BergenNOW has enhanced our system of User Points for site members! Now you can earn credits for more different activities within the community. And you'll be able to then spend those credits within the community for purchases of items here in the very near future!

The latest poll in the online community of Bergen County at www.BergenNOW.com reveals that most Bergen residents are still in favor of keeping the county's "blue laws" - but only by a very narrow margin.

It's that time again: time for you, the online community of Bergen County, to vote and express your opinions on the best - and worst - public officials in Bergen County for 2010!

BergenNOW.com announces the launch of a new feature today: the Bergen County Document Exchange.

How witty, insightful, clever, touching, funny, or entertaining is YOUR personal Quote on your Profile page? BergenNOW is offering an award for the best personal "Quote" on a member's Profile page: a $50 gift certificate for The Bicycle Club Restaurant in Englewood Cliffs! The competition is open only to registered members of the BergenNOW.com community.

Where do your local public officials rank in terms of their performance and effectiveness? RATE, REVIEW, and RECOMMEND your local government officials here (your identity is not disclosed), and find out what your neighbors think, too!

Your interest in maintaining your anonymity online is important to us. No one knows how you vote (continued...)

write for BergenNOW.com!

One of our growing features here at BergenNOW is our line-up of "Community Leaders" - a select group of Bergen County residents chosen to write a blog on what's going on in their town.

Do you have the writing ability, the passion about the issues, and the smarts to be the one whose voice is loudly heard concerning your town? If you think so, then write to us at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and let us know!

UPDATE: Check back next week to meet our newest "Community Leader" blogger.

People are talking about BergenNOW! Here's a sample of one of the testimonials we've recently received from our site visitors:

"Great job getting the story on the incident in Fort Lee last night. I heard the ending of it on my scanner and was checking NorthJersey.com for more, however, they were asleep. NJ.com did a brief, but it didn't have the level of detail found on your site.

"I'm from Teaneck, finishing up my journalism degree.  I have a lot of respect for local reporting and it's good to see a new local news source for Bergen County.

"Thanks for the great reporting.  Please keep it up!"

4/11/09