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Week in Review: Cop Shooting Conviction, Tucker's Plan Accepted, Kwon Reaction

A roundup of the week's top local news on Fort Lee Patch.

A Fort Lee man and his accomplice were convicted Thursday in a string of armed robberies that included the . The pair terrorized highway businesses in the spring of 2010.

The developer of the western half of Redevelopment Area 5 successfully completed the necessary first step Monday, as the Fort Lee Planning Board unanimously accepted Tucker Development Corporation’s mixed-use plan for the roughly eight-acre parcel, or Phase 2 of the project.

Sen. Kevin O’Toole (R-40), Bergen County Executive Kathlene Donvan and others called New Jersey Supreme Court nominee Philip Kwon’s confirmation hearings “unfair.” O’Toole also calling for an investigation Thursday, as many  in Bergen County's Korean-American community, including some from Fort Lee, expressed disappointment and even outraged.

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If you’re parked on a residential street in the Borough of Fort Lee, and you find a yellow hash mark on the tire of your car, it can mean a number of things, but you should definitely consider yourself warned.

In light of an hoping to stop the Port Authority from what they see as “unfairly targeting” them for picking up passengers just before the George Washington Bridge tollbooths on the south side of Bridge Plaza, a Port Authority spokesman Wednesday defended the enforcement program but said the agency is working with Fort Lee officials to find a solution.

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The New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) recognized last week as a “Reward School” for showing outstanding student growth over the past three years, Fort Lee school officials announced.

The Manischewitz Company is partnering with “rock Can roll” to place collection bins around the country, including one at Congregation Gesher Shalom in  Fort Lee. The aim is to fight hunger and poverty through food donations in honor of Passover and spring.

The price of gas and concern about the economy haven't changed 'sTwin Towers Exxon Service Station generations-old approach to customer service.

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