Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
2014 back-to-school drive in August The North Bergen Emergency Relief Program is hosting a back-to-school drive for families in need throughout the township. They will be collecting items from Aug. 1 through Aug. 29, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The items will be distributed on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at the North Bergen Recreation Center …
A swarm of forensics investigators converged on the scene, taking fingerprints, interviewing witnesses, inspecting the broken window and the blood on the doorknob. Only the blood was ketchup, the crime scene was fake, and the forensics analysts were kids attending the Junior Police Academy (JPA). “They did a mock crime scene upstairs in a classroom,” …
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Antonio Quinlan didn’t get into it for the honey. He got started raising bees because of his allergies. “Honey helps with the allergies, he said. “It’s homeopathic medicine but you have to take it every day. And it has to be local honey.” To Quinlan, who lives in North Bergen, you couldn’t get more local …
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St. John’s Church is changing – again. After services ended several years ago at the Episcopalian church on the Union City/North Bergen border, a group of local residents and former congregants repurposed the space to hold community functions and kids’ classes. Now a large part of the church is being sold to a developer to …
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A small sign on the front door said: “Sold out.” It was a good kickstart to WFMU’s new performance venue, and music radio fans gathered to celebrate. Designed not as regular bar venue, but a space where the station will feature local musicians and other acts in regularly-scheduled performances, the facility resembles a classic club …
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National Night Out is Aug. 5 Neighbors throughout North Bergen are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 31st annual National Night Out crime prevention event on Tuesday, Aug. 5. From 6 to 10 p.m. residents in neighborhoods throughout North Bergen and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, …
Esther Forman, whose North Bergen apartment was destroyed in a fire last year, knows exactly what she’s going to do with a financial donation she got recently. “I’m taking this money and I’m going to go buy clothing because I just lost my job,” she said. “I’m going to go buy dress clothing so I …
Continue reading “Town donates $7K to September fire victims
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“Somebody came down off the fifth floor and said their apartment was starting to fill with smoke,” said Stephanie Stern, recalling the events of Sept. 28, 2013, when a tragic fire in North Bergen destroyed a building at 9201 Kennedy Blvd. and left over 100 people homeless. “We ran out of the building the moment …
Continue reading “‘They helped me get my life back’
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This isn’t polite tea-and-crumpets theater. This is high-adrenaline live spectacle for fans of comic books, blockbuster movies, video games, and martial action. “From the very beginning, there’s a car chase with about 15 to 18 guys and girls jumping onto moving cars on the stage and the car will flip over you’ll see an explosion.” …
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Potential strike looms at four nursing homes in Hudson and Bergen Workers at four area nursing homes held a press conference on July 23 at Journal Square in Jersey City to announce a potential strike. The four Alaris Health nursing homes are in Union City, Guttenberg, Jersey City, and Rochelle Park. The 450 workers threatening …