Hawthorne News

In densely populated North Jersey, where terms such as development, redevelopment and overdevelopment commonly overlap or become entangled in political intrigue if not environmental mismanagement, the concepts of smart growth and reuse are too often shoved aside in the name of practicality.

For now, it's a rock quarry. By 2013, it could be a gold mine - or a pit of troubles, depending on who's doing the predicting.

Hawthorne police are seeking two men suspected of robbing a borough woman on June 1. One of the men, depicted in the drawing, had a large diamond stud in his left ear and wore a black baseball hat with a studded cross and studded accents.

The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps came in first, with a score of 76.438 out of 100 points, in the Sixth Annual Cabs Beach Party on Saturday in Wildwood, N.J. It was the corps' 40th consecutive win since 2005.

Borough officials are completing contract talks with municipal workers and say they're maintaining a tight 2009 budget without resorting to the layoffs, furloughs and service cuts to which other local governments have turned.

Jessica Valdenarro, a student at Bergen Community College, will be honored with a Courage Award at Paramus-based Care Plus Foundation's 11th Annual Courage Awards Dinner at Macaluso's in Hawthorne, NJ on June 18th.

New York City's own folky psych-rockers Soft Black will release their latest album, The Earth Is Black on July 21, and have scheduled a tour to celebrate the record.

THERE is a war being waged in Passaic County. On the surface, it appears to be the highly contested Republican primary race for two Assembly seats in the 40th District.

Levittown - A New Jersey prison employee is behind bars, charged with having sex with an inmate.Michael Hawthorne has taught inmates cooking skills at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway since 2001.

The Republican primary for Assembly in the 40th District heated up Wednesday when challenger Anthony Rottino sued both incumbents, claiming they published statements that defamed him.

Rose Marie Ranuro will be honored with a Courage Award at Paramus-based Care Plus Foundation's 11th Annual Courage Awards Dinner at Macaluso's in Hawthorne, NJ on June 18th.

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HACKENSACK - NJ Transit is planning to add another commuter rail line in northern New Jersey within the next three years.

RANDOLPH -- Prior to accepting an offer to become the school district's new superintendent, Owen Snyder told his friend William Librera, a former commissioner of the state Department of Education, about the opportunity to apply.

Daniel Meth was at a house party when his close friend, who was drunk, yelled something and stumbled into his bedroom.

Ilir Kariqi, a construction worker from Albania who lives in Hawthorne, N.J., talks in a cafe in Paterson today about the sentences given to five men, three of whom are ethnic Albanians who were born in the former Yugoslavia, in a plot to attack military personnel at Fort Dix.

The Paramus-based Care Plus Foundation will honor five individuals that have worked to decrease the stigma of mental illness at its 11th Annual Courage Awards Dinner.

With the students out for vacation Monday, local police took over Fair Lawn High School to train for a type of situation they hope they will never encounter.

CLIFTON NJ, April 7, 2009 -- With New Jersey facing a dramatic budget shortfall - " in excess of a half billion dollars - " how is Assemblyman Scott Rumana spending his time? He's busy bullying people who singed up to run against his organization in the June Primary Election A so he can cling to his Passaic County GOP A Chairmanship," says Michael ...