Bergen County News

A state Assembly committee on Thursday is considering a bill that would create a commission to study expanding casino gambling to East Rutherford.

Waldwick - The Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority on Tuesday, Dec. 3, approved its 2014 budget which calls for $13 million in expenditures, reflecting a rate increase of 1.2 percent but a 10.8 percent rate decrease from last year's original budget before it was amended.

The state Department of Education declined a grant application from the Ridgewood Board of Education to help fund an ambitious renovation to the high school library.

The Montclair Cares about School parents organization is sponsoring a workshop at which educators will walk parents through what other school districts in New Jersey are doing to implement the new Common Core State Standards.

Seven men have been indicted on charges that they took part in a large-scale marijuana distribution scheme that authorities said included North Bergen 's former municipal prosecutor.

A senior parole officer with the New Jersey state Parole Board was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing money from his union to pay for personal legal representation, authorities said.

CARLSTADT - The two court clerk administrators who were suspended in October for allegedly fixing court documents and traffic tickets were arrested and formally charged with falsifying and/or tampering with records, today, Dec. 11. Carlstadt Deputy Court Clerk Lori D'Amore, 38, and Carlstadt Court Administrator Joyce Rotondo, 69, both of Carlstadt ... (more)

Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan and County Republican Chairman Bob Yudin appear ready to hit the pause button on their long-running feud - at least for the next election cycle.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS - Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a PNC Bank at 45 Sylvan Ave. this afternoon.

The Borough of Park Ridge will file a complaint with the Superior Court in the next several days "in order to secure a determination as to the rights and responsibilities of all parties," with regard to the payment of fees for the "Police Department Consolidation Feasibility Study - Montvale , Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake ."

Greenberg Educational Group, Inc. has opened a satellite office in Short Hills to provide a convenient and central location for a growing clientele living in the Tri-State area.

With the measure approved, owners with homes assessed at the township's average of $344,000 will face a tax increase of $93 a year to support the work.

EMERSON - The borough attorney and a recently elected council member were arrested and charged with election fraud Monday, the latest chapter in an ongoing battle among Republicans that cast a shadow over this year's elections.

Joshua Meier, a 17-year-old senior at the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack , won third place and a $40,000 scholarship Tuesday in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.

Two officials in a northern New Jersey town have been charged with tampering with nominating petitions in a town council race.

Paramus, New Jersey facility offer laser therapy to stop smoking. Located in Bergen County, NJ.

A string of car burglaries in one Township of Washington neighborhood over the weekend has left police urging motorists to secure their vehicles to dissuade would-be thieves.

A Bergen County sheriff's officer has sued the freeholders, alleging that two Republican freeholders tried to stifle his freedom of speech by filing a "baseless" internal affairs complaint against him.

The Ridgewood Village Council last week formally took up discussion on the Schedler property, with public opinion split on recommendations for the future of the seven-acre site.

The long race for a state assembly seat in District 38 narrowed Monday as a recount of paper ballots in Bergen County trimmed a lead by Assemblyman Tim Eustace, D- Maywood , over his closest Republican challenger Rochelle Park Mayor Joseph Scarpa from 54 to 36 votes.