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Holidays 2006
Hometown
News
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Hometown
Shopping and Business Guide in pdf format (1.4 meg)
2005-2006 School [Calender] in pdf format
2006 Recycling Calendar in pdf format [Zone 1][Zone 2]
The Gazette Newspaper - - pdf
format
February
2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006
September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006
March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005
October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005
April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004
* mpg movie clips included
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Winter Snow Storms ...
Movies: Plowing Circle
Christmas Day 2002
DPW plowing The
Boulevard December 6, 2003 [1][2]
HHFD Ladder Company responding to call Dec. 14, 2003 [900k]
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Winter Said Hello February 12 2006
First Major Snow of the Season December 9, 2005
Presidential Surprise February 21, 2005
DPW Does A Great Job... Again! January 22,
2005
Scenes Around Snowy Heights January 23, 2005
March Blast
March 16, 2004
Snow Storm January 28, 2004
Snow Storm December 14, 2003
Back-to-back Storm Storms December 5-6, 2003
Blizzard '03 Feb. 17, 2003 Spring Surprise April 7. 2003
2002-2003 -- First snow Dec. 5, 2002 White Christmas 2002
2001-2002 -- Around Town
January 20, 2002
2000-2001 -- The (Almost) Storm of Century March
4-5, 2001
Around Town Photos
January 2001
Holiday Snow Storm Dec. 30, 2000 [Photos][Woodland Park]
1999-2000 -- First Snow of the Century Jan. 20, 2000
[Photos][Woodland Park]
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Early Storms
Big pre-December 10th snowstorms since 1949
Measurmeents at Newark Liberty Airport
Source: NE Regional Climatic Data Center, Ithaca, NY
| Dec. 5-6, 2003 |
15.9 |
| Dec. 3-4, 1957 |
13.3 |
| Dec. 5, 2002 |
8.0 |
| Nov. 22-23, 1989 |
5.7 |
| Dec. 2-3, 1952 |
4.8 |
| Dec.8-9, 1958 |
4.5 |
| Dec. 5-6, 1985 |
3.7 |
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Andy Feintuch Memorial Wrestling Tournament
The Andy Feintuch Memorial Wrestling Tournament was held on
Sunday, February 17th from 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Hasbrouck Heights High School in
the new gym.
The Heights team earned 16 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals. [Story & photo]
Reorganization Meeting 2007
On January 1, 2007 at 11:45 a.m., a Sine Die Meeting was held to conclude 2006 business.
Upon the seating of new council members, Mayor Ronald R. Jones declared the 2007
Reorganization Meeting in session. [Story & photo]
Tree
Lighting Ceremony 2006
Annual tree lighting ceremony was held at The Circle, 5 p.m., December 5, 2006 and
was sponsored by Mayor's Community Celebrations Committee [Story & photo]
DPW Tries New Leaf
Collection System
[Story & photo]
Repaving Oak
Grove
Oak Grove Avenue was repaved for its entire length and was the only street
repaved this year.
[Story & photo]
Ragamuffin Parade
On Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 1 p.m., the Annual Hasbrouck Heights Ragamuffin
Paradewas held at the New Municipal Complex at Central Avenue for a "boo-ti-ful good
time". [Story & photo]
Haunted Hay Ride
Woodland Park was invaded by ghosts, goblins, aliens and assorted scary
characters on the evening of October 19, 2006. [Story & photo]
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HH Fire Department Features
Mass Decontamination
The radio crackles: "There has been a contamination of unknown
substance at ...." Office building, factory or stadium -- regional first
responders are trained to handle the decontamination of large numbers of people.
Carlstadt, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Moonachie, Wallington and Wood-Ridge Fire
Departments participated in this hands-on mass decontamination exercise. The
training was held on August 22, 2004 at a Route 46 office complex parking lot in
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Classroom instruction preceded this drill. This course
is given to every fire department in Northern New Jersey and with this common training --
all departments can mobilize in highly-coordinated, scalable efforts.
[Story and set-up] [Group 2 photos][Group
3 photos]
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"Jaws of Life" Training
1. Story and equipment
2. Blue car: Removing front doors
3. Blue car: Removing rear doors
4. Blue car: Removing glass, roof, breaking frame &
opening hood
5. Yellow truck: Removing doors
6. Yellow truck: Removing glass and roof
7. Yellow truck: Extracting victim
Mpeg movies included: Blue car [Rear door]
[Cutting hood open]
Yellow truck [Door] [Cutting windshield #1] [Cutting windshield #2]
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Hasbrouck
Heights First Year
Here is a glimpse of our
hometown during the first year of the 21st century. Throughout the year
I had photographed some interesting tableaus reflecting our community life. Take a
glance around Hasbrouck Heights, NJ during 2000 A.D., and see some of the people, events
and places that make our town a special place to live and work. [Photo Essay] |
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