Proving that no matter how small a municipality is, it can still make a difference - Carlstadt received the second highest recycling grant in Bergen County for 2007.

Captain Bill Sheehan, of the Hackensack Riverkeeper, and Bergen County Sheriff Leo P. McGuire are teaming up to toss the trash out of the Garden State with a new campaign coined "Clean Streets = Clean Water: Bergen County Litter Marshal Program." "We both had the same passion to help keep the water clean," McGuire said of their joint efforts.

Editor's note: The following is the second article in a three-part series on municipal salaries.

At least one member of the Becton Regional School Board has openly called for endorsing withdrawal from the New Jersey School Boards Association.

A simple question: What is litter? To Hackensack Riverkeeper Capt. Bill Sheehan and Bergen County Sheriff Leo P. McGuire, the answer is also simple.

Taos in East Rutherford, an Asian fusion restaurant and bar, is already fully booked with holiday parties this year a ' more than the restaurant booked last year.

A 56-year-old Carlstadt man was indicted Friday, Nov. 13, for allegedly stealing $128,000 from a cosmetology school in Fort Lee, where he was an employee, according to state Attorney General Anne Milgram.

Share + Nov 15, 2009 1:08 pm US/Eastern TRENTON Theft charges have been filed against a northern New Jersey man who allegedly stole more than $128,000 from the cosmetology school where he worked.

A state grand jury indicted a Carlstadt man Friday on a charge of second-degree theft by deception for misusing $128,209 from a Fort Lee cosmetology school where he worked, the state Attorney General's Office said.

The Hackensack Riverkeeper and the Bergen County Sheriff's office want the public to rat out people they see littering.

The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission recently passed a resolution stating that no more assistance related to the EnCap project will be given to Rutherford or North Arlington.

Supporting the independence of seniors results in a healthier community. Seniors remain linked to their family, friends, health professionals, and local businesses when they have the choice to remain in their own homes.

The world knew Mattie Stepanek as a symbol of hope and peace, a best-selling author and advocate who courageously fought a rare form of muscular dystrophy before succumbing to the disease five years ago at age 13.

On Sept. 28, Roberto Perez, 54, of Carlstadt, was observed by Police Officer Laura Paul who alleges that he was driving in an erratic manner on Union Valley Road.

As "maintenance-free" claims from processors and sellers of extruded WPC building profiles have turned to promises of "low maintenance," demand may soon grow for products such as this one, designed to protect the appearance and surface aesthetics of composite wood decking.

Responsibility for unifying the curriculum between Henry P. Becton Regional High School and its two sending districts rests chiefly with a veteran Georgia educator, whose husband's job transfer to the New York area ultimately landed her in the right place at the right time.

Two newcomers are trying to unseat two incumbents on the all-GOP Borough Council, raising issues about rising taxes, dwindling business tax revenue and the continuous one-party political system.

The East Rutherford school district and Becton Regional High School are facing at least a 25-percent increase in health insurance premiums on Jan.

Allegedly speeding off in a stolen car and leading police in a foot pursuit, has landed an East Rutherford man and his accomplice behind bars.

Advanced Polymer, Inc., Carlstadt, NJ, has introduced API-221F, a one component, water-based polymer/oligomer dispersion designed to protect the appearance and surface aesthetics of composite wood decking.