Week: Car Crashes At School, Bullying Report, Superintendent TV Criticism

In case you missed it this week:

Nobody was injured when a car jumped the curb, and went up the front steps of Wednesday morning, stopping about three inches from the front doors.

Residents Monday questioned some of Interim Superintendent Steven Engravalle’s comments on a recent live broadcast of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” from , but school officials, including Engravalle, said they oppose charter schools.

The talk was about plants Monday night when the Fort Lee Planning Board focused the bulk of its fifth public hearing on the vast open space proposed for The Center at Fort Lee project.

The Planning Board also heard testimony Monday from a land use expert on various impacts of the two 47-story residential buildings proposed for the West parcel of Redevelopment Area 5.

Bergen County Democratic legislators were in Fort Lee last Sunday near the George Washington Bridge calling for “swift passage” of legislation that would require greater accountability and transparency on the part of the Port Authority, calling on the agency to halt further toll increases and promising reform.

The Fort Lee school district issued its mid-year Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) and Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse (VV-SA) reports Monday at the Fort Lee Board of Education's regular business meeting, breaking down the number of reports and incidents by school for the first half of the academic year.

County police have ticketed drivers in Fort Lee for turning right at an intersection where the light is long and borough officials say a temporary “No Turn on Red” sign might not be necessary.

The Hotel in Fort Lee is part of a new Hilton Global initiative, taking part in green programs and community service.

Rabieh Ghazal returned to Fort Lee from Hawaii to help out his brother so his struggling business wouldn’t be forced to close. His goal was to expand the business and make changes to the menu to include more Mediterranean flavors.

The Week in Review appears every Sunday on Fort Lee Patch.