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Missing Man Found Dead in Teaneck, Fire Strikes Glen Rock Home

This week's Bergen news also includes a Wyckoff postal worker accused of stealing a patron's credit card and motor vehicle crashes

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories in Bergen County Patch communities. This week, a missing Bogota man was found dead in Teaneck, a fire broke out in a Glen Rock residence, there were several car crashes in Westwood, Paramus residents criticized the governing body for a lack of action against the administrator for personal use of a borough vehicle, Yankee Bernie Williams visited Ridgewood and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories on Patch sites this week:

  • A Bogota in Teaneck Wednesday night, four days after he went missing, a family member said.

  • A of a Fairmount Avenue home in Glen Rock early Friday morning and took nearly three hours to put down. Neighbors and first responders all confirmed that the homeowners — two seniors — had been successfully removed.

  • A minivan carrying a family apparently returning from vacation was as it approached the lower level eastbound toll lane of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee late Wednesday morning, according to a Port Authority spokesman.

  • Police are investigating at the ShopRite on River Road in New Milford.

  • A Wyckoff postal clerk is , police said.

  • There were three crashes in Westwood this week. A Tuesday afternoon causing damage to the vehicle and building but no serious injuries. A along Old Hook Road late Tuesday afternoon sending the driver to the hospital. A at a busy intersection sending two to the hospital to get checked out.

  • Five Paramus residents . They felt that Administrator Joseph D'Arco should have been punished for using a Borough vehicle to drive his daughter from Washington Township to his home in Bloomfield during work hours.

  • Yankee great Bernie Williams visited Bookends in Ridgewood this week and about his book, music and baseball.

  • Following Gov. Christie's decision to send additional school aid across New Jersey, the River Edge Board of Education decided to .

  • With a voter approved school budget for the 2011-12 school year, the Oradell school district has accepted interim Superintendent Dr. Maria Nuccetelli's recommendation to .

  • New Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor and the deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey visited Fort Lee’s Ladder Co. 3 Monday to .

  • The state Appellate Court has ordered that there be another look at the award granted Fair Lawn Sgt. Michael Messina, who was .

  • Medco Health Solutions and Express Scripts announced Thursday that the boards of directors for for Express Scripts to acquire the Franklin Lakes pharmacy benefits management company for $29.1 billion.


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