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 Wednesday-24-June

 Forecast of weather conditions from the National Weather Service for the next several days. Information is for local area around Teterboro Airport. For more information, please visit their website at: https://www.weather.gov/okx/

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• Wednesday

  

  High: 83 °F

  Sunny

• Wednesday Night

  

  Low: 63 °F

  Mostly Clear

• Thursday

  

  High: 85 °F

  Mostly Sunny

• Thursday Night

  

  Low: 66 °F

  Chance
  Showers then
  Showers
  Likely

• Friday

  

  High: 84 °F

  Showers
  Likely

• Friday Night

  

  Low: 68 °F

  Chance
  Showers then
  Showers
  Likely

• Saturday

  

  High: 78 °F

  Showers
  Likely

• Saturday Night

  

  Low: 67 °F

  Chance
  Showers then
  Partly Cloudy

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 83. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday

Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night

Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday

Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night

A 30 % chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 87.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.

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Pet Adoption

  22-June-2026
  On Saturday-20-June, the Overpeck Creek Animal Hospital in Bogota hosted an Animal Adoption event. This was done in conjunction with the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. There was a truck on site that showed a variety of animals that would be available to be adopted. This included Kittens and Puppies, with full grown Cats and Dogs. There was also one Rabbit as well.
 One side of the bus had a glass side to allow people to see the animals from the outside. Patrons could also enter the bus and walk between the kennels. Each enclosure had the name of the pet, its sex and breed. The passersby could pet and interact with the animals, which in turn, showed their excitements to the Humans. 
 A table was set-up which had a booklet of more animals that could be chosen that were still in the shelter. Members of the Animal Shelter were on hand to answer questions about how to apply to adopt one of the animals.
 They also assisted visitors how to fill out forms, and what other type of information that would be needed to be considered in order to adopt from the shelter. If the applicant were approved, then they would be asked to come to the shelter to adopt a new pet for their family.
 At the same time visitors were able to talk to the staff and take a tour of the hospital facilities.
 In the parking lot a few tables had more information about a local dog camp, a company that had a service that would do a deep clean on robotic litter boxes, and another specializing in pet grooming treats.
 The Overpeck Creek Animal Hospital in Bogota is located at 101 E. Main St. Office hours start at 9:00a to 6:00p five days a week. Saturdays they are open from 9:00a to 1:00p. They can be reached at by calling 201-4949 or going to https://njvet.com/
 There was also a similar event at
 the Tenafly Veterinary Center at 39 Piermont Rd. Tenafly. For more information about these, call 201-567-7878.
 

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Board of Education meeting

 22-June-2026
 On Tuesday-16-June, the Bogota Board of Education held their final meeting for the 2025-26 school year. During his Superintendent's reports Mr. Damian Kennedy acknowledged a number of people. The first was Ms. Ximena Vargas for serving as the Student Representative for the school year. Superintendent Kennedy, along with Board President Mr. Jose Chavez, presented Ms. Vargas a copy of the resolution that honored her being the Student Representative.
 Then Superintendent Kennedy listed some of the achievements from this past year. This included opening the Bogota Sports Complex and CTE Building. Refurbishing of the High School Auditorium and Media Centre. The Gym at Bixby School. Along with upgrading the security and electrical systems of all school buildings. He continued in saying members of the Senior Class had been accepted to 128 Higher Education schools with 7 Athletic Scholarships. With a total of 14 million dollars being awarded in with scholarships and grants to the class of 2026.

 Superintendent Kennedy then presented plaques to Ms. Mariana Garcia and Ms. Shaylie Tzep for earning their Associate Degree from Bergen Community College during the school year.
  This was followed by honoring members of the school system who will retire at the end of the school year. They are:
-Ms. Diana Baranelo for 25 years as a Special Education Teacher.
-Ms. Lorri Nichols for 25 years of an Elementary School Teacher.
-Mr. Shkelqim Ametllari after 12 years as a Custodian for the district.
 Then to announce the Teachers of the year for:
- Bixby School Ms. Nicole Schiavello, she was introduced by her son Anthony.
- Steen School Ms. Dana Zebrowski
- Middle School Ms. Jean Haase
- High School Ms. Shannon Atempa
 After a short break, the Trustees voted on the Consent Agenda. All resolutions were passed by unanimous vote. Items of note were:
-To accept a donation educational material for the Career Technical Building.
-To accept the resignation of Physics Teacher Mr. David Gamarra
-To accept the resignation of Music Teacher Mr. Michael Prachthauser.
-To approval the appointment of:
- Raffaele Accetta as a custodial
- Jake Mackenzie, as a Social Studies Teacher
- Stephen Palmer as a Health Sciences Teacher 
- Nazier Navarro as a Guidance Counselor at the Middle School 
- April Roccisano as an Elementary Special Education Teacher
- Stephanie Ceccon as an Elementary Special Education
- Sarah Spagnola as an Elementary Special Education Teacher
- Melanie Lekaj as a Mathematics Teacher
- Steven Wasco as a Music Teacher
- Mr. Adam Tonner as Head Football Coach
- Ms. Alicia Lavelle at Head Woman's Basketball Coach
- Joint Transportation Agreement with the Maywood Board of Education 
 The next Board of Education Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday-25 August at 7:00p in the High School Cafeteria on the second floor of 2 Henry Luthin Pl. and online.
 
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