Grab a burger, beer or even some coconut shrimp on Tuesday, Sept. 14 and help out the Secaucus schools while you’re at it. The Secaucus Public Education Foundation, which supplements school programs and projects in the town’s schools, will host a fundraiser  Sept. 14 at Cheesburger in Paradise Bar and Grill from 4 to 11 [...]

The Secaucus mayor’s office said today that special assessments have been issued for three projects totaling $5.5M in town that were previously being covered by taxpayers. First Ward Councilman Gary Jeffas said in late July that town officials discovered that taxpayers had been footing the bill — principal and interest — for the projects, as [...]

Developing: The Secaucus Board of Education hired Robert Berckes Tuesday night to take over the high school principal slot from Deidre Ertle, who is retiring Sept. 20. Berckes, a chiropractor and experienced school principal at St. Mary’s High School in Rutherford, is slated to start on Sept. 21. He ran for town council in the [...]

The suicide death of a 19-year-old Secaucus man at Mill Creek Park and an attempt by a young man at the same location 12 days later have led local officials to arrange a forum for parents and the public Wednesday on mental health and depression among youth. The free, public event is slated for 7 [...]

First Ward Councilman Gary Jeffas said at last Tuesday’s public meeting of the mayor and council that the town’s effort to recoup half of the $850K fire and police alarm fees found to be uncollected over the past five years or so, has garnered $235,348 so far, including new registrations. That’s more than halfway to [...]

Wednesday night’s movie in the park will be the kid-lit smash “Twilight” at 8 p.m. in Buchmuller Park. The movie adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s first book in the series centers on 17-year-old Bella Swan (Kristin Stewart) as she moves from Arizona to the Pacific Northwest and finds out some of the guys around town are [...]

Whether you missed Bon Jovi when they came around earlier in the summer or just can’t get enough, Secaucus will host the next best thing on Tuesday night — a free concert by Bad Medicine, a Jovi tribute band. The 6 p.m. show is slated for the Arthur F. Couch Performing Arts Center next to [...]

Update 8/30: The 2010 budget passed 7-0 tonight at a public meeting of the mayor and council. Mayor Mike Gonnelli said town officials were able to knock off another $250K to drop the increase from 2.2% to 1.9%. * * * Secaucus has set a public hearing on the $45.4M 2010 municipal budget for Monday, [...]

New Line Cinema gave us the 2006 masterpiece “Snakes on a Plane,” but Secaucus put its own twist on that title when a warehouse worker on Enterprise Avenue found a seven-foot boa constrictor in a pipe — a snake in a drain, if you will — on Monday. The Star-Ledger reports that Century 21 worker [...]

An anonymous tip to Bergen County authorities led to the discovery of $300,000 worth of cocaine in a hidden compartment of a Ford F-350 truck which rolled into Secaucus from Florida early Saturday morning, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. Six individuals were arrested on drug charges connected to a scheme to sell the [...]