Pedestrian Accidents, Youth in Need of Heart Transplant Top Local News

A 92-year-old Fort Lee woman badly injured Friday at Whiteman Plaza died early Saturday morning at a local hospital.

A Fort Lee woman was hospitalized in critical condition Friday with what police described as “life-threatening injuries” after being hit by a car that was backing up in the parking lot of the Whiteman Plaza Shopping Center on Lemoine Avenue.

A 71-year-old Fort Lee man was charged in connection with yet another traffic accident involving pedestrians in the borough late last Sunday night.

A group of community members, family and friends are banding together to help a Fort Lee family, whose 15-year-old son is in need of a heart transplant, through some difficult times, and in the process, to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.

Local officials joined the Port Authority to officially present steel from the World Trade Center Thursday to the New Synagogue Holocaust Museum in Fort Lee as part of an educational initiative.

The Fort Lee Planning Board rescheduled the next meeting on Tucker Development Corp.’s site plan application for June 4. Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich said this week he’s viewing the application with “guarded optimism” but makes no guarantees that it will be approved.

Fort Lee BOE president says there will be a principal in place at Fort Lee School No. 1 by the beginning of the next school year but says current principal, Kristine Cecere, whose contract was recently not renewed, has rights the school board has to protect.

Fort Lee’s Beautiful Foundation USA announced the two organizations it will support with funding raised at last year’s “Beautiful NANUM Market,” one raising awareness of elder abuse, and the other supporting children with disabilities.

The Fort Lee Board of Education will hold two special work sessions this week, the purpose of which is to interview candidates identified by a superintendent search firm hired earlier this year. The meetings, however, are not open to the public.

Fort Lee Police Chief clarifies crackdown announced late the previous week, saying the police department is doing what it can to raise awareness of the dangers of not paying attention when crossing borough streets but not necessarily "cracking down on texting and walking" as some media outlets reported.

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