Weekend Events

23-Oct.-2014
   Some events happen in and around Bogota for the weekend starting Friday 24-Oct.

Saturday -25-Oct.

Bogota

   The Trinity Lutheran Church will be hosting  two different Halloween parties There will be a Family party starting at 2:00p and going until 4:00p. There will be prizes for the best costume by age groups. Then at 7:00p there will be a Teen Costume party going until 10:00p. Admission is $2.00 or some non-perishable food items to go to thier food bank.    The Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 167 Palisade Ave. in Bogota, NJ

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Saturday -25-Oct.

Bogota

  The Bogota Public Library will hold their annual  Haunted Library. This will start at 11:00a and go until 12:30p. There will be games & Halloween themed crafts. They plan to have a photo booth this year along with a spooky movie 

Annual Haunted Library Extravaganza

 

*Please register for this event. Space is limited

For more information about this and other Library events please visit their website at:  http://www.bogotapubliclibrary.org/

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Saturday -25-Oct.

River Edge , NJ

   The Historic New Bridge landing is hosting an Harvest Homecoming in Clelbration of the reopening of the Westervelt Thomas Barn. Schedule to perform is the Long Hill String band. This will start at 2:00p and go until 6:00p

  New Bridge Landing is located at 1201 Main St. River Edge, NJ. For more information please visit their website at :http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/

Saturday 25-Oct
Teaneck, NJ

Lil Rev’s “The Jew of Tin Pan Alley” will perform at the Puffin Cultural Forum  stating at 8:00p A highly engaging, participatory, and educational one-man show celebrates the Jewish contribution to American popular music by delving into the lost old world of writers, performers, publishers and song pluggers. This show is performed in period attire with historical memorabilia including, LPs, sheet music, cylinder rolls, books, pictures, and much more. $10 Suggested Donation Reservations Recommended  For more information please go to their website at: Puffin Cultural Forum  It located at 20 Puffin Way , Teaneck NJ Sunday-26-Oct. Bogota  The Bogota Volunteer Fire Dept. Hose Co.#2 will hold their annual Pancake Breakfast starting at 8:00a to 1:00p  Tickets are $8.00 for  Adults and $5.00 for Seniors & Students. Process will go to the General operating Fund for the Central Ave Firehouse.    The Firehouse is located at 164 Central Ave. in Bogota, NJ For more information please call 201-452-3378                                                                          (it is asked that while attending this event you  inform them that you saw it on Bogota Blog NJ) Sunday-26-Oct. Bogota    The Bogota Marching Buccaneer Band will be performing at the North Jersey Band Festival being held on the  Montclair State University Campus. Performance are schedule to begin at 4:30p (Rain date is Sunday-2- November) Tickets are $8.00 in advance and $12 at the gate. Parking is $6.00 Advance Tickets can be purchased by emailing Mr McCann at: bmccann@bogotaboe.com   The Band Parents are looking for volunteers to supply & help serve a Potluck Lunch for the band  at 11:30a at the Bogota Recreation Center for the band the morning of the Band Festival. For mor information on how to volunteer go to their website at : http://bucsband.blogspot.com/

Bogota Sports

22- Oct.-2014
    The  2014 NJIC  Cross Country  All Division Team for the Patriot Division have been announced.
The Lady Bucs placed five runners in all  with Jillian O'Brien making  the girls First Team.  Alanah O'Brien, and Mika Sunga were named to the Second team, with Emma O'Brien & Marianna Castro making Honorable Mention
  For the Boys Squad   Bogota placed 6 runners on the first team & one on the second team. Making the first team are Quin Geraghty, Michael Gioiosa, Chris Rivera, Andy Jaipersaud, Daniel Daurio, & James Draney.  Being placed on the second team was Dan Rivera.
   The Boys Squad have won the Patriot Division title for the third year in a row, and were named the 2014 Patriot Division Team of the Year. Bogota Coach Jay Mahoney  won coach of the year for the Boys team for the second time in three years.
  The Cross Country Squad next meet is on Saturday 25-Oct at the County Group Championships at the Darlington Park Racecourse in Mahwah, NJ

File photos courtesy of Pat Rochford 

  The Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball Team had a 2-0 (25-9:25-6) win over Wallington on Wednesday at Speary Gym.  Natalie Torres lead with 6 Aces & 14 Service Points.  Samantha Gioiosa & Kelliann Brown each had 8 Kills with Ms. Brown adding 2 Blocks. Cathleen Macaroy had 4 Digs while Amanda Manzo lead with 20 Assists. The Lady Bucs next match is Friday 24- Oct. against Midland Park at Speary Gym. The start time is scheduled to be 7:00p. This will be Senior Night for the Lady Bucs before the start of the Match.

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Bogota Bucs Soccer

22-Oct-2014
    The Bogota Bucs Soccer team had it's game stopped at Bergen Tech yesterday 21-Oct due to lighting and field condition. The start of the game was delayed because of lighting in the area during warm-ups.  Then mid-way through the first half Officials were asked to pause the game due to Lighting in the area. By league rules game must be stopped for at least a half hour after the last lighting alert has been made. During the pause a harder rain started to fall and Officials & both Coaches agreed that  field conditions would be unsafe for the players to resume the game.
   The score was  0-1 in favor of Bergen Tech. The game will be replayed on Monday 27- Oct at Bergen Tech and have a 4:00p kickoff. The game will be replayed from the beginning.
  Bogota will next play on Friday 24-Oct against Hawthorne Christian at Home in the Soccer field at Overpeck Park in the Ridgefield Park section. The Kick-off is Scheduled for 4:00p This will be Bogota final Home game of their Inaugural season, and the will be honouring the two Senior players  before the game.

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