Combating sewage overflow
Hudson County's sewage authorities are collaborating with towns on an initiative called “Clean Waterways, Healthy Neighborhoods.” The project is in the planning stages to reduce the amount of Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) resulting from...
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38th and 40th Streets are now one way
The North Bergen Police Department and the township DPW changed 38th and 40th streets from two way to one way on March 15. Thirty-eighth Street will be...
Paving a path to citizenship
The North Bergen Public Library offers free courses to help local permanent residents prepare for their U.S. citizenship tests. They must pass the test to achieve full citizenship status.
The library is one of a...
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North Bergen proclaims March Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
The Township of North Bergen issued a proclamation that March will be recognized as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Robert Ceragno, a resident and owner of Eye Contact...
13 artists explore the human condition
The Guttenberg Arts Gallery is presenting an exhibit called “The Human Condition,” featuring the works of 13 area print makers who have a shared history producing an arts publication called Carrier Pigeon: Illustrated Fiction...
Onward and upward in North Bergen
North Bergen Township recently held a police promotion ceremony in which one officer was promoted to lieutenant, and two to sergeant. Lieutenant John Stahl, and Sergeants Joseph Gorrin and Thomas Yfantis were handed their...
Grim outlook for Hudson rail shutdown
Commuters and homeowners in the New York metropolitan area are facing the possibility of a preventable crisis, according to the Regional Plan Association (RPA), a nonprofit planning organization that operates in the New York...
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Four North Bergen T.A.P.S. meetings scheduled for March
The North Bergen Police Department is hosting four community meetings in March to get to know local residents. The meetings are held at various locations throughout the...
Competitors meet on eSports battleground
Players in competitive gaming leagues, dubbed eSports, have found a new proving ground in North Bergen.
On Feb. 23, three simultaneous tournaments were held at the newly established Helix eSports Center in town. Dozens of...
Driver sought in fatal hit-and-run in North Bergen
On March 4, an arrest warrant was issued for 49-year-old Paterson resident Monica D. Ippolito for her alleged role in the fatal hit-and-run collision which occurred on Feb. 18 at approximately 8:15 p.m. in...