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Hackensack Seeks Volunteers For Board Positions Hackensack Seeks Volunteers For Board Positions
Hackensack Seeks Volunteers For Board Positions HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack is seeking citizen members for several city boards and committees: 5 -- members to the Access to All committee 7 -- Environmental Commission 2 -- Alternate members to the Planning Board 2 -- Recreation Board 7 -- Rent Stabilization Board To apply, fill out the application form and return to: Clerk's Office, 65 Central Avenue, Third Floor. Email: dkarlsson@hackensack.org For application form, CLICK HERE.
Wood-Ridge Radio Station Plays Oldies, But Goodies Wood-Ridge Radio Station Plays Oldies, But Goodies
Wood-Ridge Radio Station Plays Oldies, But Goodies WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- From a studio in his home, a Wood-Ridge webmaster plays oldies, country, 70s-90s pop, and Christian music every Sunday helped by a buddy and an engineer, and looking for some underwriters. The station is WSBP-LP, at 94.3 on the FM dial. Rich Domanski “does it for the love of radio,” and wants to offer an experience like the radio of pre-1950. Domanski created the station himself, and he says Superstorm Sandy is what made him do it.  “When those communications went out, I realized there was a real need for local radio,” said Domanski, who was without heat and power for 1…
82nd Birthday for Bischoffs', Teaneck's Classic Ice Cream Eatery 82nd Birthday for Bischoffs', Teaneck's Classic Ice Cream Eatery
82nd Birthday for Bischoffs', Teaneck's Classic Ice Cream Eatery TEANECK, N.J. -- Happy birthday to Bischoffs! The bright and cheery store on Cedar Lane in Teaneck turned 90 last Thursday, Feb. 11. That’s when Anita Mather’s grandfather, Albert Bischoff, opened a small ice cream shop in New York. A few years later he moved to Ridgefield Park, and when the space on Cedar Lane opened in 1934 he welcomed the opportunity to have a larger store on a busy pedestrian street. Anita runs the store now with her partner, Richard Zanetto, who started working there when he was in high school and became a formal part of the business 40 years ago. Anita’s son is now …
Bergenfield Roy W. Brown Student Earns Perfect Score In National Challenge Bergenfield Roy W. Brown Student Earns Perfect Score In National Challenge
Bergenfield Roy W. Brown Student Earns Perfect Score In National Challenge BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Roy W. Brown Middle School seventh grader Amal Yazeji received a perfect score of 20 in the first of three meets for this year’s WordMaster Challenge, the national vocabulary competition. Other students who got outstanding results in the first meet are Justin Fernandez nd Keno Luga, who got 19. The Brown School students were coached for the WordMasters Challenge by seventh grade Language Arts Teacher Gerry Pehush. Only 33 seventh graders nationwide achieve a perfect score of 20. WordMasters Challenge is an academic exercise that encourages students to become famili…
Dumont Seminar Focuses Reducing Climate Change Dumont Seminar Focuses Reducing Climate Change
Dumont Seminar Focuses Reducing Climate Change DUMONT, N.J. -- The Dumont Shade Tree Commission is sponsoring a seminar Monday, March 7 to demonstrate how local communities and individuals can have an effect against climate change. Dr. Tineke Thio, Ph.D. is a science and technology consultant and the founder of Princeton Climate Change, and according to a statement from the commission, will “deliver her lecture on the topic of global thinking / local action. Her lecture series is titled Building Resilience in a Warming World." Topics include options for cutting our carbon footprints in areas such as home maintenance, transportation…
New Jersey Names Hackensack 'Transit Village' New Jersey Names Hackensack 'Transit Village'
New Jersey Names Hackensack 'Transit Village' HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack has been designated a Transit Village by the state of New Jersey. Notification of the designation, which means Hackensack will receive a priority for state funding of planning and transportation initiatives, also means there is a relationship and partnership with the state to achieve the city’s overall redevelopment goals of a transit village, mixed use, pedestrian friendly downtown, City Planner Fran Reiner said. The information was released by Albert Dib, city historian and information specialist, and confirmed by Reiner, who is Hackensack’s chief planner, f…
Teaneck Council Discusses Health Payments Teaneck Council Discusses Health Payments
Teaneck Council Discusses Health Payments TEANECK, N.J. -- A contentious discussion at Tuesday night's Teaneck council meeting regarding the controversial but ongoing practice of paying employees and officials for "health care waivers" was not heard by Mayor Lizette Parker, who is one of the recipients of the money. "I have recused myself from any comment on the health care waivers,” the mayor told Daily Voice Wednesday evening by phone. Parker has been off on bereavement leave but has been present at some social functions. The waivers are authorized under state law but prohibited by a Teaneck ordinance that was writ…
Hasbrouck Heights Little Gym Has President's Day Kids' Camp Hasbrouck Heights Little Gym Has President's Day Kids' Camp
Hasbrouck Heights Little Gym Has President's Day Kids' Camp HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- The Little Gym of Hasbrouck Heights is having a “Citizen Kids” day camp on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 15, for children 3 - 8 years old. The camp is from 9 a.m. to noon at the Gym, 5 Route 17 South. Children at camp must be “bathroom independent.” Call (201) 288-5556 to reserve a spot, or for info CLICK HERE.
Ridgefield Park Gears Up For Election With Petition Signing Ridgefield Park Gears Up For Election With Petition Signing
Ridgefield Park Gears Up For Election With Petition Signing RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- The incumbent team of Ridgefield Park Mayor and Council is having a nominating petition signing in the Civic Center this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. All five seats in the village with Commissioner form of government are up this year, explained Mayor George D. Fosdick, who has been a member of the governing body since 1984 and mayor since 1992.  In addition to the mayor, the four commissioners currently are John H. Anlian, Margaret R. Boyd, Adam MacNeill, and Hugh R. Poli. However, there may be opposition. Five additional petitions have been taken out by one person, V…
Bergenfield Senior Accepted To Gannon University For Acrobatics Bergenfield Senior Accepted To Gannon University For Acrobatics
Bergenfield Senior Accepted To Gannon University For Acrobatics BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Bergenfield senior who has been spending time in the gym for 11 years and still kept top-notch grades has been accepted to Gannon University in Erie, Penn. as a member of the Acrobatics and Tumbling Team. Brittney McNiff will be getting both an athletic scholarship and an academic scholarship to the university that her mother, Christine McNiff, said “is one of the top four schools in acrobatics and tumbling, and one of the top 100 universities, in the country.” McNiff has been “a full time gymnast, and a full time student,” McNiff said. “She was a competitive gymnast …
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