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Crash Jams Garden State Parkway In Bergen County
A crash caused heavy delays along the Garden State Parkway in Bergen County early Friday, June 14.The NJDOT site shows the accident happened on the northbound side at Exit 165 A-B at Ridgewood Avenue in Paramus.It happened right outside of the Paramus Park Mall at approximately 8:15 a.m., the NJDOT…
Monster buildings are ruining Jersey City; Repaving impinged on legal driveways | Letters
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Cedar Grove parents want more Pride Month support from town
Parents in Cedar Grove, N.J., are upset their elected officials are not doing more to show support during Pride Month. They said it was a battle just to fly Pride flags outside schools, and that this was a separate decision made by the Superintendent and Board of Education.
At low-scoring Paterson school, kids will leave early so teachers get more training
PATERSON — School 10 — among the worst academically in New Jersey — will give its students half days on Fridays starting in September so its teachers can get extra training. Cutting classroom time for children at the struggling school is designed to improve the lessons they...
Montclair Planning Board Approves Bellevue Theatre Renovation
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Planning Board met on June 10 in a meeting that took just a little over an hour in which they discussed and approved an application from the Sayegh family, the owners of the Bellevue Theatre on Bellevue Avenue, to not only renovate the movie theater and its screening rooms, but also to add three duplex apartments above the theater lobby and spaces for two retail businesses along the building’s eastern façade on Upper Montclair Plaza. The renovation of the theater, built in 1921, has been championed by so many Montclair residents that...
Op-Ed: We must preserve Jersey City’s Speer Cemetery for generations to come
In an editorial, Journal Square Community Association President Tom Zuppa explains why Jersey City’s Speer Cemetery must be preserved for generations to come. History judges a nation by how it cares for its dead. The Historic Speer Cemetery, located at 145 Vroom St., was established as a burial ground...
Underground pedestrian tunnel used by Clifton students for 80 years to get a lift, ramp
CLIFTON — Countless students have walked up and down the gray concrete steps on each side of Route 46 to access the underground pedestrian tunnel to cross the busy highway safely for the last 80 years. Most people, however, don't know it exists. It's easy to overlook the two...
Hasbrouck Heights BOE Approves New Superintendent
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education approved Dr. Jillian Torrento as the new Superintendent of Schools during the Thursday night meeting. She will replace Interim Superintendent Michael Polizzi, who was appointed in June 2023. The Board approved Torrento's three-year contract beginning July 1, 2024, running through June 30, 2027. Her salary will be $210,000 in 2024-2025; $214,200 in 2025-26; and $218,484 in the 2026-27 school year.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER She comes from the Elmwood Park School District where she has been the Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the...
Teaneck has named its next township manager
TEANECK — The township has hired as its new municipal manager Hackensack Deputy City Manager Jaclyn Hashmat. Hashmat will succeed Dean Kazinci, who announced in March that he would retire on July 1. Kazinci has been in the post for six years and with the municipality for 44. "We...
Peoria cheer and dance team to perform at Dance the World in NYC
PEORIA (25News Now) - A Peoria-based cheer and dance team is heading to the Big Apple this summer to perform at Dance the World in New York City. After submitting an audition video in April of last year, the Coach Bre Cottage Cheer & Dance Company was selected in June 2023. Disney took samples from an international field.
Construction for Traffic Lights at Watchung Plaza Begins
The intersection at Watchung Plaza, often called the most dangerous intersection in Montclair, is on its way to becoming safer. Construction workers were laying the electrical wires for the traffic lights on Wednesday. In April, the Essex County Board of County Commissioners approved the installation of two traffic signals. One will be at the intersection of Watchung Avenue and Park Street; the other at Watchung Plaza. There will also be roadway improvements to Watchung Avenue.
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