Deadly Alpine Crash, 36th Pedestrian Struck in Top Fort Lee News

A man who tried to sexually assault a woman in Fort Lee died in a fiery wreck early Tuesday after he fled on the Palisades Interstate Parkway and crashed into a tree, authorities said.

A Palisades Park woman who suffered minor injuries after getting hit by a car at Anderson Avenue and Main Street Wednesday evening became the 36th pedestrian struck by a vehicle in Fort Lee this year alone, police said.

Port Authority police rescued a dog from a catwalk on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge Thursday morning about 12 hours after it ran away from its home in Leonia, apparently spooked by 4th of July fireworks, authorities said.

Wires leading to one of the transformers inside Parker Plaza "shorted or burnt out" at about 8:30 a.m. Monday, causing all power to be shut down and forcing evacuation of the building, Fort Lee fire officials said.

Dozens of Fort Lee youth graduated Friday from the Fort Lee Police Department’s annual Junior Police Academy in a ceremony at the Jack Alter Fort Lee Community Center. The two-week program, sponsored by the Fort Lee Police Department, instilled the core values of courtesy, professionalism, respect, integrity and dedication.

The Fort Lee Film Commission last Sunday honored pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy Blaché, who founded Solax Studio in Fort Lee 100 years ago and whose birthday was July 1, by dedicating a new marker at her gravesite—one more befitting a woman who played such an important role in cinema history.

The State Assembly Transportation Committee could have used subpoena power if the Port Authority didn't comply; the committee chair also criticized the agency for approving toll “rollbacks” for Staten Island commuters while ignoring those in NJ.

Fort Lee's Strictly Bicycles is a full service shop specializing in custom bikes.

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