BERGENFIELD -- After years of uncertainty, the Borough Council could finally decide to move ahead with designing a community center in Memorial Park, or it could scrap the project altogether. Council President Christopher Tully said the body plans to vote on the issue next month.
BERGENFIELD Residents hoping to party at Cooper's Pond or Memorial Park must now produce insurance. The new borough regulation requires residents to show proof of homeowner's or renter's insurance when they apply for permits to hold a picnic, party or other group event on public land. It also requires residents to sign an agreement freeing the borough of liability for any accidents during the event.
In 1873, the New Jersey and New York Railroad decided to build a station in the southern half of Schraalenburgh [a name chosen by the original Dutch settlers]. They asked the residents to name the station, but no name could be agreed upon so the railroad officials imprinted 'Bergen Fields' on the tickets. When the borough was incorporated, its leaders modified it to the more urban 'Bergenfield.' - From the Borough of Bergenfield Web site
Question: How much does the borough of Bergenfield pay for the mayor's cellphone calls? The claim: Mayor Timothy Driscoll said at a council meeting in July that the borough has never paid more than $20 a month for his use of a Nextel cellphone.
IT'S HARD to second-guess a jury. The federal corruption trial of former Bergen County Democratic Organization Chairman Joseph Ferriero is winding down. It is expected to go to the jury this week. They will determine whether Ferriero committed a crime when he concealed his financial stake in a consulting firm that did business with the borough of Bergenfield.
EVENTS Tommy Fox's Public House, 32 S. Washington Ave. in Bergenfield, will dedicate 20 percent of all food and drink purchases to the Bergenfield Community Center Building Fund on Thursday from noon to closing. You must present a coupon available at bergenfieldcommunitycenter.org or picked up at the Bergenfield Public Library, Borough Hall, Blue Dragon School of Martial Arts or NVE Bank. For information, call 201-385-9475. The fund will also host its annual Super Bowl party Sunday at 5 p.m. at 2 Home Place Fire House in Bergenfield. Tickets are $25 for adults and include a raffle ticket, a buffet of chicken wings, hot dogs, Italian heroes, pasta and more. Admission for those under 18 is $10 with no raffle ticket. For tickets or information, call Jim Bishop at 201-501-8474 or Mark D'Esp...
BERGENFIELD -- The divide between two factions of the Democratic Party in this borough of 26,000 people is as wide as ever as the June 8 primary approaches. Both the Bergenfield Democratic Municipal Committee and the Real Bergenfield Democrats, backed by Mayor Timothy Driscoll, requested the party line as the first choice for their candidates.
With municipal employees working around the clock responding to the weekend storm, North Jersey officials were left Monday wondering how the overtime costs will affect their budgets. Bergenfield Borough Administrator Frederick McGarril said when cleanup ends, 90 percent of the borough's snow removal budget will have been used up.
A Vietnam veteran who was fired from his job as Bergen County's director of veteran affairs in January plans to sue the county over his dismissal, according to legal documents obtained Thursday by The Record. Kevin Clancy, a former Bergenfield mayor and past chairman of the borough's Democratic municipal committee, contends that he was fired from his county post for political reasons after Republican County Executive Kathleen Donovan defeated Democrat Dennis McNerney in November's election.
If 2008 was a rocky, indictment-filled year for the borough of Bergenfield, the very first days of 2009 didn't appear to go any smoother as the all-Democratic council clashed over several important appointments. At an annual reorganization meeting Sunday, the split council held up a municipal judge appointment over a dispute about whether the current judge, who attracted the attention of a state judicial conduct committee last year, was wrongly disqualified for reappointment.
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