Inflatable Rats Show Up in Ridgewood Labor Fight, Paramus Teen Charged in Stabbing

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, a Paramus teen was charged with aggravated assault after he stabbed a Dumont man, a Teaneck man is accused of robbing the same bank three days in a row, a Garfield teen faces charges in connection with a Ridgewood crash that sent eight to the hospital, a suspicious man was seen in the halls of a Fair Lawn school, Oradell has a new police chief and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this week:

• The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office charged a 17-year-old Paramus resident with , a day after he told police that he stabbed a Dumont man out of self-defense, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said.
  
  
• A Teaneck man is . Charles Burnett, 29, first robbed the Gold Street Sovereign bank branch on Monday, then again on Tuesday and Wednesday, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.
  
  
• A in connection with a Ridgewood car accident that sent eight people to Hackensack University Medical Center on Saturday, Sept. 18.
  
  
• The Mahwah Board of Education is , Board Vice President Chuck Saldarini said at Wednesday night’s meeting.
  
  
• A Tuesday morning at Lyncrest Elementary School in Fair Lawn, police said. The individual, who had left the premises by the time police arrived, is described as a tall, bald African-American man wearing a blue button-down shirt.
  
  
• A after reading about a Wyckoff postal clerk who was charged with credit card theft last July, according to Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox.
  
  
• Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ) announced a bipartisan bill Monday in a press conference at Teaneck police headquarters to .
  
  
• A New York City labor fight moved to the tree-lined streets of Ridgewood Thursday when .
• of the Oradell Police Department in the department's 85 year history following his promotion Tuesday night.
  
  
• Residents attended the Monday night meeting of the New Milford mayor and council to and issues with United Water and the management of the watershed.
  
  
• Junior Nina Messery of Hasbrouck Heights accomplished something for the record books on Sunday. Shefulfilled what many in the Bergen County tennis community felt she could do by with a dominating 6-0, 6-3 victory over Simona Levsky of Leonia on Sunday morning at Old Tappan High School.
  
  
• The Fort Lee Board of Education voted 5 to 4 Monday in favor of when Raymond Bandlow leaves the post at the end of October. A resident highlighted the desire on the part of other members of the public to have a say in the decision-making process.
  
  
• Strong winds, heavy rain and hail hit parts of Bergen County Thursday, causing trees to topple and power to go out.
  
  
• A 3-year-old boy and his father were found dead in their Englewood apartment Monday. Officials said the boy died of suffocation and the cause of the father's death was not yet known.
  
  
• Every vote counts. That fact became obvious this week when Park Ridge voters defeated a proposal Tuesday to use $1.4 million to upgrade athletic fields by seven votes.