Palisades Park News

Driving east along Route 80 in rush hour is usually slightly more fun than digging a deep ditch.

New Jersey merchants who collect sales tax for the State of New York can expect a bill in the mail from New York a ' a $50 re-registration fee to become certified as a tax collecting authority for the state.

With handshakes and slight bows, Taylor Lee, an aspiring commercial real estate broker, greeted Korean-American bankers on a recent morning in Fort Lee.

Dennis Oury testified Wednesday that he kept former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero in the dark about the legal advice and work he performed as the borough attorney in Bergenfield on matters related to a grant writing company they secretly owned.

" 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 criminal complaint was signed Sept. 14 for a theft by deception about an incident that dates back to Aug.

PALISADES PARK a ' A borough man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at his house on Fourth Street.

Three armed men burst into a Palisades Park home during a robbery this morning. Police say the suspects pushed their way into the home on East Central Boulevard just before 1:30 a.m. Six residents were apparently in the home at the time.

WASHINGTON a ' The recession is disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet finding themselves stuck in traffic, and staying put rather than moving to a new city.

9201 Bergen Blvd., North Bergen; 201-861-2006. * Moon Jar: The tapas and wine bar serves a Korean and fusion small-plates menu, along with a few soups and noodle dishes.

RIDGEFIELD a ' Council Republicans have passed a resolution calling for an investigation of Mayor Anthony Suarez's role in brokering a $100,000 donation to the borough library in 2005.

Susan Scimone-Bellini of Palisades Park joined Lakeland Bank, Oak Ridge, as a vice president and manager of its new West Caldwell office.

Mark Oberndorf is a Wyckoff artist whose painting of the Bendix Diner now appears on a billboard on Route 46 and Ruby Avenue in Palisades Park.

It was a dream scenario for a cash-strapped local government. In February 2005, Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez told the council he had been contacted by someone who would steer a $100,000 donation to the library if the borough agreed to pay the contact a 10 percent finder's fee.

The Center for Food Action is facing serious shortages of a few types of staples it normally provides in its food packages.

A sour economy is pushing stellar students like 18-year-old Hyeondo Hwang to choose low-tuition City University of New York over pricier private colleges when he starts school this fall.

The Constitution may not spell it out this way, but after driving half a decade through Orange Barrel Hell, Bergen and Hudson county taxpayers like Charles Harden surely have the inalienable right to vent about the $24.5 million in cost overruns to improve 4.9 miles of Route 1&9. "It's an embarrassment to those who must endure years of neglect!" ...

The people overflowing the hallways at Rep. Steve Rothman's town hall meeting in Palisades Park, N.J., were civil until a man asked about a single-payer system.

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Palisades Park's Korean community is mourning a woman who was killed when police say a stolen SUV crashed into the bus shelter where she was sitting.