Local News in Bergen County, New Jersey
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Allendale Alpine BergenfieldBogota Carlstadt Cliffside Park
Closter Cresskill Demarest
Dumont East Rutherford Edgewater
Elmwood PArk Emerson Englewd Clfs
Englewood Englewood Cliffs Fair Lawn
Fairview Fort Lee Franklin Lakes
Franklin Lks Garfield Glen Rock
Hackensack Harrington Park Hasbrouck Heights
Haworth Hillsdale Ho Ho Kus
Leonia Little Ferry Lodi
Lyndhurst Mahwah Maywood
Midland Park Montvale Moonachie
New Milford North Arlington Northvale
Norwood Oakland Old Tappan
Oradell Palisades Park Paramus
Park Ridge Ramsey Ridgefield
Ridgefield Park Ridgewood River Edge
River Vale Rivervale Rochelle Park
Rockleigh Rutherford Saddle Brook
Saddle River South Hackensack Teaneck
Tenafly Teterboro Township Of Washington
U Saddle Riv Upper Saddle River Waldwick
Wallington Washington Twps Westwood
Wood Ridge Woodcliff Lake Wyckoff
Christie Seeks To Repeal Bergen County Blue Laws (WCBS-TV New York)
Bergen County is the only county in New Jersey that forces most stores to stay shut each and every Sunday -- and Gov. Chris Christie wants to end it. He said he's got a compelling reason: He wants to close a massive budget gap.Christie Seeks To Repeal Bergen County Blue Laws (WCBS-TV New York) It's tough to fight city hall, and even tougher to fight a whole county, but that's just what New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is doing – and the place is Bergen County. The governor is proposing an end to Bergen County's blue laws, and there is plenty of local opposition.
Extreme makeover: The New Jersey edition (The Record and Herald News) Governor Christie and his box of tools begin to remodel New Jersey.
NORTH JERSEY: Storm damage in millions (Daily Journal) LITTLE FALLS — Officials are beginning to tally the damage caused by last weekend's storm that left parts of New Jersey flooded. A preliminary estimate released by Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney shows the storm caused an estimated $45.5 million in damage in the county.
New Jersey Towns Start Assessing Flood Damage (1010 WINS New York) Officials are beginning to tally the damage caused by last weekend's storm that left parts of New Jersey flooded.
Devastation In Bergen County After Savage Storm (WCBS-TV New York) In New Jersey, when it comes to power problems, Bergen County has been hit hardest by the big Nor'easter. Eighteen towns in the county alone were under a boil water advisory because of damage caused by the storm, and 61,000 customers were without power. Crews were still cleaning up the mess Saturday night's savage storm left behind. Fierce winds plowed over huge trees all over the county.
Bergen County Academies junior snags prize for anti-smoking rap song (The Record and Herald News) Augustina Mensa-Kwao, a junior at the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, has won $1,000 for an anti-smoking rap song and video she produced to keep teens away from cigarettes, the American Cancer Society announced.
Crews Continue Restoring Electricity in New Jersey (1010 WINS New York) Hundreds of people are still without electricity days after a weekend storm pounded New Jersey with heavy rain and high winds.
Guitar and Mandolin Society meets at BCA (The Record and Herald News) HACKENSACK — The New Jersey Guitar and Mandolin Society will hold its next guest performance/lecture Monday, March 22 in Room 5 at the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the performance takes place from 7 to 7:45 p.m.
New York man arrested for alleged extortion (The Record and Herald News) Township detectives, with the aid of officers from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the New York City Police Department, arrested Michael Vautrin, a 39-year-old man on Tuesday, March 9 at his Queens, N.Y. residence for attempted theft by extortion.