Due to the State of Emergency resulting from the blizzard, Bergenfield Borough Hall will be closed on Monday, December 27, 2010. Borough Hall will reopen on Tuesday, December 28 at 8:30 a.m.

The Garbage/Recycling Newsletter inadvertently left out garbage pickup for the Southeast Quadrant 3# on Thursday December 23rd and Thursday December 30th. Garbage will be picked up on those two days as will the recycling materials indicated in the Newsletter. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused.

December 21, 2010 Council Meeting Cancelled
Regular Council Meeting - December 28, 2010 8 p.m.
Sine Die Meeting/Fire Dept Ceremony – January 1, 2011 12 noon
Reorganization Meeting – January 1, 2011 7 p.m.
Council Chambers, 198 North Washington Avenue

Carole Chamberlain-Berman
Borough Clerk

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The Bergenfield Holiday Party has been postponed from Sunday, December 12 and will now be held on Saturday, December 18, 2010 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Cooper's Pond.

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The Borough of Bergenfield wishes all residents a Happy Thanksgiving.

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The new Bergenfield Borough web site is now translatable into a number of different foreign languages, including Filipino and Spanish, to better serve our residents whose native language is other than English.

Welcome to the official web site of the Borough of Bergenfield, New Jersey.

Halloween Parade: October 30, 2010, Bergenfield High School Track (in case of rain, report to the BHS
rear gym).

Registration: 9:00 a.m.
Parade: 9:30 a.m.

Awards to age groups

• Toddler thru 3
• 4 through 6
• 7 through 8
• 9 through 12
• Best Costume

Goodie Bags for children in costume.
Sponsored by the Bergenfield Recreation Committee and Bergenfield Community Center Building Fund.

On Thursday night, October 7th, 2010 at 7 pm, the Borough of Bergenfield will be hosting a seminar in the Council Chambers on the second floor of Borough Hall, 198 North Washington Ave. on how to obtain New Jersey State grant funds for the removal of leaking residential and commercial heating oil underground storage tanks (USTs). The seminar is open to both residents and non-residents, and it will be presented by EXCEL Environmental Resources Inc., of North Brunswick.

Millions of New Jersey residents get their drinking water from aquifers that are vulnerable to pollution from leaking underground storage heating oil tanks. The State of New Jersey wants to make sure your underground tank is not contributing to the polluting of the our aquifers by making grant funds available to residential and commercial property owners for the removal of these tanks. Currently, funding is available that will pay for up to 100% of the cost of remediation and replacement of leaking underground heating oil storage tanks. EXCEL Environmental Resources Inc., has obtained hundreds of these tank removal grants and has helped homeowners and businesses resolve heating oil issues at virtually no cost.

Residential property owners seeking to qualify for a State UST Grant must have a taxable income of less than $250,000 and a personal net worth (not counting primary residence and retirement accounts) of less than $500,000.
Commercial property owners seeking to qualify for a State UST Grant, must have a business net operating income of less than $250,000, the net worth of the business must be less than $3,000,000 and the business applicant’s net worth (not counting primary residence and retirement accounts) must be less than $500,000.

If you own a home or business that has an underground storage tank please come to this free seminar to see if you qualify for one of these grants.

BOROUGH OF BERGENFIELD
Special Work Session
October 7, 2010

Pursuant to the Open Public Meeting Act N.J.S.A.10:4-6, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bergenfield has scheduled a Special Work Session for Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 8 p.m. in the Council Executive Chambers at the Municipal Building, 198 North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ 07621, to discuss:
Community Center.

Carole Chamberlain-Berman
Borough Clerk, Acting