Boy’s Death in Party Bus Crash, BOE Candidate Changes Top Sept News

Friends Create Facebook Group To Commemorate Life Of Teen Killed In Bus Accident

Friends of Daniel Fernandez, a 16-year-old who was killed after sticking his head out of a roof hatch on a party bus and hitting an overpass as the vehicle drove on Interstate 95 in Fort Lee, created a Facebook group to share memories and messages about the teen.

A 16-year-old boy from Sayreville riding on a bus full of teenagers heading to a Sweet 16 was killed after he stuck his head out of a roof hatch on the bus and hit an overpass as the vehicle drove on Interstate 95 southbound, near the George Washington Bridge, an official said.

Wake Planned For I-95 Bus Accident Victim

The wake and funeral for the 16-year-old boy killed in a tragic party bus accident on I-95 in Fort Lee was scheduled for Labor Day, according to a flier posted on the St. Francis Preparatory School website.

The Fort Lee Board of Education announced that it has only one candidate who will appear on the November ballot to fill the remainder of former board president Arthur Levine’s unexpired term, that two of the six candidates for three three-year terms on the board have withdrawn their names from the November ballot and that one of two people will fill Levine’s seat until the board’s reorganization meeting in January 2013.

BMW Smashes Into Linwood Avenue Garage

A BMW crashed into a Linwood Avenue garage, cracking and knocking out some of the brickwork around the structure. Fort Lee police closed down four blocks of Linwood Avenue after the incident, and Fort Lee firefighters installed supports for the two-family home.

Fort Lee Woman Accused of Prostitution Pleads Not Guilty

A Fort Lee woman charged with prostitution after an undercover sting of a Morris Plains spa entered a not guilty plea in Municipal Court. Kim O. Hye, 54, was arrested at the VIP Spa Thursday following a five-month investigation by the Morris Plains detective bureau that police said involved the VIP Spa at 1745 Route 10 East.

Fort Lee Approves Special Needs Housing Proposal on Lower Main Street

Fort Lee took a step toward closing the gap between demand and availability for housing for adults with special needs, when the Borough Council unanimously approved a 15-story, 140-unit high-rise apartment building on lower Main Street.

Fort Lee GOP Council Candidate Calls on Opponents Not to Use Signs

One of the two Republican candidates for Fort Lee Borough Council announced that he would not be putting up any political advertising signs, and he also called upon his Democratic opponents to follow suit.

Fort Lee's First Dog Park Opens 

Fort Lee held its grand opening for its first-ever dog park, which is located at the end of Stillwell Avenue near the Fort Lee Recreation Center in William T. Birch Park, has been long-awaited and much-discussed in the borough and something Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, a dog owner himself, has called a project that "keeps a smile on your face because then you have a tendency to be able to endure everything else."

Mayor: Fort Lee Not Reason Ironman Won’t Be Back in 2013

Just a day after the Fort Lee Mayor and Council issued proclamations recognizing competitors and the many volunteers who played an integral role in making the New York City area’s first Ironman U.S. Championship a local success, the Ironman organization dropped a bombshell, announcing that the competition would not be returning to the New York City metropolitan area next year.

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