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Bergen County ranks No. 1
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Teaneck developer rejects Teaneck planning board request
Bergen County residents homeless but calm
Bergen County celebrates the festival of Bergenfield
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has ranked Bergen County at the numero uno position for its varied Continuum of care programs. Awarded in the year 2006, it lends the county the prestige to rank first out of the twenty-one counties.
As Dennis McNeary, Bergen County Executive, made this announcement, he added that various agencies in the county have been awarded portions of the total amount of $4,080,301 by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. This amount needs to be utilized in their Continuum of Care homeless assistance programs. The various agencies that received funding in this regard, include the names of Shelter our sisters, Englewood Housing Authority, NJ Home Inc. and Advanced housing.
In efforts to bring people out of homelessness, the county offers training programs, case management and assistance to mentally ill people or individuals with abuse problems. The program offers a three-pronged approach and helps through supportive housing, shelter and care and single room occupancies. More information on this can be accessed at www.hud.gov
Information on houses in Teaneck
Bergen County’s residents and commuters will now benefit from better wireless services after Verizon Wireless, the most reliable name in wireless in the nation, decided to expand its wireless network with three novel cell sites. These sites, which are planned in the areas of Cliffside Park, Westwood and Lyndhurst, will dramatically improve the network coverage and capacities in those regions. Better coverage will be experienced between the south section of Edgewater and Desoto place and the municipal complex in Cliffside Park where a tower is planed.
Till date, the organization has expended approximately $2 billion for strengthening its network in the New York Metro area. Additional amounts of $30 billion have been spent over a span of six years across the nation for similar reasons. Officials from the organization state that their efforts have been towards keeping up with growing needs for voice and data services, picture and voice messaging and services like the VZ Navigator, where users can get clear directions to a destination. Besides this, services like V cast music allow users to download songs and V cast capable wireless phones allow for better usage of technology and services. The need of the hour, officials state is not just reliability but also for novelty as customers in New Jersey are more technology savvy and are seeking new and relevant applications.
Fort Lee organizes health fair
Holuba Realty, a housing developer in Teaneck has refused to accede to the request of the planning board on conducting a comprehensive environmental study on a 7-acre industrial tract off Palisade Avenue. While the developer plans to construct 196 condos and a town house complex on this site, the company officials stated that the request of the Planning Board on a study of the contamination of the area was baseless. Company spokespersons also stated that under current use, the land complied with environmental laws.
The lawyer of Holuba Realty added that while the estate was contaminated with petrochemicals, if the company did take up a clean-up exercise it would cost them millions in dollars. Company officials stated that a thorough testing to measure the extent of the damage had not been done.
The planning board on the other hand, seeks details on the contaminants so that it can evaluate the zoning and planning issues in the region. Residents in the area also state that the realty company must comply with the Planning board as cleanup costs have been the company’s means for justifying the density of the housing. Also as the contamination may affect the neighborhood too, residents in Teaneck are concerned. The property in question has been in use for the past 50 years, first as a company making concrete pilings and later for making liquid and powdered detergent.
Tenafly works to preserve nature
Bergen County’s Piermont Avenue suffered from a major leak that left the residents homeless for a few days, after it caused water to fill up the lobby and the building had to be evacuated. A water main break in the Holiday Farm Condominium on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 caused water to flood the lobby and forced authorities to stop elevators. As water reached up to 7 inches in height, residents who were mostly elderly, had to be brought out of the complex.
Many people staying in the building are on wheelchairs, are unwell and few are even on oxygen. However, many commended the quick response of the emergency workers in helping the residents out of the building. Each apartment was carefully checked and residents were escorted out. Starting from about 8:30 pm on Tuesday, the River Vale Police Department, the Fire department, the ambulance corps, the Tri-boro ambulance corps and emergency service workers helped in the evacuation efforts.
Repair works may take some time as workers need to dig five feet down to find the source of the leak. Once the leak has been located, repairing the same may take a little time. The stairways and lobbies would also need to be cleaned and the elevator would have to be carefully restored. The officials stated that an engineer would have to certify that the building was safe for usage. This may take up more than a week and the residents have responded with patience. In the meantime, the residents are living either with friends and family or at a hotel.
Housing rentals in Dumont for the elderly
March 4, 2007, a Sunday, was a festive occasion for the residents of Bergenfield and the neighborhood. The fifth annual art show was presented before a large audience in a special manner by the Bergenfield Arts Festive coalition and other entities like the mayor and council, middle schools and the high school. The purpose of promotion was singular: to raise money for the borough’s recreation center.
While most organizations seem to be working for this purpose, the art festival was a little different. The show was presented in an excellent manner and tried to be the eye opener into the culture and diversities in art. Displays of approximately 200 art pieces by varied artists in and around Bergen County were put up. Besides this, there were also a range of displays on tapestries, sculptures, paintings, quilts, music and jewelry. Food from different countries like the Philippines, Italy and India was also on display.
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