TOP LOCAL News
By CHIP ARMONAITIS
December 10, 2025
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights Council honored two girls softball teams at the November 25th meeting of Council. (Mayor Ron Kistner was excused from the meeting.)The first team honored was the Hasbrouck Heights Girls U10 Little League Tournament Champions. In the first year of the ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech cruised to a 7-0 win over Passaic on Tuesday afternoon in a Big North Liberty Division match. Bergen Tech was on fire, averaging 225.46 for 15 games over the match, with two bowlers breaking 700, and two others breaking 600.Evan Chin led the Knights with a 220-286-213- ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey highway drivers would be required to change lanes or slow down when approaching any stationary vehicle under a bill sponsored by Democratic Senators Paul Moriarty of Washington Township in Gloucester County and Raj Mukherji of Jersey City.Anyone found violating the law ...
TETERBORO, NJ – Bergen County Technical High School – Teterboro Campus is among the recipients of the 2025 New Jersey Blue Ribbon Schools Award. The school is one of only 11 New Jersey public and non-public schools – and the only county vocational-technical high school this year – to earn this ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights defeated Becton, 7-0, in a NJIC Meadowland match on Monday afternoon in North Arlington. It was the season opener in the league for both teams.William Munoz rolled a 667 series, including a 268 in the final game, to lead the Aviators. Cyril DeGuzman also ...
HACKENSACK, NJ — The Bergen250 initiative will host the finale of its 2025 Fall Series of Revolutionary War Roundtable presentations this week.On Wednesday, Dec. 10, Historian Robb Haberman will present a lecture titled “Surviving Through Community: Sgt. James Selkirk at the Morristown and Pompton ...
HACKENSACK, NJ — Through a joint operation with Hackensack Police, the FBI North Jersey Violent Crime Task Force and Passaic County Fugitive Warrant Squad, officers arrested a suspect wanted for a 2024 shooting incident. “The past few weeks have been busy for the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office as ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ — The Hasbrouck Heights PBA Local 102 will collect toys for the 37th annual P.B.A. Toy Drive during the 2025 holiday season.New unwrapped toys for children can be dropped in collection bins located at Police Headquarters at 248 Hamilton Avenue. Donations can be dropped off ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Wood-Ridge bowling will be looking to rebuild on the fly after last season's successful 13-9 season, with only one starter returning. Due to the rule change that now has all teams in the state bowling with five bowlers, there will be plenty of opportunities.“This season our team ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The NJSIAA made a major change this year to high school bowling, impacting both the regular season and playoffs. Unfortunately, as it often seems with these types of changes made by the state, it creates more problems than it solves. WHAT THEY DID: They mandated that for ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ — The College Board has recognized 21 students from Hasbrouck Heights High School through its prestigious AP Scholar Awards program. This recognition highlights students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement (AP) examinations and reflects their ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - Bergen Tech continued its busy opening weekend of the high school bowling season, as the Lady Knights girls team took second place at the Marisa Tufaro Classic at the Majestic Lanes in the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge. The boys team finished fourth.Kaitlyn Zens continued her ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech boys bowling team took home first place at the Tom Irwin Crusader Classic Friday at Bowler City in Hackensack. The Knights girls team finished second behind the Academy of Holy Angels.Kaitlyn Zens finished with the high-series (677) and second-highest game (247) of ...
GARFIELD, NJ – Leonia/Palisade Park swept Hasbrouck Heights/Garfield in a NJIC swim meet on Thursday afternoon at the Garfield YMCA in the season opener for both schools.The Leonia boys won by a score of 138-25, with the girls falling by a 120-42 score.Top performances on the day were the 200 ...
WOOD-RIDGE. NJ – The Wood-Ridge Council passed two ordinances and the consent agenda at the December 3rd meeting of the Wood-Ridge Mayor and Council in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building.BOND ORDINANCE 2025-18Bond Ordinance providing for improvements to buildings and properties, including ...
TRENTON, NJ — Motorists soon may risk $45 traffic fines – triggered by automated cameras – for parking or idling in bus lanes and bus stops. Penalties outlined in Bill A5612, which passed the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on Thursday, also would apply to drivers who clog ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The Hasbrouck Heights Mayor’s Committee on Community Celebrations will hold its annual Holiday Residential and Commercial Decorating Contest again this year.The preliminary round of judging will be held the weekend of Friday, December 12th through Sunday, December 14th. The ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen County Tech opened their 2025-26 season with a split against Big North Liberty rival Passaic County Tech on Thursday afternoon at Bowler City in Hackensack.The girls team won by a convincing 7-0 score to improve to 1-0, while Passaic County Tech fell to 2-1 with the loss. ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – With one of the top bowlers in Bergen County returning, the Hasbrouck Heights bowling team looks to continue to make a push at the NJIC Meadowlands Division title this season. The Aviators were 13-8 in the NJIC Meadowlands a season ago, and finished 16-13 overall.The ...
PARAMUS, NJ - If you're revving up for the holidays, Bergen County has quite the celebration for you beginning Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.The weekend festivities are just the beginning. There's more in store, straight through January 4, 2026. See the schedule below! Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Members of the Hasbrouck Heights Men's Association unloaded Christmas trees from Canada for their annual sale on Friday morning, at their new location in the Central Avenue parking lot, continuing the group's 30-plus year tradition.The Christmas tree sale officially began on ...
GARFIELD, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights/Garfield Swim team will be undergoing a rebuilding season, according to head coach Laura Mielke, as the team lost numerous seniors from last year’s squad.Mielke will try and build a few returning standouts from both the boys and girls teams, and hope that she ...
TETERBORO, NJ - If there was any school that was built for this year’s change in the bowling scoring rules, it was Bergen Tech. Over the past several years, the head coach has not only prepared his teams by improving their individual play, but their depth as well.The Knights were 21-4 a season ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ — The Hasbrouck Heights Babe Ruth League is offering a significant discount to those who sign up prior to December 31st. The cost of sign-up will be $100 per player if signed up prior to the deadline.Registration for those signing up after the deadline is $200 per player.
HACKENSACK, NJ — Courtesy of the Hackensack Police Department, check out these steps to prevent package theft:Have packages delivered to a secure location or Amazon Lockers and UPS Access PointsRequest signature confirmation or schedule deliveries for when you'll be homeInstall a doorbell ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Wood-Ridge Senior High School announced the Honor Roll for the first marking period of the 2025-2026 school year.Highest Honors - 12 Castillo, MardauxChughtai, Nayab*Dunn, ConnorHayes, EricKarabinos,BriannaMatavelli, JoaoMatejko, NicholasRaymond, SamanthaRodriguez, NinaSchweizer, ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Wood-Ridge Junior High School announced the Honor Roll students for the first marking period of the 2025–26 school year.High Honors – 8th Grade Baker, AvaBazzarelli, SoniaBrozek, OliviaBuonomo, ChristopherCarey, BobbyCata, JasonChon, SebastianFoshay, CharlesHamid, LunaHanna, ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Nine students were honored for perfect standardized test scores during the recent Wood-Ridge Board of Education meetings.The students received perfect scores on the New Jersey State Learning Assessment and New Jersey Graduation Profiency Assessment. They were recognized during the ...
PARAMUS, NJ – Three Hasbrouck Heights and two Wood-Ridge players were named to the All-Bergen County Football Team, as selected by the Bergen County Coaches Association.Hasbrouck Heights senior quarterback Nico Nipitella, senior running back Michael Napolitano and senior defensive back Brady Shine ...
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Floating through the Lincoln Tunnel and into Manhattan were 32 larger-than-life balloons.Getting them to the 99th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade early Thursday morning were the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the County Police Motorcycle Association.The Office said that 100 ...