Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball

 
3-November-2026
 Monday-2-November the #2 Bogota Lady Volleyball Bucs played in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North Jersey Group I Women’s Volleyball Tournament. They took on the #18 Whippany Park Lady Wildcats in Speary Gym.
Whippany Park served but Bogota would score first, then Whippany Park tied the set at 1 apiece. The teams tied again by the score of 3 to 3. The Lady Bucs would open a small lead. Soon Nikole Alvarez used a brief Service Run to widen the margin between the two teams.  Bogota would go on to win the first set by a score of 25 to 9.
The Lady Bucs served and scored first to open the second set. They would be ahead for most of the first part of the set, with Whippany Park keeping the gap to only 1 or two points. With Bogota leading by the score of 12 to 10, the Lady Wildcats would go on a five point run an take a 14 to 12 lead.  Bogota’s Angelina Grod then gave the Lady Bucs the side out. She followed that with a three point service run to give the advantage back to the home team. After a second tie at 19 to 19 Ariana Marchant pushed the Lady Bucs to a 25 to 19 second set win.
The third set saw Whippany Park serving and scoring first. After a few ties, Angelina Grod again stepped up to serve and scored 4 more points which put the Lady Bucs back into the lead. Bogota would then outscore the Lady Wildcats by about a 2 to margin to finished with a 25 to 13 set win. And a 3 to 0 Match victory.
Miranda Villamil led Bogota with 14 Kills.  Angelina Grod led the team with 14 Service Points and a Career High with 6 Aces. Lucy Villamar had a team high with 24 Digs. Nikole Alvarez had a team high with 22 Assist.
Bogota's record is now 23 -3.
Their next match is on Wednesday-4-November, when they host #7 Midland Park in a Quarterfinal Round match. The first serve is scheduled for 4:00p in the Speary Gym.

 

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Bogota Borough Council Meeting

 3-November-2026
On Thursday-27 October, the Bogota Borough Council held their second Regular meeting for the month.
The first order of business was to hear a presentation from Mr. John Calabrese from Accenture Construct. Mr. Calabrese was the Project Manager for the Bogota Community Centre. He was asked by the Governing Body for a study for the Broad St. Firehouse, and the Kennedy Emergency Services Building. This was to inform the Council which project would be a greater value to the Borough. After the presentation, the Council decided the Broad St. Firehouse would be a better project to focus on. They also approve testing of that site should be done, by unanimous vote.
 Next the Council reviewed their 2026 Best Practices Inventory. Then the Council agreed on a draft resolution that would include near-by Municipalities to urge The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ), to enforce noise-Mitigation of arrivals at Teterboro Airport.
This was followed by a discussion about regulating Solar Panels, and Electric Vehicle charging stations in order to comply with Bogota Building, and Safety codes.
One Ordinance was introduced. This is to Establish Salary ranges for the following Non-Union and Supervisory Personnel. This will be voted on at the Council Meeting on Thursday-12-November.
Then the Council passed the Consent Agenda by unanimous vote. Items of note were:
-To approve a Shared Service Agreement with Bergen County for animal control services.
-To approve Bids for the improvement of Olsen Park, and Petrik Park.
Resolutions voted on Separately were:
- Approve Employment Agreement for Fire Marshal Mr. Daniel Klima.
- Approve Hire of DPW Full-time Operator Mr. Joao DeSouza.
Along with accepting Mr. Aaron Velez as a new Firefighter for Bogota Volunteer Fire Dept Engine Co #3.
During the Governing Body reports it was announced that an Emergency Preparedness Guide has been created, this can be found at:  https://www.bogotanj.gov/_files/ugd/8d609e_9b5807b517b54cbfb837835d900509aa.pdf.

Request for a study to be made to learn if trees need to be trimmed or removed at certain street corners for traffic safety.

The next Council meeting will be held on Thursday-12-November starting at 7:30p. It is scheduled to be held in the Council Chambers located on the second floor of 375 Larch Ave Bogota, NJ. For more information please visit: https://www.bogotaonline.org/ 

  

 

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 3-November-2026

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