Category: North Bergen News

A formerly dormant township program teaching grammar school students the responsibilities of being a police officer was revived in mid-July after a five-year hiatus. The five-day North Bergen Police Junior Police Academy accepted more than 30 applicants, and educated and trained them in two separate groups during the weeks of July 15 to 19 and …

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How well do top New Jersey stories fare on New York-based nightly newscasts? Let’s roll the proverbial tape. In August, the Newark Police Department will become the first police force in the entire nation to release monthly race and gender data for its controversial stop-and-frisk program. The New Jersey Supreme Court last week ruled that …

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Former Housing Authority operations director sentenced to 46 months in prison for extortion The former operations director for the North Bergen Housing Authority was sentenced to 46 months in prison for extorting employees of a maintenance company contracted by the authority, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on July 23. Last December, John T. Kennell, …

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It’s just what the doctor ordered. With the heat soaring, two township initiatives couldn’t have come at a better time. On July 8, township representatives officially opened the Kennedy School Mini-Spray Park at 1210 11th Street. Just a week and half earlier, on June 26, the same had been done with the newly renovated North …

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If it were Las Vegas, they would have said they ran the table. That is exactly what the North Bergen High School Music Department did artistically at school year’s end when their talented musicians competed at a countywide competition. At the Hudson County Alliance of Teen Artists Awards Ceremony at the William J. Brennan Courthouse …

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Different sizes. A multitude of shapes. And, of course, an unlimited palette of colors. All these traits will be visible in the insects that have a starring role at Butterfly Day, hosted by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) on Sunday, July 28. “[It’s] a festival dedicated to the beauty of butterflies,” said commission spokesman …

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Take a sultry summer evening, a bunch of people looking for some fun, and an hour-and-a-half cruise around southern Manhattan and what do you get? The successful maiden voyage of the Beacon, a 1920s-style yacht now leaving each day out of Pier 13 in Hoboken. The 40-passenger boat, part of the Classic Harbor Line, offers …

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Guttenberg to receive $3.65 million in funding from Schools Development Authority The state’s Schools Development Authority (SDA) on Friday, June 12, announced a state grant of more than $3.6 million for the Guttenberg School District through the SDA’s Regular Operating District (ROD) grant program. The $3,651,737 grant will provide funds to build a three-story addition …

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Vincent “Little Johnny” Rivero’s nickname is a bit of a misnomer. He’s not particularly short. And after years of performances with some of the biggest names in jazz music, his stage presence has become larger than life. On July 17, Weehawken residents will be able to see just how big “Little Johnny” truly is, when …

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