Leonia News

Regarding "$2B project the next Encap?" and "EnCap redux" : For many years, the Union County Improvement Authority has been involved with an effort to implement commuter service between Elizabeth and Manhattan.

Englewood officials established a "green team" this week, bringing the city a step closer to gaining certification with Sustainable Jersey, the statewide environmental program.

More than two dozen people gathered Wednesday across from the Bergen County courthouse to protest President Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

The Carmel Council No. 8982 of the Knights of Columbus of Leonia honored a member of the Borough's Police Department and Volunteer Fire Department at the annual Shield Awards Nov.

The Borough completed the removal of two oil tanks and contaminated soil beneath the Leonia Recreation Building Nov.

Four Local Leaders to Direct Governing Body of State's Largest Community College E. Carter Corriston, Cid D. Wilson, Carol D. Falleni Otis and Dorothy L. Blakeslee The Bergen Community College Board of Trustees elected officers at its November 4 meeting.

A Staten Island man has been charged with child endangerment for losing track of his 7-year-old autistic son in Overpeck County Park on Sunday, authorities said Monday.

Weeks before Thanksgiving, approximately 20 members of the Fort Lee Rotary Club were getting ready to feed approximately 110 women and men in the kitchen of a new homeless shelter that opened Nov.

A retired Leonia police officer was caught defacing campaign signs of an Englewood Cliffs' candidate by drawing mustaches on pictures of her face.

Englewood officials are establishing a "green team," joining several North Jersey communities trying to gain certification with the statewide environmental program, Sustainable Jersey.

Four-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath bi-level in Franklin Lakes has first-floor master bedroom, eat-in kitchen, double vanity in bathroom, hardwood floors under tiles, patio, landscaped backyard with pond, attached, two-car garage.

LEONIA a ' Residents will have another opportunity to comment on a draft of the master plan next month, after more than 150 people turned out for a heated debate that focused on curbing development in the 1.6-square-mile borough.

LEONIA a ' The borough will unveil a draft of its revised master plan at a Planning Board meeting tonight.

As senior citizens continue to live longer, healthier lives, the need to find affordable housing for them also increases exponentially.

Best-selling author Teri Woods says that back in August a Manhattan nightclub barred some would-be guests from attending her book-signing party.

This is the first in a bi-monthly series of articles concerned with negative climate change and discussing how ordinary individuals can make a significant difference.

A New Jersey woman seriously injured in a bicycle accident on Route 9W has been transferred to a Manhattan hospital, Orangetown police said today.

For eight years, as long as the U.S. has been at war in Afghanistan, the Leonia Peace Group has come to a downtown street corner for peace vigils.

A Bergen County businessman whose company allegedly substituted $1 million worth of "cheap" spare parts instead of the parts ordered by the military was arrested Wednesday after his indictment on contract procurement fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

" A momentous occasion for County residents took place this past Sunday. During a ceremony before dozens of onlookers the Bergen County Improvement Authority formally turned over the - keys' to Overpeck Park to the Bergen County Parks Department.