The subject of how to protect elderly residents from criminal elements was the focus of a Housing Authority board Monday night. And other than increased vigilance and talking more with tenants, there was no ready answer by the cash-strapped authority.

The subject of how to protect elderly residents from criminal elements was the focus of a Housing Authority board Monday night. And other than increased vigilance and talking more with tenants, there was no ready answer by the cash-strapped authority.

The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera’s (Verismo Opera) Artistic Director Lucine Amara invites soloists in all voice categories to audition for roles and experienced stage managers to apply for the position in the professional opera company’s 2013-2014 productions. New Jersey residents are encouraged to apply.

An outspoken community activist is circulating a petition to protect a vacant lot that city officials say isn’t in any danger.

Residents of the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Citizen Building lament the nationwide notoriety their beloved home has gotten in recent days, following allegations that drug use and prostitution had been occurring out of two residents’ apartments.

IN TUNE Some sweet things have happened while Jay and Sean Sproviero, the teenaged founding brothers of Doomsday Diaries, were making other plans. One of them is opening this Friday for Zebra at bergenPAC in Englewood. “Over the last few years, we’ve been lucky enough to meet, and sometimes perform with, some incredible musicians, like [...]

ENGLEWOOD - Although Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey more than six months ago, residents in Bergen County still feel its effects today, as they continue to try to rebuild and return to normal.

ENGLEWOOD — City officials and the Board of Education are partnering together to apply for a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant that would bring expanded afterschool activities to the McCloud Elementary School three hours a day, five days a week.

ENGLEWOOD — The city's financial future came into question May 2 during the Planning Board's review of the draft Master Plan.

ENGLEWOOD — The Tryon Avenue swimming poll will have extended hours this summer, after $28,000 was added to the city's 2013 budget to have the 3rd Ward pool open the same number of hours as Mackay Park's swimming pool.

The County of Bergen will conduct a Public Auction to dispose of surplus equipment from the County

A driver trying to park his car Wednesday morning accidentally accelerated, sending the vehicle over a five-foot drop, authorities said.

A 75-year-old man who police say used cocaine and promoted prostitution in the city's senior citizen housing complex told the judge at his arraignment this morning he didn't need a court-appointed attorney, saying ""God is my attorney.""

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT “I hate myself,” a 30-year-old Hackensack firefighter is heard on a recorded phone call, admitting to the mother of a 13-year-old girl he’s accused of sexually abusing that he did it. It’s a key piece of evidence that jurors are weighing during deliberations in his trial today. Defense attorney Angela Rodriguez [...]

INSIDE THE STORY A 75-year-old man and 66-year-old woman terrorized fellow residents of an Englewood senior housing complex – turning their apartments into a brothel and drug den that drew undesirables from throughout the city — until police teamed up with the Housing Authority and its law-abiding tenants to take back the building, Police Chief [...]

Authorities have arrested three people following allegations of prostitution and drug use at a senior citizen housing complex in Englewood.

Some of the activities taking place at Englewood’s senior citizen housing complex were a long way from canasta, police said. A man, 75, and a woman, 66, suspected of using cocaine and running a prostitution ring out of their apartments at the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Citizen Building have been arrested after residents complained about vagrants, drunks and addicts invading their building, authorities said.

The suspects and an alleged accomplice are believed to be behind a recent rise in crime that had residents afraid to come out of their apartments, authorities said. Their growing fears prompted an undercover investigation and new round-the-clock police patrols of the complex.

SHOUT OUT Members of Carpenters Local 253 volunteered this Saturday to begin renovating the former Englewood Cliffs Ambulance Corp building, which the borough plans to turn into a community center. Northeast Council of Carpenters senior representative Peter Gowing and borough Council Representative George Schreck arranged for the carpenters to gut the interior of the building. [...]

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — The school district is considering updates to next year's curriculum by offering an expanded world language program, extending social studies to additional grade levels, and immersing students in technology and better enrichment courses.

ANOTHER CVP SCOOP A store surveillance camera and a keen-eyed 7-Eleven clerk who took down a partial license plate number led Englewood police to  a Teaneck man they charged with trying to attack the clerk with a knife. Gregory Stewart, 36, posted $25,000 bond and was released after being charged with aggravated assault and illegal [...]

On Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office will partner with local law enforcement to host a countywide Gun Buyback at various places of worship across the county.