Around the County: Residents Ask for No Change in Defeated Budget and More

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories in Bergen County Patch communities. This week, authorities announced they were searching for a Teaneck lawyer who was illegally practicing, a long-time Fair Lawn council member died, Nikki Sixx visited Bookends in Ridgewood, River Edge residents asked the council to keep the defeated school budget at the proposed levels and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories on Patch sites this week:

• Authorities are searching for a Teaneck attorney accused of practicing law while her license was temporarily suspended, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Monday. on March 10.
  
  
• Following the defeated elementary school budget last Wednesday, residents turned out to a packed room for the River Edge Mayor and Council meeting to .
  
  
• Students learn about historical places around the world like the Coliseum in the classroom but it’s certainly quite a different experience when one gets to see such places up close. Recently a large group from Hasbrouck Heights High School made up of students, teachers and parents were able to experience such iconic places and more as .
  
  
• Florence "Flossie" Dobrow, whose 25-year run on the Borough Council was the longest in Fair Lawn history, passed away peacefully Monday morning at age 93. The namesake of the borough's Dobrow Sports Complex on Maple Avenue and Hemlock Place, Mayor Lisa Swain.
  
  
• A review Tuesday afternoon of the provisional ballots in Fort Lee's school budget vote has left the results just as they were before—with the $55.1 million .
  
  
• Eight students from the Central Unitarian Church on Forest Avenue in Paramus have raised more than $2,000 for orphans in Ghana via the Every Child is Our Child program (ECOC). The while living with foster families.
  
  
• Government officials in Westwood approved a resolution Tuesday to . They hope other municipalities will follow suit to try to reduce flooding that occurs in the area.
  
  
• Rumors that spread throughout Mahwah about a , according to Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli.
  
  
• A for possession of a stolen van containing stolen property has been linked to numerous burglaries and thefts of medical offices around Essex County and may be responsible for one in Ridgewood as well, Caldwell Police Det. Sgt. Anthony Marta said Wednesday.
  
  
• Motley Crue co-founder Nikki Sixx was at Bookends in Ridgewood on Monday, where about 1,000 fans of the iconic metal band crowded on the streets and sidewalk waiting for a chance to meet the bass guitarist infamous for his hard-charging lifestyle. Click to see the video.