Teachers Rally and More in Top County News

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories in Bergen County Patch communities. This week, a judge denied a media outlet's request for dashboard video taken during the night a Paramus police officer was shot, Fair Lawn teachers demonstrated in Trenton and their borough, a man allegedly offered children $5 to ride in his car in Fort Lee, a section of Overpeck Park is closed, some Mahwah residents continue to fight a development, officials dedicated the Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve, Hasbrouck Heights hosted its first Relay for Life event and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories on Patch sites this week:

• A judge on Wednesday of the night Paramus Police Officer Rachel Morgan was shot, citing her right to privacy.
  
  
• Fair Lawn teachers displayed their frustration on two fronts Thursday, outside Edison School on Fair Lawn Avenue.
  
  
• Fort Lee police charged a Fairview man Friday with  Wednesday morning near the intersection of Anderson Ave. and North Ave., and then allegedly approached a different child with the same offer the very next day in the same area.
  
  
• A while the county looks to conduct a study that will likely result in a cleanup of the site, officials said. The move also forced the Teaneck Rowing Club to stop using Area IV.  The club was using Overpeck Lake until the Andreas Park boathouse is completed in the fall.
  
  
• It's been several months since the tragic death of 37-year-old Matthew Pellettere, a probationary member with the River Edge Volunteer Ambulance Service, who suffered a heart attack in January. To honor his memory and get in shape, REVAS member Niamh van Meines organized  so that the entire Corp can live better, eat better, lose weight, and support each other.
  
  
• The Citizens To Stop The Mahwah Mall, currently a group of eight volunteers, is passionately – but it needs volunteers and monetary donations to move forward.
  
  
• Many communities buzz about going green but in Franklin Lakes it's about staying green. The culmination of many years — and many hands — came Saturday as the borough .
  
  
• A little rain did not dampen the spirits of the Hasbrouck Heights residents determined to remember loved ones and raising precious funds for cancer research. Last weekend Depken Field became home to Height’s , the American Cancer Society’s biggest fund-raising event. Browse through the and watch the .
  
  
• Twenty-eight New Milford students during an assembly at Gibbs School organized by the Spirit Club. Each donor gave 10 inches of hair to help make wigs for sick children.
  
  
• When his mom's car pulled up, Thor did not hesitate to jump in. The spirited white German Shepherd ran off last week and got lost in the wilderness between Franklin Lakes and Wayne. Monday night, after a long weekend of worry, Brigitte Peterson found Thor with the help of some very kind people in Wayne.