RD America, the LLC parent company of Restaurant Depot, has applied for a wholesale liquor license for its Secaucus Road location. The license, known formally as a plenary wholesale license, entitles the holder to sell and distribute alcholic beverages to other retailers, inviduals and wholesalers who are properly licensed. The license costs about $8,750. RD [...]

Suspended Secaucus tax collector Alan Bartolozzi allegedly wrote $20K in checks to himself from a union fund for town employees, according to a northjersey.com report. Charlie Schumacher, head of the Secaucus Public Employees’ Association, said Bartolozzi wrote checks for amounts up to $2,850 starting in late 2004 through earlier this year and Schumacher produced photocopies [...]

Accidents, a missing teen, domestic incident at Best Buy, gas customer with no cash, concern over an ill motorist, stolen vehicle, property stolen from a vehicle, puppy on the loose, intoxicated juvenile at Wal-Mart, and noise complaints are among the calls that Secaucus Police and Fire Dept. responded to this month. View Secaucus Incident Map [...]

A recommendation from the ABC to cut back on the hours during which business can serve alcohol, the next phase of the examination process to hire six new cops, full coverage of last Tuesday’s mayor and council meeeting, a cormorant rescue, police blotter and more… Mon., June 22 – The Secaucus Alcoholic Beverage Commission has [...]

The Secaucus Mayor and Council started off in contention on Tuesday night as the introduction of a contracting ordinance came up for vote. The partisan divide on the council was apparent as council members considered the introduction of a “responsible contractor” ordinance — a measure to require companies that get town contracts to meet standards [...]

Two arrests following a brawl at the Zin Nightclub on Paterson Plank Road, drug bust at a Route 3 motel, shoplifting, traffic violations and failure to appear warrants were among the police activity in town over the last few weeks. Information for this column was provided by Det. Sgt. Thomas O’Keeffe of the Secaucus Police [...]

Naturalists from the N.J. Meadowlands Commission, including an intern from Secaucus, rescued a cormorant that became lodged in the wooden boards of an old tide gate on the Hackensack River this week across from Lauren Hill County Park. The group spotted the double-crested cormorant while conducting a fish survey on the river and initially believed [...]

The Secaucus Mayor and council on Tuesday night voted down a proposal to hire a forensic auditor to examine irregularities in the town tax collector’s office. Tax Collector Alan Bartolozzi has been suspended with pay as the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office probes discrepancies in the tax office’s revenue figures dating back to at least 2007. [...]

Title: Dinner with the Doctor Location: Meadowlands Hospital, 55 Meadowlands Parkway, Secaucus, NJ Link out: Click here Description: Dr. Salvatore Forcina will answer questions from families, patients and prospective patients about surgery, especially minimally invasive procedures, in the penthouse auditorium at the hospital as part of its free monthly program. Forcina is fluent in Spanish, [...]

Title: “Salute to America” Concert Location: NJMC, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ Link out: Click here Description: N.J. Symphony Orchestra will perform a “Salute to America!” – patriotic tunes, American popular music and opera – in DeKorte Park at 7:30 p.m. This event is the NJSO”s only outdoor show in Bergen County this summer [...]