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Fatal Hit-and-Run in Teaneck, Glen Rock Assault Investigation Continues

This week's Bergen news also includes the FBI coming close to identifying Fair Lawn bank robber

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories in Bergen County Patch communities. This week, a woman died after being hit by up to four cars in Teaneck, a woman lost control of her vehicle in Ridgewood hitting a home, Glen Rock police are investigating an assault and robbery of a 67-year-old woman, the FBI may be close to catching a Fair Lawn bank robber and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories on Patch sites this week:

  • night in Teaneck, authorities said.

  • Police say , forcing her to crash through a stop sign and a home before coming to a rest at a residential fence on Grove Street in Ridgewood Tuesday afternoon.

  • Two cars collided in Fair Lawn at the intersection of River Road and Fair Lawn Avenue around 8 p.m. Wednesday, .

  • Glen Rock detectives are Aug. 19, according to police. An unknown assailant attacked the woman from behind just before 11 p.m. in front of her Hillside Avenue home.

  • A Christian congregation is looking to make the former Riverview Racquet Club on Henley Avenue in New Milford their new home. The Planning Board heard Tuesday night from representatives of the Gospel Fellowship Church, who are .

  • Paramus is moving forward with . The Borough advertised for bids for the project, the cost of which is primarily being borne by Bergen Community College and the Ridgewood Country Club.

  • The in Fair Lawn nearly two months ago, Patch has learned.

  • A on Franklin Avenue in Franklin Lakes, Police Detective Lt. John Bakelaar told Patch on Monday.

  • Previous discussions of outsourcing some of the work by the River Edge DPW was eliminated during Monday's Mayor and Council meeting. Instead, .

  • The Borough of Fort Lee is in the early stages of , and Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich says he’d like to see the borough take on a central role while taking the opportunity to turn it into an event the entire community can enjoy.

  • The New Milford Mayor and Council will vote at their Sept. 12 meeting on .


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