …

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Traffic stop nets alleged unregistered sex offender
Also: Police question mom on DUI with child in tow

He was tripped up by a faulty tail light on his vehicle. A Hoboken resident who police say has a history as a sex offender was arrested for failing to register his whereabouts for the past four years. Guttenberg Officer Frank Pelaez pulled over a blue Chrysler van on Kennedy and 68th Street at 4:54 …

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Residents ask questions at ‘Coffee with a Cop’
Session introduces new Community Policing Unit to public

It was the opposite of a crime scene. Police officers moved around the room speaking to neighbors, but it was the residents asking the questions and the cops giving the answers. The location was the back room of the North Bergen Public Library Kennedy Branch on a rainy Wednesday night in late March, and the …

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Honeymoon in Harrison
Newlyweds choose Water’s Edge luxury rental community for their first home

While Noorin Hamid and Zain Naqvi were making arrangements for their wedding earlier this year, they were also busy choosing their first apartment together. The Monmouth County couple wanted to move somewhere where they could have an easier commute to Manhattan and also enjoy the comforts of a modern, spacious residence. An online search led …

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Hudson Theatre Ensemble presents ‘Almost, Maine’
Romantic comedy by John Cariani opens April 10

Hudson Theatre Ensemble of Hoboken will present John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine,” a collection of vignettes about ordinary people in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways, beginning Friday April 10. Although the people are ordinary, the magic and mystery of their loves are …

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Hillside Club hosts open house April 11
One-Day-Only Leasing Specials Provide Enhanced Value

To celebrate the grand opening of The Hillside Club, the new-construction rental community now leasing in Livingston, interested renters are invited to join developer BNE Real Estate Group for a celebratory Open House on Saturday, April 11 from noon to 4 p.m. Guests that attend the event can take advantage of one-day-only leasing specials while …

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NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

North Bergen resident struck and killed by off-duty West New York policeman A 28-year-old North Bergen man was crossing Kennedy Boulevard at about 70th Street on Monday, March 30 at 11:46 p.m. when he was struck by a 2013 Honda Accord driven by a West New York policeman on his way to work. North Bergen …

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