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RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE – The 28th Street Park’s jungle gym has been moved to the park’s entrance.
More places to have fun
Township makes sure activities reach downtown residents

In order to make sure the township’s downtown residents are as well served as those uptown, North Bergen has been busing youth to football practice and games, upgrading older neighborhood parks, ...
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HERE TO HELP YOU – Township Administrator Christopher Pianese addresses the crowd of business owners and representatives.
25 business owners meet in Town Hall
Township wants to boost biz district after loss of state funds

Mayor Nicholas Sacco and township officials welcomed more than 25 local business owners and representatives to Town Hall on May 16 for North Bergen's first ever Business Outreach Forum. Township A...
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TEACHING CONFIDENCE – Araceli Galvis (left) and Carline Rimpel (right), facilitators for the New Jersey Child Assault Prevention Project, employ puppets to instruct a room of 3-year-olds at the Early Childhood Education Center in West New York.
No bullying for 3- and 4-year-olds
Program gives children confidence

More than 190 3- and 4-year-olds in North Bergen, West New York, and Kearny learned how to deal with bullying and abuse in a program run over the last three months. “We were looking for a group or...
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OUT IN THE STREET – A North Bergen Department of Public Works crew repairs a pothole on 27th Street, between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Grand Street, last week.
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Student art show this Wednesday Kennedy School is hosting its first ever Student Art Show on Wednesday, May 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. More than 500 pieces of student art will be showcased and will be...
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LISTENING INTENTLY – More than 70 township residents listen for the lucky numbers they hope will lead them to “Bingo.”
Beating cancer with bingo
Seniors come in rain, snow, sleet to local games

0-67! N-45! 0-53! G57! I-30! North Bergen resident Josephine Baird listened closely to the ball numbers being called out as she hovered over the eight bingo boards in front of her, deftly placing ...
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Right now, cities from New York to Secaucus are lobbying and jockeying to line up funding and other support for their Super Bowl-related activities.
Super Bowl prep
As preliminary plans come together, local towns search for funding, profits

With the weather heating up, baseball in full swing, and the NBA playoffs ongoing, it may not seem like time to think about 2013-2014 football season. But with MetLife Stadium playing host to Supe...
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When getting it first isn’t necessarily best
Six months after Hoboken man was misidentified as Newtown shooter – what was learned?

As details about the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., began to emerge on Friday, Dec. 14, the name Ryan Lanza started circulating on CNN an...
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HAPPY TURTLES – These turtles look happy to be, er, playing at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus. A group of Bergen County residents was enjoying nature recently when they caught these photos of an elaborate ritual (see briefs). Elaine Raine of Clifton snapped this particular photo. Have nice local photos? Send to editorial@hudsonreporter.com up to three photos attached as .jpgs to each email.
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Save the Date for North Bergen Seniors Picnic Mayor Nicholas Sacco asks township seniors to save the date for the Annual Senior Citizen Picnic to be held on Wed., Sept. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:3...
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Bite is worse than bark
Free vaccinations for pets on May 15 in NB, Guttenberg

If you are bitten by an animal with rabies and don’t get treated quickly, the disease is likely to be fatal. Same goes for your household pets. North Bergen and Guttenberg will provide free rabie...
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WITHIN THESE WALLS … This space on Kennedy Boulevard will be the site of the township’s first downtown library.
Downtown residents to get library branch
Commissioners also pass $84.2M budget

Come mid-summer, residents of downtown North Bergen will be web surfing and enjoying movies in their own library branch for the first time ever, thanks to an ordinance passed at Wednesday’s townsh...
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FACING THE MUSIC – County Executive Tom DeGise introduced the county budget, saying some towns will get hit harder than others.
Will your taxes rise?
Secaucus, Weehawken, Hoboken will suffer most from new $304M county budget

Your property taxes are made up of city taxes, school taxes, and county taxes – the last of which will depend on a $304 million budget that was introduced by the county freeholders last week. This...
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WELL DESERVED -- Margot Harris of North Bergen received a special award for her years of volunteer service at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen. See briefs.
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Free community health fair The Dvine Konektion Community Development Corporation is offering a free Community Fair on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5516 Jefferson St. in West New Y...
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