Carlstadt News

Kicking off the month of July with a fresh start, members of the Becton Regional Board of Education voted last night, July 1, to hire Paul J. Saxton as their new interim superintendent.

President Obama touted the work of Carlstadt-based Hycrete Inc. Thursday for developing a waterproofing concrete additive that can mean that bridges, roads and buildings can last 20 or 30 years longer.

Printing firm implements EFI system in a record six weeks. -- Graphic Arts Online, 6/29/2009 9:24:00 AM Unimac Graphics, Carlstadt, NJ, replaced its management information system with an EFI Monarch Foundation in a record six weeks.

WALDWICK a ' Midland Park's court administrator will start pulling double duty next week when she begins serving Waldwick's Municipal Court, too.

WE HAVE officially crossed into summer, when thoughts wander to leisurely meals consumed outdoors.

Borough and school officials have named a new park in honor of Mattie J. T. Stepanek, a 13-year-old quadriplegic whose poems and writings inspired millions before he died five years ago.

Jason J. Armas, 27, of Nutley, was arrested Monday, June 8 at 1:11 a.m. for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drugs in a car, failure to maintain lane, careless driving and failure to wear a seatbelt, following a motor vehicle stop on Route 3 West.

Dictionary.com describes a volunteer as "a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking; a person who performs a service willingly and without pay." As the state budget eases closer to becoming reality, local emergency medical technicians may feel one of the harshest cuts from the financial scalpel.

Amid a budget storm that at one point had a 22-percent hike in municipal taxes on the table, the Carlstadt Mayor and Council unanimously voted at their June 4 caucus meeting to extend the police department's contract another four years.

The Carlstadt Mayor and Council have seen the light and are planning on brightening up the borough, while reducing its carbon footprint on the environment.

Greater numbers of younger patients are turning to joint replacements, or arthroplasty, to ease their pain.

The recent indictment of Carlstadt Mayor William Roseman and his ex-wife over accusations of stealing health benefits from the borough raises some important questions that the residents of South Bergen County need to have answered.

Blood work results show that 40-year-old Raymond Ippolito, of Carlstadt, was under the influence of drugs after running over a East Rutherford police sergeant in April, Carlstadt Police Detective John Cleary said.

Carlstadt is the latest local town to enact a worker furlough plan that officials say by the end of the year will save the borough approximately $400,000 in salaries.

Borough employees in Carlstadt will be furloughed, in an effort to save money for the cash-strapped municipality.

In a tough economy, the universal battle cry is, "Do more with less!" We're all looking for new ways to squeeze a few more dollars, or a few more hours, from our operations while also delighting customers with ever-better service.

Dina Manzo of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" On this week's episode, Danielle got to show off her "professional" dancing skills when all the wives got together for some ballroom classes.

East Rutherford is currently experiencing - or enduring, depending on who is speaking - a property revaluation process.

Crime doesn't pay but does it smell good? Two employees of Carlstadt-based Gale Network Company were arrested after a global tracking device allegedly linked them to the theft of more than $11,000 worth of perfume and cologne.

Defendants slapped with a fine in one town increasingly may find themselves pleading their cases in another as Bergen County municipal courts discuss potential sharing and mergers with increasing intensity.