Year in review October- November

29-Dec-2011
Year in review October - November
  2-Oct.-2011
The Trinity Church held their first " Blessing of the Animals" so that families could have their pets be blessed by Pastor Olsen.

   8-Oct.-2011
The Bogota Public Library had October be a Fines for Food Month in which any fines for late material could be paid off in food to be given to a local food bank.


  13- Oct.-2011
The streets  of Bogota which decorated in pink ribbons to show support for Cancer Awareness Month to help find a cure fore Breast Cancer.

    21-Oct.-2011
The Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball team Honoured their Senior Capt. Elise Brackett before their last regular season game. With a 2-0 victory over Midland Park the lady Bucs finished the season with a record of 24-1.

  29-Oct.-2011

The day the snow came. In a very large & powerful snow storm cover the East Coast. Bogota could not escape from it's force this time. Large sections of the Borough loss power as the heavy snow took down trees and power lines through-out the region. Not before the Football Bucs had one of their biggest wins over Harrison as the snow fell around them.

  30-Oct.-2011

The snow finally stopped and the clean-up started. Once again the Emergency Services & Public Works Dept.of Bogota stepped forward to keep the Borough safe and secure.

                                      

  31- Oct-2011

Treats after a big weather trick as most of Bogota had it's power restored , and DPW cleared enough streets so that the Halloween Trick & Treaters could go out safely to gather some candy.

  6-Nov.-2011

St. Joseph Church held a Pipe and Brass concert featuring the Palisade Park Fire Dept. Band and the Mag Seven Pipe & Drum Corp.

  8-Nov.-2011

Election Day, in some close races Mayor Patrick McHale was reelected & the Borough Council was still held on to by the Democratic candidates.

Questions

28-Dec-2011
   Bogota Blog NJ is looking for some participants in a survey on the new uniform policy in the High School. I would like the opinion of the parents of , as well as the students who, go the  Bogota Jr/Sr High School. I have a questionnaire that can be e-mailed to anyone who want to answer them. I ask that any student under the age of 18, or attending Bogota High School have their parent ,or guardian send permission to Bogota Blog NJ first.
I hope to have the results  by the end of winter break in February. No names will be used  in the results. An example is :  Parent of a Senior Girl, or A Junior Boy so I can keep it as confidential as possible. I have spoken to some Parents privately and they think it is a interesting idea. I hope I can provide a useful service to the Borough.
  Please contact me at bogotablognj@gmail.com if you like to participate.
  Thank-you
  Stephen Mazzella
  Bogota Blog NJ

Year in review August - September

28-Dec-2011
Year in review August - September
     15-August-2011
 The Bogota High School Football team returned to the practice field after the 2010 season was cut short due to too many injures to the varsity squad. With another new coach , Nick DeStefano, the Bucs started the hard work of a true rebuilding year.

    18-August-2011
 Mr Evaristo Burdiez Jr. was sworn in as the newest Bogota Councilman to replace Tara Sharp. Ms Sharp resigned for personal reasons earlier in the year.

  27- Aug-2011

 One of the more trying time for the Borough was when Hurricane Irene swept over the town. Being fortunate Bogota had no loss of any of it's citizen, and only repairable damage. Some power was loss, with all of the emergency & public works services putting in the extra hours to help the people of Bogota get through the storm. 

   7-Sept.-2011

The Borough loss another member of it's community with the sudden death of Council Joseph Noto. A longtime public servant he will be remembered by Family  and Friends.

   

  10-Sept.-2011

 The High School Bucs returned to the field of play, even if it was an overtime loss to Emerson. However it is the start of a new chapter in Bogota Football.

   11-Sept.-2011

 St.Joseph Church held a tenth Remembrance for those who were lost on that day. It was also a chance to honour the members of the Bogota Emergency Service, and all First Responders for the service to the Community.

   End of Sept.-2011

Was a time to celebrate, and  strengthen community ties with a number of actives.  The annual St. Joseph Carnival, The Hose #1 Mum Sale, and the town wide Garage sale, all showed the best of what life in a small town can be like. Also a good day for High School Sports, as both the Football team had hard fought victory over Weekhawken, and the Lady Bucs Volleyball team showed how their season will be like with a 2-0 victory against Park Ridge.