U.S. Senator in Ridgewood and Local Crime Investigations Top County Headlines

In top county news this week:

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez came to Ridgewood this week in clearing congestion and cutting red tape to initiate transit development while preserving and creating jobs.

for a mortgage fraud scheme that falsely claimed mortgage borrowers worked at the county’s public financing agency, according to a U.S. Attorney.

Glen Rock police say a Paterson man eyed by authorities for allegedly committing a string of burglaries in Bergen, Passiac and Morris counties .

Police continue to investigate two armed robberies which took place at  North Arlington and Lyndhurst late Thursday night.

A church seeking to build a cathedral on West Midland Avenue in Paramus had all of its variances approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment .

A preliminary budget presentation from the Ridgewood Board of Education revealed the board is short $655,000 and .

Although there have been no reports of anyone taking ill due to soil contaminants at Teaneck’s Milton Votee Park, officials told the public during a forum this week that . 

After remaining an empty eyesore for over four decades, the property known as Redevelopment Area 5, a 17-acre Fort Lee property near the George Washington Bridge, .

Fair Lawn Police Detective Jeff Welsh was recognized as the 2011-2012 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of New Jersey.

was selected by the National Association of Secondary Principals (NASSP) as one of three recipients in Bergen County of the first Digital Principal Award.

The as borough officials made a move this week to seek estimates for tearing it down as remediating the building would be too costly.

Wyckoff Police Department this week.

Westwood and Washington Township are with the borough’s Old Tappan and River Vale.