The truth about Death Valley
North Bergen students teach visitors about national parks

Franklin School’s fourth grade teacher Anna Pantoliano was inspired to call attention to U.S. national parks after she took a recent vacation to the southwest and after her students read a story about Yellowstone National Park. What began as a classroom project soon expanded to a fair that would allow students to display their acquired …

North Bergen students teach visitors about national parks

After long battle, Appleview development approved
Opponent’s attorney says fight may still not be over

After five years of hearings, engineering surveys, and protests, the Planning Board voted on Tuesday to unanimously approve the Appleview luxury condominium project on River Road in North Bergen, near the Guttenberg border. Scaled down from the original nine stories and 140 units proposed in the spring of 2007, the project, now five stories and …

Opponent’s attorney says fight may still not be over

Rosenberg returns
Guttenberg gets new school superintendent

The Guttenberg School District recently welcomed a new superintendent, Michelle Rosenberg. The town is so small that it only has one school – Anna L. Klein, an elementary school – and high school students cross the border to attend North Bergen High School. Nevertheless, the district employs a full-time superintendent in addition to Klein School …

Guttenberg gets new school superintendent

Meet John Shaw, DPW new superintendent
Wiley scandal opened opportunity for long time township worker

Scandal shook the Department of Public Works (DPW) when former Superintendent James Wiley pleaded guilty on Sept. 11 to using North Bergen township employees for his household chores, personal projects at his home, and campaign work in other municipalities while the township paid them. Wiley’s departure left a vacancy in the superintendent’s position. In late …

Wiley scandal opened opportunity for long time township worker

Have a heart
Local teacher’s account of surgery is heavy on the humor

Robert Fulton School teacher Steve Ludwig offered a reading at the North Bergen Free Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 17, of “See You in CCU,” a witty account of his journey through quintuple open heart bypass surgery. The surgery, as the book suggests, was to repair coronary artery disease, which is the leading cause of …

Local teacher’s account of surgery is heavy on the humor

NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

Board of Commissioners meeting rescheduled The Board of Commissioners meeting has been rescheduled from Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. to Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. North Hudson Community Action Corporation sets events North Hudson Community Action Corporation has scheduled two events in North Bergen. The first at Temple El, 300 75th St., on …

More residents need parking permits
Officials hope to include entire township by end of 2013

Residents living in a section of North Bergen previously not included in the township’s Residential Parking Permits (RPP) program now must purchase permits in order to park there, as of Feb. 1. The Parking Authority hopes the new parking rules in Zone 3 will discourage commuters from parking in North Bergen and leaving their vehicles …

Officials hope to include entire township by end of 2013

Development on Guttenberg border
Residents voice concerns at council meeting

The controversial proposed Appleview condo development in North Bergen, near the Guttenberg border, elicited some comments from residents at Monday’s Guttenberg Town Council meeting. The proposed 59-unit development is to be built near a Transco high-pressure natural gas line. Residents have been coming to the North Bergen Planning Board hearings to protest for more than …

Residents voice concerns at council meeting

‘Go Green, Save Green’
Students’ artwork celebrated in the 2013 MUA calendar

The Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) announced the winners of their First Annual NBMUA “Go Green, Save Green” Poster Contest on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at North Bergen High School. Artworks by a total of 12 prize winners appear in the MUA’s 2013 calendar, including 35 honorable mentions. Grand prize winner eighth grader Mouhammadou Dado’s artwork not …

Students’ artwork celebrated in the 2013 MUA calendar

New Care-A-Van visits Guttenberg
Horizon and local pharmacy provide screenings, insurance/Medicare info

Horizon NJ Health premiered their brand new Care-A-Van at a free health care event in Guttenberg last month. The van offers screenings and other services for the community. The goal of the event was to educate residents on health and nutrition. Horizon NJ Health is a health care company that serves both insured individuals with …

Horizon and local pharmacy provide screenings, insurance/Medicare info