Community News (NJMG)

10/23/2020

The bitter rivals will square off on Saturday.

Town leaders have started trash talking, with the mayor and deputy mayor from each town appearing a video that's making the rounds on social media.

08/22/2020

Just weeks before kids were set to return to school, the district made the change from hybrid to remote.

Hasbrouck Heights schools, after months of planning, have scrapped its hybrid reopening plan in favor of remote learning to begin the year.

07/21/2020

Longtime Elmwood Park recreation director is leaving for a job in Maywood. She is also on the council in North Haledon.

Donna Puglisi has worked in Elmwood Park as the recreation director for nearly a dozen years and has served on the council in North Haledon since 1999.

05/19/2020

RIP David Pinto

"This lousy virus just hurts people so much. It's sad and it's not fair," Tomko said. "He was a good person that has given back so much to this town. If you ask anyone in town about Dave Pinto, they would say he's the sweetest guy in the world."

David Pinto was honored when the Wallington Fire Department went to Hackensack hospital to es**rt his remains to the Warner Wozniak Funeral Home.

05/14/2020

Twice a week they get up and get moving.

Reminiscent of coronavirus scenes from Europe, older city residents step out on their Belmont Gardens apartment balconies to dance, move and exercise.

03/16/2020

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02/20/2020

The clerk and then-mayor returned to borough hall hours after a council meeting.

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Former Mayor Daniel Golabek and Borough Clerk Erin Delaney entered Borough Hall at about 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 13 and stayed nearly an hour.

02/20/2020

The district is in line for potentially two new schools.

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The district cannot "reasonably accommodate" 820 students, or 19% of its total student body, and is using trailers and basement classrooms.

02/20/2020

Thanks to these students, a Maywood K9 is more prepared for his job.

Garfield High School's Friends of the Animals club spent a year raising $950 for Ryker's vest through bake sales, pizza sales and other events.

02/15/2020

The state restricts employment to one year after leaving the governing body.

The state's Local Government Ethics Law requires a waiting period of 12 months for municipal officials and six months for school board members.

02/10/2020

Organizers expect to return in 2021.

The popular Garfield summer event has been around for at least 20 years. It features homemade Italian food and desserts, carnival rides and vendors.

02/06/2020

A fired Lodi teacher who served 11 months in prison appealed his disqualification to teach.

Ettz was sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 and fired in 2018. Ettz had been Lodi High School's supervisor of mathematics and a track coach.

02/03/2020

The referendum had originally been approved in November.

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The multimillion-dollar overhaul of the high school facility would have included an Olympic-size track, a soccer field and turf sports fields.

02/03/2020

Police need your help.

“Nothing else was reportedly taken from the home, and it would appear the puppy was targeted," police said.

02/02/2020

Production resumed a year after a massive blaze in frigid temperatures leveled nearly the entire plant.

Company officials are set to announce an official restart of operations in Elmwood Park, saying "the Marcal story will have another chapter."

02/02/2020

A hometown hero, on and off the gridiron, is going to be competing on the game's biggest stage tonight.

02/01/2020

Albanese received notice earlier this year that he would be suspended without pay.

The charges included neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming and crimes/offenses involving moral turpitude.

02/01/2020

Local and state officials were on hand to celebrate the beginning of paper production at the plant.

Marcal is making paper, almost a year to the day after a 10-alarm blaze leveled much of the plant and toppled the iconic Marcal sign over Route 80.