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North Bergen voting information on Nov. 8 The polls in North Bergen for the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8 are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in numerous locations. To find your voting location, call the Township Clerk at (201) 392-2025. Guttenberg changes half its voting locations Guttenberg voters on Nov. 8 should …
North Bergen voting information on Nov. 8 The polls in North Bergen for the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8 are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in numerous locations. To find your voting location, call the Township Clerk at (201) 392-2025. Guttenberg changes half its voting locations Guttenberg voters on Nov. 8 should …
Then tenth through 12th grades at North Bergen High School will be moved to the former county high school campus on 85th Street in 2019, after the city completes an estimated $15 to $20 million purchase of one building with classrooms, labs, and an attached gymnasium, presently owned by the county’s High Tech High School. …
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At the town’s Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 26, the commissioners adopted an ordinance to purchase 1132 Hillside Place. The town intends to build a parking lot for police parking. Currently, the land holds an abandoned building, officials said. The parcel was appraised at $100,000. The city may pay for the land through …
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The North Bergen Public Library hosted the 35th annual Black Maria Film Festival and announced the winners of the New Jersey Young Filmmakers contest on Thursday, Oct. 20. Black Maria is a traveling festival that has celebrated the development of short films for 35 years. For the anniversary, the contest featured short films created by …
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Residents and seniors of Meadowview Villas enjoyed an early Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Staff members of the Housing Authority created a haunted house in the basement of one of a separate building, and it was a big hit. Children and parents dressed in Halloween costumes and ate pizza, chips, hot dogs, and handmade chocolates …
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Billed as a forum about the issues, the Oct. 17 debate between the Hudson County Young Republicans and Young Democrats was raucous and fun, more like a social meetup than a political event, although among laughter and drinks some issues did get discussed. Moderated by political writer and NewarkInc.com editor-in-chief Mark Bonamo, New Jersey’s answer …
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Backup dancer for Beyonce and Rihanna, who lives in North Bergen, located North Bergen Police said late on Tuesday that resident Shirlene Quigley, 32, who had been missing since the morning of Sunday, Oct. 23, has been located at a medical facility after a three-day search. Before that, Quigley had last been seen at New …
The North Bergen Police Department had three days of training last week with Kristine Allen, president and co-founder of the Act Now Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps the public recognize signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Each day was five hours of training by Allen using various scenarios and seminars. She taught the whole department how …
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Below North Bergen Town Hall is a plastic cistern that collects two inches of rainwater per rainfall. The gutters collect the rainwater, and drop it into the 500-gallon cistern. The rainwater can be released from a pump that will be reused to water the grass and plants at Town Hall. The initiative was a $10,000 …
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