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Paramus Little League Wins Championship, Missing New Milford Man Found

This week's Bergen news also includes a visit by Governor Christie in Hasbrouck Heights

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories in Bergen County Patch communities. This week, emergency personnel responded to a Westwood condominium complex after a woman barricaded herself inside, hundreds of Teaneck residents attended a special Board of Education meeting about busing, a New Milford resident who had gone missing was found in Brooklyn, Assemblywoman Connie Wagner visited Oradell, Paramus Little League won the 12-year-old state championship for the first time and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories on Patch sites this week:

  • The Teaneck Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept an $85,000 donation to restore private school bus routes. .

  • Members of the Bergen County Police Department, the Bergen County SWAT Team and Westwood Police responded after . Police had to break down her door to remove her.

  • The New Milford Police Department announced that borough .

  • thanks to an emergency assistance program announced by Governor Chris Christie, who paid a visit to Hasbrouck Heights Monday.

  • New Jersey’s Attorney General and the State Division of Consumer Affairs filed notices of violation against seven businesses, including one in Fort Lee, for “illegally offering mortgage modification services to homeowners” in desperate financial situations, thereby , state officials announced Tuesday.

  • Assemblywoman Connie Wagner (D-38) visited Oradell early Wednesday morning to meet with the Oradell-Emerson Rotary Club. Wagner, a former educator and councilwoman in Paramus, .

  • Hiro Mizutani pitched his second complete game shutout of the tournament and for the first time in its history, Paramus Little League , defeating Erial 3-0 on a rainy evening at Monroe Township Little League.

  • Daytime soap star Kim Zimmer went to Bookends in Ridgewood this week to .

  • Wyckoff resident Charles Simpson, 33, .

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