Bergen County News

The 22-year-old grandson of a Fairview veteran - who was robbed and beaten over the head with a pan - testified Wednesday against his friend who is charged in the attack.

As a follow-up her critically-acclaimed debut novel The Colony that was published in 2012, Mahwah author AJ Colucci is returning to science fiction for her second book, being released nationwide this month.

Four teenagers charged in the high school senior prank appeared before a municipal court judge on Wednesday and some of them asked to have their cases put on hold pending a review of the evidence.

Carlos Marroquin, 52, of Los Angeles, was convicted by a Bergen County jury Tuesday of drug and money-laundering charges for his role in a transcontinental drug ring linked to Metuchen and Hackensack, state authorities said today.

The former Ridgewood official who confessed in March to stealing $460,000 in loose parking meter quarters from a storage room inside Village Hall is to be sentenced this afternoon.

Pilings are being driven into place at the site of the new Bergen County complex that will include the justice center.

Hudson County officials are looking into whether the recent arrest of the owner a Jersey City auto body shop in a gambling ring probe should have an impact on whether his company can continue to be a county contractor, officials said today.

To meet its mission of delivering nutritious fruits and vegetables to the hungry, the Center For Food Action in Englewood has found a seemingly simple solution: grow them in its backyard.

The borough is hopeful construction will begin on its first affordable housing facility for seniors in the spring of 2015.

For years, it's been known as one of the finest Italian restaurants in all of Bergen County.

The acquisition project's funds include the largest municipal acquisition grant for flooding - $1.4 million - that the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund has ever approved.

US Senator Robert Menendez has moved to Bergen County. According to an nj.com report, Menendez recently left his longtime home in Hudson County to move to Paramus .

Volunteers from the Association of Government Accountants traveled from locations across the country to join Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County in Little Ferry for four days.

Four of the five members of Fancy Reagan , the band that recently won VH1's reality show Make a Band Famous , are from Bergen County.

LEONIA - A 16-year-old girl escaped the clutches of a Leonia man who sexually assaulted her in his vehicle on Thursday, prosecutors said Monday.

Freeholder James Tedesco, who is running for Bergen County Executive, talked about his economic plan at 35 Plaza in Paramus on Monday.

"Our Online Mortgage Center is a win-win for everyone," said Peter A. Michelotti, President and CEO, CBBC.

A pair of Hudson County municipalities are receiving some long-awaited relief from a regional tax sharing program they have been funding for over 40 years.

A state bill to ease restrictions on cleaning streams, such as Musquapsink Brook in Westwood, has been stalled for six years.

The Modern, background, a luxury glass tower in Fort Lee, will have 450 rental units.