Hackensack gets wiped off the map

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Malcolm A. Borg, chairman of North Jersey Media Group, grew up in a big house at Summit and Fairmount avenues in northern Hackensack (map). Today, "Mac" is one of a couple of dozen people left at The Record's landmark building not far away.

When you drive by 150 River St., you might mistaken the parking lot for an annex of nearby Hackensack Toyota. The lot, once crowded with employees' cars, is filled with new but unsold Japanese cars -- hundreds of them.

Now look at the lead Page 1 story today on cuts to North Jersey high school athletics. It doesn't even mention Hackensack. The entire Local section also ignores the city where The Record was founded in 1895 and where it prospered for more than 110 years.

The only news from Englewood is a crime story. Teaneck? Not today. Nada. Zilch. 

But for the second day in a row, a columnist blasts Governor Christie for forcing NJ Transit to propose 25% fare hikes and service cuts. This hits the pocket of Editorial Page Editor Alfred P. Doblin, who commutes to Woodland Park by train, and he's pretty upset.

Doblin portrays Christie as an imperious ruler who doesn't leave his private car to see how the people live or how hard it is for them to get around using mass transit.

All in all, a pretty skimpy paper, especially if you live in Bergen County.