Bergen County Historic Preservation awards And the winners are…
Here are the winners of the 2013 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards: Youth Preservation Project · Girl Scout Troop 4126 Silver Award Project: “THE GHOSTS OF ALLENDALE” DVD (For their DVD based...
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Fire Departments get swift water rescue suits
Firefighters in swift water rescue suits evacuate Little Ferry residents after Superstorm Sandy. Record file photo. Firefighters from 11 Bergen County Departments will pickup 25 new swift water rescue...
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Scenes from the swift water rescue suit story
Here are some images from the story I did Thursday on 11 local fire departments getting swift water rescue suits from the county through a $40,000 federal Homeland Security grant. Westwood firefighters...
View ArticleWhere to vote in Bergen County tomorrow
Here, courtesy of the Bergen County Board of Elections, is a complete list of polling places in all 70 towns for Wednesday’s special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Sen....
View ArticleCounty seeks domestic violence volunteers
Bergen County is seeking volunteers to serve on a Domestic Violence Crisis Response team. Trained volunteers become part of regional teams that respond to local police stations to help victims of...
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How Bergen County remembers 9/11
An exhibit on display this month in the first floor lobby of the Bergen County Administration Building in Hackensack shows the variety of ways in which towns have created memorials for the victims of...
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When black Friday becomes gray Thursday
Downtown Ridgewood. Record file photo by Marko Georgiev.Here’s something I did not know until talking with my colleague Joan Verdon today on Record Talk Radio. Did you know that the peak hour for...
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‘My County’ poster winners announced
Bergen County Clerk John Hogan has announced the winners of the “My County Poster” contest. There were 300 entries submitted from fourth graders throughout the county. Twenty posters were chosen,...
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Bergen County to honor 10 historic preservation projects
The Varick Memorial AME Zion Church in Hackensack, one of the winners in this year’s Bergen County Historic Preservation awards Bergen County will honor the people behind 10 historic preservation...
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Nine things to know in Bergen Co. this week
Bergen County Administration Building in Hackensack. Record file photo.A fairly busy week ahead on the Bergen County beat with a several interesting primary battles providing most of the action. Here...
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Recent grad sworn in a BCC trustee
Lorraine Derwin, a recent graduate of Bergen Community College, was sworn in Tuesday as the newest member of the college’s board of trustees. Derwin, a graduate of the class of 2015 and a Westwood...
View ArticleScenes from a memorial fund-raiser
Here are some scenes from the memorial fund-raiser Wednesday for the family of Bergen County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Brian C. Beutel that go with my story in today’s Record. In this clip, Marcello...
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Fourteen things to know in Bergen County this week (expanded edition)
Bergen County Courthouse. Phote by John Ensslin.Plenty happening this week on the Bergen County beat as debate season continues and a luncheon talk by former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman is...
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