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
New Jersey gov looking into privatizing state jobs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie created a task force Thursday to look at ways to privatize state jobs to save money as he tries to find a plug for a projected $11 billion budget deficit for the 2011 fiscal year.Bergen Tech's May comes through in the clutch (The Record and Herald News) As a freshman at Bergen Tech last year, Taylor May played on the varsity team and received first team All League Honors, honorable mention All County, and Team MVP awards.
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.
Leonia chief, Bergen County officer, to vie for Sussex County sheriff post (The Record and Herald News) LEONIA — The borough police chief is looking for a new job: sheriff of Sussex County. Jay Ziegler, Leonia's police chief for the last six years, announced his decision to run for sheriff recently in the county he now calls home.
Northvale mayor won't seek new term; Dems pick freeholder ticket (The Record and Herald News) Northvale — Mayor John Hogan said he will not be running in this year’s mayoral election due to his candidacy for Bergen County Chosen Freeholder this fall.
Bergen prosecutor: Volunteer fire departments need more transparency on how donations are spent (The Record and Herald News) Bergen County’s volunteer fire departments need to be more forthcoming with the public about how their donations are spent, and should approach their bookkeeping with more vigilance and transparency, according to recommendations issued Tuesday by the county prosecutor’s office.
North Jersey afterschool programs facing shutdowns after funding freeze (The Record and Herald News) ENGLEWOOD — The Bergen Family Center is mounting an effort to keep its New Jersey After 3 program operating at Dr. John Grieco Elementary School after Governor Christie announced he would eliminate funding to more than 100 after-school enrichment programs statewide.
New Jersey team stays perfect with win at NJCAAs (The Daily Star) Top-seeded Bergen Community College remained undefeated this season with a 97-89 victory Thursday over Mountain View Community College in the first game of the NJCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament at SUNY Delhi.
Loretta Weinberg to speak at NJAWBO event (The Montclair Times) HASBROUCK HEIGHTS — The Bergen chapter of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) is holding its annual Power of 100 Women networking event for women business owners and area professionals Thursday, March 18 at the Holiday Inn, 283 Route 17 South in Hasbrouck Heights.
Virtual Jersey: Bergen County executive race heats up (The Record and Herald News) THE RECORD: This week I thought we’d focus on Bergen County, a place where there has been much change in political fortunes over the past few years from Democrats seeming to control everything to a bit of a freefall.