BOE Cracks Down on Non-Residents, Re-Hires Principal in Top Local News

The Fort Lee Board of Education passed five separate resolutions Monday to notify the parents of five students determined to be in violation of the district’s residency requirements that they are ineligible to attend Fort Lee schools and that the district intends to take legal action to recover back tuition. (Full Story)

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Students at Fort Lee School No. 1 will be welcomed by a familiar face when they return to their classrooms in the fall: that of their principal for the past year—at least for another year. The Fort Lee Board of Education Monday approved a walk-in resolution to appoint Kristine Cecere principal of the elementary school for the 2011-2012 school year. (Full Story)

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For the past few weeks, visitors entering Fort Lee’s from the Fletcher Ave. side have been greeted by unsightly construction in the otherwise pristine and tranquil environment. That’s because the Department of Public Works has been erecting what will become Fort Lee’s own 9/11 memorial honoring the borough’s emergency services agencies and commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. The monument is being built from a girder and other pieces of the World Trade Center donated to the borough by the Port Authority for that specific purpose. (Full Story)

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The Fort Lee Film Commission and the Fort Lee Coalition for the Arts is joining forces with the historical society for an “oral histories” project that organizers hope will result in a valuable resource for present and future generations of Fort Lee residents to learn more about the history of their town. (Full Story)

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Where can the children of Fort Lee go during the summer when they are free from school? The library!

hosts a variety of programs over the summer for children of all ages in their children’s department, all of which are completely free to Fort Lee residents with a library card. (Full Story)

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One of the oldest remaining family-owned businesses in Fort Lee and s staple in the borough since 1947, and Supply Co., Inc. is convenient, reliable and dependable and much more than simply a hardware store.

Store owners and brothers Terry and Bruce Holtje have whatever you may need at any given moment, and if they don’t, they will get it for you. (Full Story)

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Located in the Fort Lee Plaza on Lemoine Ave. in Fort Lee, the Noah Bank is both local and convenient. Formerly called Royal Asian Bank, the bank catered to mostly Korean American customers but now hopes to increase its non-Korean customer base.  (Full Story)

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Members of the Fort Lee Police Motorcycle Unit brought home five trophies Sunday from a training and skills competition in Wayne, NJ benefiting the Special Olympics of New Jersey. (Full Story)

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And the Fort Lee Farmer's Market opened last Sunday. (Photos and the Full Story of one of this year's vendors)

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