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BROADWAY – Teachers Irving and Buccos with their eighth grade class
An innovative way of teaching
Franklin School program uses Broadway plays as learning vehicles

Franklin School teachers Armine Irving and Beatrice Buccos have been collaborating on an innovative curriculum using Broadway plays as a medium for learning. They say they have found a way to teac...
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KEEPING NORTH HUDSON SAFE – Local leaders came together to celebrate the heroic acts of North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue.
Everyday heroes
Public safety personnel, first responders honored by 200 Club of Hudson County

Four hours into a flight that was supposed to take them to Hawaii for a friend’s wedding, Jersey City police officers Paul Fennel and Robert Taino Jr. were confronted with a man who had clearly go...
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INSIDE THE HUDSON COUNTY MAFIA – Jon D’Amore goes inside the dealings of the Hudson County Italian Mafia in his debut novel, “The Boss Always Sits in the Back.”
Vegas, mobsters, and money
Former resident to debut his novel about Hudson County mobsters

Jon D’Amore is a California-based screenwriter who will read from his first self-published novel, “The Boss Always Sits in the Back,” on May 17 at 6 p.m. at the North Bergen Library. The author sa...
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NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS
Four Hudson County high schools rank top 50 in U.S. News N.J. Best High School list U.S. News recently revealed its top Best High Schools lists, and four Hudson County schools selected are in N...
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KEEP THE CROWN – The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s controversies committee ruled Thursday that North Bergen High School will get to keep the North Jersey Section 1, Group IV title the Bruins won last December over Montclair in MetLife Stadium. The NJSIAA was investigating allegations that the football program illegally recruited two players and discussed a possibility of North Bergen vacating the title.
North Bergen keeps football state championship
NJSIAA rules that no illegal recruiting took place; probationary period for program

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s controversies committee ruled Thursday morning that the North Bergen High School football team will get to keep the 2011 NJSIAA North Je...
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STAYING CLOSE TO HOME – Comedian/Actor Joey “Coco” Diaz has produced a documentary celebrating his North Bergen roots.
Brazen comic
North Bergen resident creates documentary, comedy CD

Joey “Coco” Diaz has never forgotten where he comes from, and he is about to release a documentary that pays tribute to his childhood in North Bergen. The documentary will be released in mid-May, ...
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TESTIMONY – The Planning Board hears arguments from Transco attorney Mark Stevens.
Appleview down to a ditch
Attorneys argue over an easement

The requirement in a Superior Court judge’s order that the Planning Board consider the safety ramifications of the Transco-Williams natural gas pipeline crossing the property where the Appleview c...
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A MORAL ISSUE – Freeholder Jose Munoz tried to get the freeholder board to pull advertising from a Spanish speaking newspaper.
Moral issue or political vendetta?
Munoz clashes with Rivera over pulling ad from newspaper

In a rare exchange of heated words with West New York Freeholder Jose Munoz, Freeholder Chairman Eliu Rivera said he would not allow a personal vendetta to influence which newspapers the Board of ...
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‘IN THAT MOMENT’ – Hoboken police officer Jonathan Butler (pictured above) stars in the one-act play, “In That Moment,” which is about a young African-American police officer involved in a homicide case. Butler co-authored the play with Ross London.
Soul searching ‘In That Moment’
Play tackles racial relations between officers and the communities they serve

Hoboken police officer Jonathan Butler and former Hoboken judge Ross London take on racial profiling and police abuse as co-authors of the one act play “In That Moment,” which has been performed i...
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SINGING ANTHEM – The Franklin School Chorus will sing the National Anthem at the opening of a New York Liberty game at Prudential Center in mid-May. This is the third year the chorus has been invited to perform. (See Brief)
NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS
Franklin School chorus to sing National Anthem The Franklin School Chorus is set to perform the national anthem at the opening of a New York Liberty game at the Prudential Center on Monday, M...
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MOURNED – Omar Monroig lost his life to a hit and run driver but his friends, family and coworkers are keeping his spirit and memory alive.
‘The Gentle Giant’
Friends and family remember Omar Monroig, as the search for the hit and run driver goes on

As Omar Monroig stepped into the intersection of 51st and Tonnelle Avenue on March 23, he didn’t know he was moments away from the end of a rich life, lived to the fullest. He had made plans wi...
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LAWSUIT – Mario Blanch filed a lawsuit after his OPRA requests led to a $42,000 bill sent to his client.
‘North Bergen has nothing to hide’
Attorney files lawsuit following $42,000 fee for public information requests

An ongoing battle between a local resident and his attorney against North Bergen township has reached a boiling point, following a contentious lawsuit over the resident’s request for public inform...
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