Around the County: Deadline for Job-Saving Concessions and More

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories in Bergen County Patch communities. This week, the budget vote in Fort Lee is so close, officials may have to wait 10 days to count provisional ballots, River Edge voters shot down the proposed tax levy increase in the K-8 school budget, Paramus public workers have until May 17 to come up with concessions to avert layoffs, the death of a Teaneck woman found in a Connecticut lake has been ruled a suicide and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories on Patch sites this week:

• Paramus Public Workers , after the Mayor and Council spoke with union leaders at a work session Monday.
  
  
• When unofficial results were in Wednesday night, the $55.1 million 2011-2012 Fort Lee school budget had won voter approval by the narrowest of margins: 1,105 in favor and 1,102 against. But it could be another 10 days before the county makes the results official, and .
  
  
• The 26-year-old Teaneck woman found in a Connecticut lake Tuesday committed suicide, according to the State Medical Examiner's Office. around 7:30 a.m., police said. Tonia died from drowning, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday.
  
  
• River Edge voters opposed the $16.8 million 2011-12 school year budget and newly mandated 2 percent state cap levy of $13.1 million. The final tally of votes was 1,790 (against) to 1,482 (in favor) of the budget. The budget, which would have maintained all current staffing levels, programs including class trips and an installation of a sonic wall for internet security, .
  
  
• The RiverDell voters have spoken and . The question needed to pass in both by a majority of voters in River Edge and Oradell. The taxpayers in River Edge overwhelming voted 3,374 to 84 against while in Oradell the results were 2,412 to 141 in favor. The final overall tally was 3,515 to 2,498 against the change.
  
  
• Thanks to Mickey’s Kids, a foundation led by Hasbrouck Heights couple Tom and Michele Meli, ,  an organization that raises and trains service dogs for children with disabilities such as muscular dystrophy, multiple scleroris and epilepsy.
  
  
• New Milford engineer Stephen Boswell gave a presentation at the latest mayor and council meeting to talk about concerns related to flooding. Watch the video .
  
  
• The first flooding to the Ridgewood district's newly-turfed fields cost taxpayers $21,800 in March, drawing considerable ire from residents who chafed at the district's plan to build expensive turf fields in the 100-year flood plain without a manufacturer's warranty. Fields were again ravaged last week after the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook broke its banks and rendered fields unplayable for over a week. Now, over a week later, for Round II.
  
  
• Traffic testimony took center stage at Monday night’s Wyckoff Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting where .
  
  
• Mahwah Police Lt. Martin Clancy offered tips to residents on how to protect themselves against home invasions in light of recent burglaries in Bergen and Rockland counties. Watch the video .