Category: North Bergen News

North Hudson Community Action extends free hotel stays for fire victims thanks to Oritani Bank donation Families displaced in the recent Kennedy Boulevard apartment fire in North Bergen will have more time in local hotel rooms at no cost to them while they search for new homes, thanks to North Hudson Community Action Corporation (NHCAC) …

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North Bergen officials were still coordinating relief and relocation efforts at the end of the week for the victims of a five-alarm blaze on Saturday evening, Sept. 28, at 9201 Kennedy Blvd. All of the 50-unit structure was affected, 100 residents were displaced. None were reported injured. The blaze sent two firefighters to the hospital. …

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High Tech High School, the countywide public high school that’s based in North Bergen, has been designated as one of only 15 schools in New Jersey as a National Blue Ribbon School by the federal government, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, school principal. The Blue Ribbon program recognizes schools in one of two performance categories, “Exemplary …

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Want to learn how to set a pick, double-leg an opponent, or do a pirouette? If you are a North Bergen youngster, all you have to do is go to the Recreation Center. That’s where more than a 1,000 children, grade school to high school age, engage in fun and competition each fall and winter …

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Free breast cancer program at library A free breast cancer informational event will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at the North Bergen Free Public Library, 8411 Bergenline Ave. Oncologist Yadyra Rivera will discuss the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. This event is made possible by the Hispanic Outreach Program …

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Keeping your grades up in school, working hard on the football field, and taking care of your mother with a lifelong illness was gratifying enough for Dominick Trautz of Guttenberg, quarterback for the North Bergen High School Bruins squad. But getting surprised by three New York Giant football players who came to honor him for …

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More than 50 residents crowded a new facility on Kennedy Boulevard on Sept. 21 to welcome something they had never seen before: their own neighborhood library. The crowd was “joyous” when Mayor Nicholas Sacco cut the ribbon to officially open the North Bergen Free Public Library’s Kennedy Branch, near 21st Street, according to Library Director …

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More than 1,000 North Bergen residents ended their summer on a high note, packing the Schuetzen Park Banquet Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 18 for the all-day Senior Citizen Picnic. The disc jockey played classics from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, fueling the seniors’ feet and hosting a dance contest. “The food was good and the …

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