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The story of Hackensack Harry

March 3, 2019 11:54 pmMarch 4, 2019 10:00 am

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...

Some 1960s Bergen County political history

March 3, 2019 10:22 pmMarch 4, 2019 8:59 am

Until the U.S. Supreme Court’s one-man, one-vote ruling, Bergen County began the 1960’s with one state Senator – Walter Jones (R-Norwood) — and seven Assembly seats. Jones gave up that Senate seat after eight years in 1961 to run for...

Fred Bodner, ex-Hackensack Democratic leader, dies

December 2, 2018 3:29 pm

Fred Bodner, a former Hackensack Democratic municipal chairman, died on November 29 after a long illness. He was 82. Bodner’s political career was somewhat tried to the 26th Amendment, which lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18 during...