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John Shinnick was re-elected to his third term as chairman of the Hudson County Improvement Authority at their Feb. 9 reorganization meeting. Shinnick, who has served with the HCIA since 1997, expressed his desire to continue the progress in maintaining one of the lowest solid waste disposal costs in Northern New Jersey and promoting environmental …
At the Feb. 8 meeting of the Board of Freeholders, board chairman Sal Vega named who will serve of various committees. The following were the appointments: ? High School of Technology, Vega and Freeholder Maurice Fitzgibbons. ? Community College, freeholders Bill Braker and Nidia Davila-Colon ? Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Board, Vega ? Contract Review, …
Councilman John Bueckner once again clashed with the rest of the members of the Town Council at their Feb. 8 meeting when he abstained from voting on a contract for the police chief, claiming that he had asked for a legal opinion which he had not yet received. “I asked for a clarification on this …
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In what has been one of the worst-kept secrets of the new freeholder board, Neil Carroll – formerly freeholder pro tempore in 1999 – has been appointed chief-of-staff to the Hudson County Board of Freeholders. The position will pay Carroll the same $31,000 per year that he was earning as a freeholder before deciding not …
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Seeking to protect private garages from financial fallout of the emission system meltdown, Assembly Democratic Leader Anthony Impreveduto (D-32nd Dist.) and Assembly Deputy Minority Leader Neil Cohen (D-20th Dist.) have introduced legislation that would reimburse private garages for the costs of purchasing and installing auto inspections equipment mandated under the state’s enhanced emission testing program. …
Some Hobokenites will walk as much as a mile to find parking, but it is unlikely any of them have ever gone as far as Hans-Henning Judek, a resident of Yokohama, Japan, went this week. Judek was one of 125 parking industry executives and engineers from 10 countries who attended a seminar at a Secaucus …
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The North Bergen Board of Education has decided to scrap all plans of building a new high school inside of North Hudson Braddock Park, and has directed its consulting team not to consider any potential park areas in the future. The official announcement was made by Superintendent of Schools Peter Fischbach at Wednesday night’s Board …
When Sai Rao took over as the director of the North Bergen Public Library two years ago, one of her first ideas was to institute a computer literacy program. “It was always my wish to establish a computer lab,” Rao said last week. “When the chance came, I didn’t waste a minute. Technology is becoming …
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Because of its unique configuration, featuring steep hills and high terrain that funnel into the streets below, North Bergen has always experienced some sewerage problems when heavy rains would occur. The problems generally stemmed from the township’s combined sewer system. “Whenever it rained hard, the hydraulic sewer system could only handle so much and it …
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When representatives from the Guttenberg Police Department went up to receive an award at AAA North Jersey’s annual Community Traffic Safety Program awards banquet last month, it was noted that it was the 24th consecutive year that the township went without a single traffic fatality. The awards are given away each year to towns and …
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