Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Blaze destroys hundreds of apartments in Edgewater Two engine companies and one ladder from North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR) rushed to assist in fighting a multi-alarm blaze that consumed much of the 400-unit Avalon at Edgewater apartment complex last night. No major injuries or loss of life were reported. About 175 units were …
The driver who allegedly slammed into brothers Michael Viruet, 20, and Adrian, 11, in North Bergen on Nov. 14, sending both to the hospital with critical injuries, never stopped his car, law enforcement officials charge. Adrian was thrown in the air and impaled on a fence, requiring multiple operations, including brain surgery. Michael suffered major …
Continue reading “Cell phones, blood, and a bar tab
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While many of Hudson County’s most influential people remain relevant year to year, their impact waxes and wanes. Influence can mean different things, not only political power. Artists, activists, and not-for-profits influence the lives of the public over the course of the year, sometimes more significantly than it would appear on the surface. Each January, …
Continue reading “The ‘Power List’
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On Monday, four new freeholders joined the nine-member Hudson County Board of Freeholders, a legislative body that votes on issues such as the county budget, county roads, the jail, county schools, and personnel. In the most significant change of membership since at least the 1990s, these members – Kenneth Kopacz (representing Bayonne and some of …
Continue reading “Your new voices on the county freeholder board
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North Bergen woman sentenced to 20 years in stabbing death of deli owner A judge in Hudson County Superior Court sentenced a North Bergen woman to 20 years in prison for her part in the stabbing death of a Guttenberg deli owner, after the woman told the court that she was a victim also, according …
Hudson County got a new freeholder this past November when Anthony P. Vainieri was voted into office to replace outgoing Freeholder Thomas Liggio. Vainieri will represent the 8th District, including North Bergen, Secaucus, and parts of Jersey City. Vainieri was officially sworn in on Monday, Jan. 5 at the Justice William Brennan Courthouse in Jersey …
Continue reading “New year, new freeholder, new agenda
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Nobody saw it happen. Nobody heard the tremendous crash. In the very heart of the crowded Galaxy Towers Condominium, a strange and spectacular accident took place and nobody even knew it occurred – except the one resident who escaped death by a mere whisper. It was two days after Christmas. The resident took the elevator …
Continue reading “80-YEAR-OLD MAN SURVIVES PONTIAC PLUNGE
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“It’s one of the most dangerous jobs in the country,” said Chief Frank Montagne. Few people would dispute that. Yet 10 men eagerly took the oath as firemen in the North Regional Fire & Rescue (NHRFR) on Tuesday, Dec. 16. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue was established in 1999 to serve Guttenberg, North Bergen, …
Continue reading “‘A great brotherhood’
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North Bergen honors officers for National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Mayor Nicholas Sacco and Police Chief Robert Dowd celebrated the hard work and dedication of the North Bergen Police Department with a ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m., the day before national Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. The event highlighted acts of bravery, heroism, …
“It’s nice to be able to see the people that are benefitting from it,” said Craig Mac, road captain with the Lost Boyz Motorcycle Club. “It’s one thing to collect the toys, but to actually be here and hand them out to people gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling.” Mac was one of several members …
Continue reading “Toytown, U.S.A.
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