Bergen Health & Life

Stranger in the Classroom

For good or ill, artificial intelligence is now a big factor in your kids’ education. How can we make sure it doesn’t cheat them out of true learning?

Tennis Ball Lifeguard

In East Rutherford, a small dog keeps cool and shows off some serious retrieving skills.

Summer Is Saved

An outdoor redesign starring a salt-water pool has a formerly restless Oakland family cheering warm weather and saying “Hooray for home!”

Bergen’s Blues

We’re the only U.S. county that still bans shopping for nonessential items on Sundays, via our 321-year-old blue laws. Should the “day of rest” become like all the rest?

What A Catch!

Father and son team up for a day of fishing at Pascack Brook Park.

A Yard That Has Everything

In Waldwick, a once-drab outdoor space now boasts roses, hydrangeas, Japanese maples, Adirondack chairs, two staircases, two firepits, a hot tub, couches, a TV—even a putting green.

Why Ever Leave Home?

Now that warm weather’s here, a backyard swimming pool in Tenafly gives all the world’s vacation spots a run for their money.

The Challenge Was Steep

It took ingenuity and pooled expertise to turn a forbidding Woodcliff Lake yard into a multilevel entertainment zone.