Category: North Bergen News

Volunteers sought for church’s Thanksgiving luncheon Opening your heart on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, for those less fortunate is easier than ever this year if you can volunteer a couple hours time at the Woodcliff Community Reformed Church, 7605 Palisade Ave., in North Bergen. “We are looking for volunteers to arrive at the church at …

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High Tech High School’s Musical Theater Department has graduated to a new plateau with its selection by the Paper Mill Playhouse’s “Adopt-a School Project” for the next four years. Part of its association with the Millburn-based professional theater means that High Tech will be “adopting” students, seeking out Hudson County eighth graders to attend classes …

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Gov. Chris Christie visited heavily Democratic Hudson County again during the election season, this time on Oct. 25, to woo Latino voters by announcing a state directive making it easier for U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico to transfer their drivers’ licenses. The governor’s declaration was made at the Sabor Latin Bistro on River Road in …

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Voters in North Bergen and Guttenberg will have their hands full on Tuesday, Nov. 5, deciding on state and county representatives. In Guttenberg, residents will go one step further because they can choose their mayor and council members (although the seats are unopposed) and Board of Education members. For governor, the major party candidates are …

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Kennedy Branch announces change in hours, additional program The North Bergen Free Public Library & Learning Center Kennedy Branch, 2123 Kennedy Blvd., will now be open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., effective Nov. 4. The Kennedy Branch will be offering an additional 10-week English for Beginners course beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 12, …

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The path to Oz not only winds along the Yellow Brick Road, but also through several North Hudson towns this year, the 75th anniversary of the film classic. That’s because the stage production next month by The Park Players, formerly of The Park Theatre in Union City and Weehawken, features several performers from North Bergen …

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They got signed in, but never got signed out. Like the Hollywood creations “Shutter Island” and “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Secaucus long ago also had a facility to which sane people were sometimes admitted, but were not allowed to leave. But relax; it wasn’t in the recent past. It was more like 75 …

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A long-serving state legislator from North Bergen vs. an upstart Kearny businessman and former Board of Education member. A Secaucus construction code official and his West New York lower-chamber running mate, against a Realtor/community activist and one other. Those are the races for the state Senate and Assembly in New Jersey’s 32nd Legislative District._____________The 32nd …

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