Bergen County News

State officials said the number of reported bullying incidents dropped in New Jersey schools last year, thanks to prevention programs and educators' clearer understanding of what should be considered bullying.

By Jim Leggate Officials from the New Jersey Department of Education released Thursday the 2012-13 school year Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse in the Schools Report .

Eighty-five years ago, Community Bank of Bergen County, NJ opened its doors to customers in a small storefront in Rochelle Park .

HACKENSACK - A couple from Edgewater pleaded not guilty to helping assault and rob the owner of their luxury apartment building of last month - and their lawyers claim they are the victims of a setup.

The civil suit filed in Superior Court in Bergen County on Friday by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission names Coniglio and his campaign treasurers, and seeks repayment of the funds, as well as civil penalties.

Colleen Tronlone fills out the paperwork before submitting a sample to test for a bone marrow match.

FORT LEE - The 17th season of "Dancing With the Stars" recently ended for the show's professional dancers, including Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Tony Dovolani - but it was right back to the ballroom for the pair Wednesday night.

The North Jersey Chorus will present "Sights and Sounds of the Holidays" featuring violin soloist Dr. Tamara Freeman on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. at Van Riper Ellis Broadway Baptist Church, corner of Morlot Avenue and River Road, in Fair Lawn .

We'll excuse you if you don't have your own FM radio station and dancing Christmas characters to go with this year's holiday decorations.

Some called the Nobel Peace Prize laureate their hero, while others said they couldn't fathom a world without Mandela, the first black to ever be elected President of South Africa after long years in imprisonment.

In 2006, Daniel Gatson was convicted of stealing jewelry, cars and electronics from the Englewood Cliffs home of former Knicks star Patrick Ewing.

Gov. Chris Christie speaking during a news briefing at the Republican Governors Association 2013 annual conference as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley looks on.

New Jersey officials Wednesday announced more than $141 million in state funds would be going to 208 construction projects at schools across Bergen County.

New Jersey's high school graduation rate inched up to 87.5 percent last spring, up one percentage point from the year before, state data showed Wednesday.

The Christmas shopping season got off to a much more leisurely start when I was a boy growing up in Bergen County in the days before World War II.

About 120 people gathered at Van Saun Park in Paramus on Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of recent victims of apparent domestic violence.

Students in professor John Buzza's entrepreneurship class are partnering with energy-efficient lighting manufacturer Green-RG to help launch the Bergen County company's products in the New Jersey marketplace.

Four Elizabeth men have been charged by Mahwah detectives with beating and robbing a service station courier of $60,000 in cash in Bergen County.

Fort Lee police will receive a $4,400 grant to crack down on drunk driving through the holiday season, state officials announced Wednesday.

ROCHELLE PARK - Police are working to identify the body of a woman who was found off of Route 17 this morning.