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.

Pursuant to the Open Public Meeting Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6, the Bergenfield Mayor and Council has scheduled their reorganization meeting on Friday, January 1, 2010 at 12 noon in the Council Chambers at the Bergenfield Municipal Building, 198 North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ 07621.

Carole Chamberlain-Berman
Borough Clerk, Acting

The 2010 DPW calendar will be mailed between December 28 and December 31. A copy of the calendar will also be made available for download through this site.

The Borough of Bergenfield is auctioning off its surplus property online through GovDeals. Please click here to access the Borough's online auctions.

With the arrival of fall and winter, the days are progressively getting shorter. As the daylight fades, street lights become an increasingly important source of light. Residents are requested to notify the police department at 201-387-4000 to report non-functioning street lights. The police department will then contact PSE&G to make the necessary repairs.

It is important to remember that PSE&G repairs street lights during the daylight hours, when the street lights are off. To assist PSE&G in identifying the defective street light in a quick and efficient manner, it is requested that when reporting a street light outage you provide the police department with the following information:

1) Exact PSE&G pole number. This is typically located on a metal band affixed to the pole, or stenciled onto the pole.

2) If there is no visible pole number, the closest street address (house number) and/or the closest intersection.

Please help us make the borough as safe as possible by reporting streetlight outages to the police department.