The Borough of Bergenfield will utilize a new communications service, effective June 1, 2010, that allows us to send important, valuable community information directly to residents using the latest technology.

The Nixle Community Information Service allows us to create and publish messages to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone text message and/or email. Notifications can also be accessed online at Nixle's web site at http://local.nixle.com/borough-of-bergenfield-nj.

Messages may include Storm Alerts, Missing Person Alerts, Emergency Road Closures as well as other relevant safety and community event information.

According to Bergenfield Borough Administrator Rick McGarril the ability to quickly disseminate important information directly to residents via, e-mail and cell phone text messaging is essential in today's technologically savvy world.

The service is reliable and free for our group to use.

The messages can be sent specifically to residents registered within a ¼ mile radius, giving them the opportunity to receive trustworthy information relevant only to their neighborhood. Residents decide from which local agencies they want to receive information. Subscribers can also choose the way in which alerts are received, whether it is by email, text message, or over the web.

There is NO spam and no hidden cost. Standard text messaging rates do apply.

Nixle builds on the foundations of other public-to-public communication services, such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, but adds a key component: security. When citizens receive information from our agency via Nixle, they know it can be trusted.

"Nixle is a first-of-its-kind tool for communities that need to provide critical information to their residents," said Craig Mitnick, Founder and CEO. "In today's world, you have to trust the source of your information. Residents of Bergenfield can rest easy that the local messages they receive are authentic."

Residents of Bergenfield and those in neighboring communities can immediately begin receiving pertinent information via text message, email, and web by registering at www.nixle.com.

We are very excited to have you experience it for yourself.

REGISTER AT: http://local.nixle.com/register

The Mayor and Council meeting on April 27 will commence at 7:30 p.m. in order to make a Police Promotion and present awards for exemplary service. There will be a short recess and the regular order of business will resume.

Please join us on Thursday, April 22 at Coopers Pond from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM to celebrate Earth Day. Winners of the poster and multimedia contest will be presented with their awards, information on conserving energy and water will be available, a tree planting will be discussed, and members of the Committee will be available to answer any questions on our programs for a "Sustainable Jersey".

Earth Day allows us the opportunity to renew our efforts to create a clean and healthy environment in Bergenfield. Join us on April 22 !

The Bergenfield Environmental Committee

The 6th Annual Bergenfield Independent Film Festival (juried) will take place Thursday, May 6, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the newly renovated Bergenfield Clearview Cinema 5 Theatre, S. Washington Avenue.

The festival will highlight the extraordinary talents of upcoming NJ writers, directors, producers, and performers, many from Bergen County, as well as film makers and groups from other areas. 14 shorts and 6 feature films cover comedy, drama, horror, music, documentaries. The festival program includes film ratings.

Admission: $12.00/adults; $10.00/students and seniors. Information at 201-385-7320 or www.bergenfieldcommunitycenter.org . The festival is sponsored by the Bergenfield Community Center Building Fund Committee in association with the Bergenfield Recreation Department.

Once again, the Bergenfield Mayor and Council call upon all our organizations, large and small, to participate in the Memorial Day Parade to be held on Monday, May 31, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., rain or shine.

With military, civic, patriotic, fraternal, religious, youth, social, school, business and service organizations in the line of march – interspersed with floats and six to eight marching bands – our Annual Memorial Day Parade has become one of the best in the County.

General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the veterans’ group, the Grand Army of the Republic, made a formal proclamation designating May 30, 1868 as a day of remembrance of the nation’s war dead. The holiday was originally intended to honor the Civil War dead but unfortunately, that was not the last conflict that American soldiers lost their lives in, and after World War I, the holiday's purpose was expanded to include all Americans lost to war.  Memorial Day is a day for remembering "those who gave their last full measure of devotion" and to recognize all our veterans who have fought and are still fighting globally and have "saved the world".

If your organization would like to participate in our annual parade, please contact the Bergenfield Borough Clerk’s Office at 201 387-4055  Option 6 or Recreation Department at Ext. 1-4151.

Council President Robert Gillman, Chair
Joseph Scalora, Veterans Committee
John Scagliotti, Director of Recreation

NOTE: For your information, our parade route needed to be changed again this year because of the culvert reconstruction on New Bridge Road. We plan to assemble on West Church Street and proceed south on Prospect Avenue onto New Bridge Road passing the reviewing stand at Veterans Memorial Park. Lineup information will be forwarded to you prior to the date of the parade.

Borough of Bergenfield
Public Notice
Special Closed Executive Session

Pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, the Borough of Bergenfield shall conduct a Special Closed Executive Session of the Bergenfield Mayor and Council on February 22, 2010 at 7 p.m.

The Bergenfield Mayor and Council shall convene into Closed Executive Session for the purpose of discussing legal matters/litigation. The Governing Body may or may not take formal action at this meeting. This meeting shall be held in the Bergenfield Executive Council Chambers located at 198 North Washington Avenue (handicap entrance in rear entrance of building), Bergenfield, New Jersey.

Pursuant to the Open Public Meeting Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, the Bergenfield Ethics Board has scheduled a meeting at 8 pm on Monday, January 4, 2010 in the Municipal Building, 198 North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ 07621.