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Bergenfield High School Principal Dies Suddenly Bergenfield High School Principal Dies Suddenly
Bergenfield High School Principal Jim Fasano Dies The Bergenfield Public School District is mourning the loss of its high school principal, James "Jim" Fasano. "Our high school will never be the same without him," Superintendent Christopher Tully said in a letter dated Thursday, June 27, less than a week after the last day of the school year. Tully did not provide a cause of death but did say that it was sudden. ALSO SEE: Services Set For Bergenfield High School Principal James 'Jim' Fasano, 59 Fasano was a community member for 59 years, having spent 30 of them serving as principal. He was also a teacher, coach, and assistant pr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bergenfield’s Food Crawl Passports Are Now Available Bergenfield’s Food Crawl Passports Are Now Available
Bergenfield’s Food Crawl Passports Are Now Available The Go Bergenfield District Alliance will kick off the second “Food and Fright Festival” on Friday, October 26 with the start of the Food Crawl that will run through Sunday, November 4. The ten-day food event will offer $5 deals and menu options from 25 restaurants along with the opportunity to win over $1,000 in prizes. The Food Crawl highlights Bergenfield’s diverse amount of eateries and offers patrons the opportunity to easily sample many different foods from an array of cultures. “With such an enormous, positive response to the Food Crawl last year, we had to make it twice as long this …

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Forbes: Retailer That Bought Vacant Bergenfield ACME Has Stellar Rep, Horrific Biz Plan Forbes: Retailer That Bought Vacant Bergenfield ACME Has Stellar Rep, Horrific Biz Plan
Forbes: Retailer That Bought Vacant Bergenfield Acme Has Stellar Rep, Horrific Biz Plan A German global discount supermarket chain that purchased a long-vacant ACME in North Jersey has a stellar reputation with a business plan that's anything but, according to a recent report. Lidl -- which closed a deal on Bergenfield's former ACME market earlier this week -- had plans to open nearly 100 stores between Summer 2017 and Summer 2018. As of July of this year, the retailer had opened barely half of that, Forbes reports. Senior grocery executives were reportedly shocked by how the retailer, with more than 10,500 stores in nearly 30 countries, could have such a poor design strategy …

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by Cecilia Levine
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What You Need To Know: Bergenfield's $12M Borough Hall Renovation What You Need To Know: Bergenfield's $12M Borough Hall Renovation
What You Need To Know: Bergenfield's $12M Borough Hall Renovation A $12 million renovation to Bergenfield's 93-year-old Borough Hall is set to begin in September, according to a new report by NorthJersey.com. Hackensack's RSC Architects has been authorized by the council to come up with a basic design for the North Washington Ave. facility this week detailing a complete renovation, the report says. RSC Architects has worked several municipal projects in the area including Ridgewood's Village Hall, Cliffside Park's DPW Annex, Demarest DPW and most notably Two Bergen County Plaza -- and many more. The three-story building's facade will remain the same but …

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by Cecilia Levine