Leonia News

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.

A police officer's shift can be thankless work, despite the potential danger. But last week, the Edgewater Police Department promoted two of its own for exemplary work ethic and dedication to their community.

Voters in three Bergen County school districts overwhelmingly approved more than $30 million in renovation plans Tuesday that would install new roofs, upgrade aging heating systems and install solar panels.

Regarding "Hispanic workers accuse Japanese market of bias" : The majority of customers at Mitsuwa Marketplace in Edgewater are Japanese.

Ridgefield Park police are no longer searching for a man originally believed to be kidnapped in Tuesday's tractor-trailer hijacking.