Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
In the hours leading up to his swearing in as the 2nd Ward councilman on Jan. 14, Robert Kickey was nervous. Although he had knocked on thousands of doors and talked to thousands of voters over the last decade in an effort to get his best friend, Dennis Elwell, elected as councilman or mayor, Kickey …
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Last year, Huber School fifth grader John Barnitt moved to Secaucus from Florida, where he had sometimes suffered the effects of hurricanes and other nasty weather. While he lived there, he and his friends used to go out a lot in the storms, staring up at the bolts of lightning – that was, until one …
Continue reading “Students solve real world problems at this year’s science fair”
After 17 historic years as the first woman to ever serve on New Jersey’s highest court, lifelong Hudson County resident and State Supreme Court Justice Justice Garibaldi will officially retire Feb. 1. Garibaldi is still five years away from the mandatory retirement age of 70, but feels the time is right now. Recently, Garibaldi, a …
What had become the largest manhunt in North Bergen in ages ended in bloodshed Tuesday night, when Guillermo Gonzalez, the suspect in the shooting of his girlfriend Barbara Aguila, fatally shot himself in front of three North Bergen police officers. According to police reports, the 48-year-old Gonzalez turned a .380 automatic handgun on himself at …
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The North Bergen Board of Education was slightly alarmed last week when it learned that 18 students and two employees at the district’s high school had to be tested for possible exposure to tuberculosis. According to Superintendent of Schools Peter Fischbach, the entire high school student body, their parents and the staff of the school …
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Motorists who speed up and down Kennedy Boulevard at a reckless pace should proceed with extreme caution from now on. The Board of Education, with full cooperation from the North Bergen police department, is looking to nail you. Last week, the Board of Education announced the purchase of a “speed timer,” a device that displays …
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A four-alarm fire, fueled by high winds and frigid temperatures, burned out of control for four hours destroyed a two-family home in North Bergen last Sunday, injuring three members of the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue. The intense blaze began at approximately 4:30 p.m. last Sunday in a two-family house at 1405 14th St. …
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Less than a month after he officially left office as mayor of Guttenberg, Peter LaVilla is already active in his new career as private citizen and playwright – and Weehawken residents will see the results. LaVilla, whose two-year term as mayor ended Jan. 1 when Robert Sabello was sworn into office, is directing his own …
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A bright future awaits the Hackensack Meadowlands, said Michael Gonnelli, a commissioner on the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, predicting what will come in the year 2000. Among the most crucial activities will be adopting a final Special Area Management Plan, something that has been in the works for over a decade, but has been under …
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Anton Del Forno is an accomplished classical guitarist who has played in many of the best concert halls in the world, including Carnegie Hall. The North Bergen native has been playing professionally since he was a student at North Bergen High School and has recorded five albums, the latest to be released very shortly. Del …
Continue reading “Musical way of giving thanks North Bergen native honors nuns who saved his life”