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08/24/2023

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/teaneck/2023/08/23/i-have-a-dream-anniversary-teaneck-nj-man-recalls-historic-speech/70578814007/

Longtime Teaneck resident Clifton Arrington was one of 250,000 who attended the March on Washington. He looks back with both hope and disappointment.

08/16/2023

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/2023/08/15/young-edgewater-resident-makes-your-high-end-look-brand-new/70546854007/

Edgewater 13-year-old Tyler P**n started with $4. He now has a flourishing business that will be featured at this week's Aspire conference.

06/14/2023

Two years after President Joe Biden signed the bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, and three years after Gov. Phil Murphy made it a state holiday, events will be held throughout North Jersey celebrating this important day in the African American community.

The national holiday for the end of slavery will be marked by silent walks, cemetery tours, concerts, fireworks and other celebrations across NJ.

05/03/2023

On April 26, the Children’s Choir of the Bergen-based Korean School of New Jersey performed twice during the official state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the country's first lady, Kim Keon-hee, where they met with President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.

The Children’s Choir of the Korean School of New Jersey sang for Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during last week's visit.

03/29/2023

The co-founder of a Teaneck organization and a Montclair preservation group are among the five honorees for next month's YWCA Northern New Jersey 2023 Racial Justice Awards.

The event on April 19 at the Montclair Art Museum will see the awards go to five recipients who, according to the YWCA, "demonstrate leadership by working to eliminate racism and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all."

The YWCA Northern New Jersey 2023 Racial Justice Awards will be given to five recipients at its annual event in April at the Montclair Art Museum.

11/08/2021

A three-candidate team who ran for the school board in the Bergen County town of Franklin Lakes, outside of New York City, finished as the top three in a four-person race. Kim Ansh, Kate D'Agostino and Scott Loia all ran on a platform that included opposing CRT, saying on their page that "teaching CRT leads our kids to associate themselves with a level of victimization which leads to weakness and entitlement."

School board elections in New Jersey, Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania became highly contested races due to critical race theory and culture wars.

10/27/2021

The 3rd Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Symposium is being held at New Milford High School today, which will feature participants from across New Jersey speaking on the subject. The event will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will be held virtually, livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube

The issue of domestic violence is being addressed in different ways by various people in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

08/11/2021

In Bergen County, there are several African American burial sites including the African-American Baptist Church Cemetery in Bergenfield, a grassy field on a suburban dead-end street where only a historical marker indicates that a burial site once existed.

Throughout New Jersey, there are sites both visible and obscure where African Americans were buried. Places that are shrines to ancestors long past.

06/11/2021

An examination by the How We Live team of the controversial biography of Adolf Hi**er written by fifth-grader at a Tenafly school from several aspects.

06/07/2021

Still looking for the shooter. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/teaneck/2021/06/06/teaneck-nj-shooting-englewood-man-dies-ammann-park/7577084002/

The Teaneck Police Department received a 911 call from the victim. He was taken to a hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead once there.

05/19/2021

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For movie lovers venturing back to the local cinema, here's the scoop on which theaters are gone, which are still here, and what changes you can expect.

Independent movie theaters in North Jersey are hoping for a second act as restrictions loosen and vaccines are available.

05/18/2021

A refurbished Jewish cemetery in Woodland Park was unveiled on Sunday, a few days after several headstones were turned over at nearby cemeteries.

05/17/2021

The Northern Valley Regional High School District board president is suing, saying defendants were aware statements were "false and defamatory."

05/11/2021

A New Milford athletic field has become a temporary home for a pair of killdeer birds while their offspring are being hatched.

05/10/2021

The Tenafly resident killed on Mother's Day after being struck by a car has been identified as 39-year-old Hong Li Chen.

05/09/2021

Several different locations in Tenafly with historic buildings will be highlighted with new historic markers that will be installed in coming weeks.

05/08/2021

Jordan Falco is remembered by loved ones as an accomplished musician, a jokester, and friend to the friendless a year after his tragic death.

05/07/2021

New Milford Woods, an 8.5-acre passive recreation area near the New Milford Swim Club, now has new trails carved out for visitors to enjoy.