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Events

Edgewater Plans Pumpkin Picking Outing EDGEWATER, N.J. -- The Edgewater Community Center has organized a fall outing to Demarest Farms and the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern Friday, Oct. 9. Open to all residents, participants will leave from the Community Center at 9:30 a.m. to go by bus to Demarest Farms. At the farm, there will be a hay ride to the pumpkin patch, where everyone can pick their own pumpkin. After a morning in the fresh air, the group will travel to the historic Ho-Ho-Kus Inn & Tavern for lunch, returning to Edgewater by 3 p.m. Tickets are $35 and include bus transportation, the hay ride, pumpkin, snack and lun…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/24/2015

Events

Vendors Needed for 34th Annual October Craft Fair DEMAREST, N.J. -- The Demarest Nature Center is looking for crafters and food vendors for its 34th Oktoberfest Craft Show on Saturday, Oct. 10. The annual fair draws thousands of visitors every year. The fair will be at the Duck Pond in Demarest, on the corner of Piermont Road and Hardenburgh Avenue, 38 Park St., Demarest, NJ 07627, 20 minutes north of the George Washington Bridge. Crafter spaces are 10 feet x 13 feet and cost $75, or 10 feet by 26 feet for $130. Food vendor spaces are 10 feet by 13 feet at $100, or 10 feet by 26 feet for $175. Payment is in advance. Rain date for the sho…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/24/2015

News

Illness Leaves Closter Without Housing Expert BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- A consortium of communities, including towns in Bergen County, have to find a new expert to prepare affordable housing data to meet state requirements, NorthJersey.com reported. Rutgers University professor Robert Burchell was to represent the entire group in developing a method that would determine how many affordable housing units they’d need to provide to fulfill their “fair share” under state law, which has to be recalculated from a base of zero periodically, the story said. East Rutherford, Hasbrouck Heights, Closter and Rutherford are among the group of communit…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/22/2015

Politics

No Borrowing Needed For Carlstadt Senior Housing CARLSTADT, N.J. -- Plans for senior citizen housing in Carlstadt that have been in the works for almost 20 years may see action next year, and there was good news this week: construction for the conversion of the former Lincoln School won’t have to be bonded, NorthJersey.com reported. Instead, the cost of $7.5 million will be financed with $1.3 million annually that was formerly owed to a tax-sharing pool, NorthJersey.com said. Financial services consultant Bob Benecke proposed the financing scheme to avoid interest costs the town would have to bear if they financed the construction costs co…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/22/2015

Police & Fire

Judge Setting Dates In Cliffside Park Counselor Sex Case CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A judge in Hackensack yesterday said she'll begin setting court dates next month -- a year to the day since his arrest -- for a longtime Cliffside Park High School guidance counselor from Teaneck charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Edward C. Meier of Teaneck, 61, was accompanied by a group of friends, family members and colleagues who have supported him since authorities arrested him last Oct. 19. Without elaborating, defense attorney Brian Neary said he'll ask Superior Court Judge Frances A. McGrogan to dismiss a May indictment that accuses his clien…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/22/2015

Police & Fire

Judge Setting Court Dates In Teaneck Man's Child Sex Case TEANECK, N.J. -- A judge in Hackensack yesterday said she'll begin setting court dates next month -- a year to the day since his arrest -- for a longtime Cliffside Park High School guidance counselor from Teaneck charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Edward C. Meier of Teaneck, 61, was accompanied by a group of friends, family members and colleagues who have supported him since authorities arrested him last Oct. 19. Without elaborating, defense attorney Brian Neary said he'll ask Superior Court Judge Frances A. McGrogan to dismiss a May indictment that accuses his client of p…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/22/2015

Police & Fire

Driver Won't Be Tried For DWI Ridgefield Crash That Killed Friend FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee man who authorities said was drunk last summer when his speeding Honda Civic slammed into a Ridgefield building, killing one of his passengers, isn't likely to ever recover, attorneys for both sides said today. Tamer Ammar remains “physically and mentally incapacitated” from injuries sustained in the July 24, 2014 crash at the intersection formerly called the “Ridgefield traffic circle” on Routes 1-9, defense attorney Robert Biaggotti told a judge in Hackensack. His friend Miles Reme was killed and another, James Racanelli, severely injured. All three were Fort …

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/21/2015

Neighbors

Dorms To Be Built At St Joseph's Regional Medical Center PATERSON , N.J. -- Students in training at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center soon will have new living quarters, according to a report in NorthJersey.com. The New York Medical College, which has a student population working in the hospital, has 42 apartments on Barclay Street in Paterson currently being constructed. They plan to have the units open by January to serve as dormitories for the students, the story said. Most of the units are slated for medical students, but they also will accommodate students in nursing and support services, and some hospital staff, according to the story. …

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/21/2015

Events

Film Fest To Feature Black Panther Documentary TEANECK, N.J. -- The Teaneck International Film Festival (TIFF) announces its 10th season will be screened in November. Titled Activism: Making Change, the festival features Stanley Nelson's "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," a documentary history of the Black Panthers, which includes images of armed black men patrolling streets and walking into the California Legislature. Maxime Giroux’s “Felix and Meira” is another featured film, and tells the story of an unconventional romance between two people living vastly different lives mere blocks away from one another Mont…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/20/2015

News

New Jersey Ranks Third Among Worst-Taxed States NEW JERSEY — A Forbes Magazine analysis of state taxes has produced a result that will surprise no one: Taxpayers in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are hit the hardest. New Yorkers have it the worst, Forbes said. 1. New York State and local tax burden: 12.60% Effective state tax rate ($50,000 taxable income): 5.46% Highest tax bracket: $1,115,850 Rate at highest tax bracket: 8.82% Per Capita Income: $52,417 New Jersey was second -- at only 30 hundredths of a percent less than New York. 2. New Jersey State and local tax burden: 12.30% Effective state tax rate ($50,000 taxable inco…

by Mary K. Miraglia

09/20/2015

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