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Student cops
Guttenberg sixth graders graduate from Junior Police Academy

The recruits stood in formation, watching the helicopter descend on the grassy field inside James Braddock Park. Then they marched single file to the aircraft to listen to instructions on airborne police surveillance and rescue operations. It was the culmination of a long exhausting week of training for the 38 “cadets,” all of whom had …

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‘Gay American’ speech was 10 years ago
Former Gov. McGreevey and others look back at his famous resignation

Born in Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City, baptized in St. Patrick’s Church, former Gov. Jim McGreevey looked back this week, with some sense of disbelief, at his resignation as governor 10 years ago. A “gay American” whose coming out made international news in August of 2004, McGreevey marveled at how much the world has …

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The secret struggles of fathers
Local author is among memoirists in ‘Dads Behaving Dadly’ book

Former Jersey City resident Lorne Jaffe experienced moments of terror as a stay-at-home dad after his daughter Sienna was born two years ago. Having grown up battling anxiety and depression, he had days marked by joy and other days marked by fear during his time with his baby. He worked through many of his harrowing …

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NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

Palisades Medical Center announces schedule of upcoming classes Classes include Newborn Baby Care, Keys to Successful Breastfeeding, Friends and Family CPR, and a two-day course in Childbirth Education, covering the process of labor, including understanding the labor process, breathing and relaxation techniques to work with your body, the role of the support person, options for …

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Robots and rockets
‘Science Week’ ends the school year with a bang

For students in North Bergen’s elementary schools, the academic year ended with robots and rockets and cool experiments. It was all part of “Science Week,” an intriguing way to wrap up the year with something both informative and fun. “This is essentially project-based assessment instead of another big test in the fourth marking period,” said …

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$7.3 million in local tax relief
State to fully fund Meadowlands tax sharing for the first time

Secaucus and North Bergen are among the towns to benefit this year as the state of New Jersey picks up the entire tab for the Meadowlands Intermunicipal Tax Sharing Program for the first time. Established in 1972, the tax sharing plan resulted in seven municipalities within the Meadowlands region paying into a fund, while seven …

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State to fully fund Meadowlands tax sharing for the first time

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$512M county budget passed
Tax burden mainly hits Jersey City and Hoboken; Weehawken modestly

Although not as bad as first anticipated, Hoboken still got hit hardest with the percent of taxes it must pay to fund the newly passed $512 million county budget this year. Jersey City also got hit with a hefty increase. Weehawken also saw a moderate increase. Bayonne’s portion of county taxes dropped marginally by about …

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Counting the homeless
This year’s number shows decline, but how to help those who remain?

A bone-chilling wind blew across Journal Square during the night of Jan. 28, the date of the official 2014 annual homeless count. Commuters rushed out of the PATH station with faces wrapped in scarves, gloved hands thrust deep in pockets. The steamed windows of the Burger King on Summit Avenue showed huddled figures inside, as …

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NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

DOT looks at deadly stretch of road The NJ Department of Transportation is planning changes to the section of road in North Bergen where Route 3 eastbound meets Route 495, the scene of a deadly crash on July 3. Three people died in the crash, at the same location where three people died in an …

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