EMERSON, N.J.—A “historic moment” occurred Jan. 2 in Emerson—both for the borough and the role of women in local government. On Jan. 2, Mayor Danielle DiPaola swore in Republicans Nicole […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Notorious New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, 73, who is serving more than 200 years in prison, has confessed to three cold-case slayings of local teenage girls from […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—Nearly three-and-a-half years after initiating efforts for a first-ever parks master plan with much fanfare at Overpeck County Park, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco watched Dec. 18, 2019, […]
NEW JERSEY—Worried about increasing numbers of children not being vaccinated every year—plus increasing numbers of measles cases—two state senators sponsoring a bill to eliminate religious exemptions and tighten medical exemptions […]
NEW JERSEY—While legislators approved a public question for November 2020 to let New Jersey voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana, the debate begins anew over legal pot’s potential impacts—from […]
BERGEN COUNTY—Our current weather forecast would have seemed downright balmy to those who lived through early January 1904. The new year kicked off with a snowstorm in conjunction with a […]
NEW JERSEY—Following several years of wrangling over ways to improve the state’s open public records law—which enables citizens to access government records within seven days of request—an organization representing municipal […]
CLOSTER, N.J.—Residents answered a call by local police and emergency officials to donate this year—and the result was toys piled waist-high inside the Closter Hook and Ladder Co. firehouse on […]
EMERSON, N.J.—German-born Daniel and Christina Heck first moved to Kinderkamack, later renamed Emerson, in 1869 and bought the land consisting of an old house, barn, outbuildings and 63 acres of […]
EMERSON, N.J.—The Borough Council voted on Dec. 17 to approve lease condemnation for the embattled Cork & Keg liquor store on Kinderkamack Road, which is at ground zero of the […]
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