Category: North Bergen News

The fifth grade students in teacher Andrew Gallagher’s social studies and language arts class have graduated from paper to computers. On a recent wintry morning, they were all racing around the Internet, compiling information to support argumentative essays on topics such as whether school uniforms should be required, or if the death penalty should be …

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Celebrate Dr. Seuss at both library branches In honor of Read Across America, both branches of the North Bergen Public Library are participating in a celebration of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss. The main library presents their annual Dr. Seuss Celebration on Friday, Feb. 27 at 4:30 p.m. The main library is located at 8411 …

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Julio Marenco, a familiar and popular figure in the 7th Ward of North Bergen, will run for office as commissioner in May on the ticket headed by Mayor Nicholas Sacco. Marenco will replace current Public Safety Commissioner Theresa Ferraro, who is retiring after serving for 16 years. In North Bergen’s form of government, five people …

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Over the objections of environmentalists and defenders of Liberty State Park, Gov. Christopher Christie signed legislation on Feb. 5 that merges the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, a move advocates fear will open Liberty State Park to commercial development. The bill, sponsored Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D – …

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The enemy gave them the name “The Devil’s Brigade.” They were an elite commando force launched with 1,800 volunteers who took on the most dangerous suicide missions in World War II. In their 251 days of combat they suffered 2,314 casualties while capturing more than 30,000 prisoners. They never failed a mission. And on Tuesday, …

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Jailyne Aguilar, 17, a junior at Bayonne High School, knows what a phone book is, but she has only used it once. “It was a very long time ago,” she said. It was seven years ago, to be exact – when Aguilar was 10 years old. “I use my phone, Facebook, and stuff like that,” …

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Commissioner Ferraro announces upcoming retirement at end of term “Representing the people of North Bergen for the last 16 years has been a wonderful, enlightening and truly rewarding experience,” said longstanding North Bergen Commissioner Theresa Ferraro. “I take great pride in the growth of our police department during my tenure, especially its diversity, with more …

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“We’re having a 1965 theme. I want people to dig out their bell bottoms and love beads,” said Joan Quigley, president and CEO of the North Hudson Community Action Corporation (NHCAC), last week. She was talking about an upcoming fundraising event to mark the golden anniversary of NHCAC, founded 50 years ago in a storefront …

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Fourth grader Isabella Arias brought a piece of Death Valley to class on Friday, Jan. 30. It was the day of the National Park Fair at Franklin School in North Bergen. Isabella, in her park ranger hat and wearing a homemade I.D., exhibited a cactus she had bought online so that students at the school …

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With Valentine’s Day drawing close, thoughts turn to love triumphs and near-misses. The release of the movie “Fifty Shades of Grey” on Feb. 13, the beginning of Valentine’s Weekend, has refocused attention on how potential love interests come together, whether they meet “Mr. or Ms. Right,” or put themselves out there only to get disappointed …

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