Tell Your Neighbors: Englewood-Englewood Cliffs Patch Is Live

The new website launched Thursday.

Attention Fort Lee Patch users and subscribers, we have exciting news to share! You now have a new Patch neighbor. The Englewood-Englewood Cliffs Patch launched Thursday. Now your friends in the next towns over will be able to get all of the news about their police and fire departments, schools, government, business district and all of the community events and happenings in their town. Englewood-Englewood Cliffs Patch is accepting bloggers and other contributors so if you know an individual, organization, business or professional you think would make a great Englewood-Englewood Cliffs Patch blogger, let us know by emailing erik.wander@patch.com. Be sure to ‘Like’ the site’s Facebook page and follow it on Twitter. Please tell your friends …

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William Mays

11:05 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Nvm, just looked at the pic.   more ›

Brooklyn Man Killed in Fall From Palisades Cliff

Witnesses said the man was beyond a safety barrier, according to police.

A 26-year-old Brooklyn man was found dead after witnesses say he went beyond a marked safety barrier and fell off a cliff at Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs Saturday night, police said. Officers rushed to the scenic lookout within minutes of receiving a report that a man had fallen shortly before 9 p.m., according to Palisades Interstate Parkway Police. A search effort by Englewood Cliffs firefighters, the East Bergen Rappel Team and New York Police Department’s Aviation Unit located the man’s body directly below where he reportedly fell, police said. “He was reported to have been on the cliff edge beyond a placarded safety barrier near the middle of the lookout,” Lt. Michael J. Coppola said in a statement. Police identified the …

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Fort Lee Chamber To Hold Ironman Triathlon Dinner

The all-you-can-eat pasta dinner is for volunteers, athletes, sponsors and spectators and takes place at the Assembly Steak House in Englewood Cliffs on Aug. 8.

The Fort Lee Regional Chamber of Commerce is joining forces with the Assembly Steak House in Englewood Cliffs to support the upcoming 2012 Ironman U.S. Championship. The Chamber is hosting an all-you-can-eat pasta buffet dinner Wednesday, Aug. 8 from 6 to 10 p.m. for Ironman athletes, event sponsors, volunteers and even spectators at the Assembly—itself one of the Chamber’s sponsors—located at 495 Sylvan Ave. Among those in the international field of athletes competing in the Ironman on Aug. 11 are North Jersey residents Beth O’Connor of Oakland, Bill Frost of Ridgewood, Thomas DiVincent of Franklin Lakes, Guy Dess of Tenafly, Jeffrey Lathrop of Old Tappan, Katie Feehan of Wykoff, Kevin Smyth of Old Tappan and Fort Lee resident Maxim …

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Spring Lake Man Dies In Fall From Palisades Cliff

He fell 225 feet from Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs.

A 45-year-old Spring Lake man was killed Sunday in a 225-fall from the cliffs along the Hudson River at the Rockefeller Lookout on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs, according to police. Lt. Michael Coppola of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police said that as of this morning the investigation has not revealed any suspicious circumstances in the death. The cause of death is being determined by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office. The identity of the man has not yet been revealed by police because relatives are still being notified of his death. An investigation of a possible death began around 2 p.m. Sunday, when police were alerted to a walker and walking cane leaning against a railing at the Rockefeller …

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LG to Expand Headquarters in Neighboring Englewood Cliffs

Company’s new North American headquarters will be just down Sylvan Avenue from its current facility, report says.

Maranatha Grace Fort Lee Moving to Englewood Cliffs

The church has met and worshiped at Fort Lee High School and the Double Tree Hotel over the past two years; now it’s moving a mile out of town but keeping the “Fort Lee”

After nearly two years of not having a space to call its own, Maranatha Grace Fort Lee is moving into a multi-purpose facility a mile north of Fort Lee High School, according to pastor Won Kwak. During the past two years, the church has moved from the Double Tree Hotel to a temporary location in Teaneck and then to Fort Lee High School, but beginning Sunday, Dec. 18, Maranatha Grace will begin meeting and worshiping in a 10,000-square-foot worship center and office space at 360 Sylvan Ave. in Englewood Cliffs.   Kwak said there is ample parking, both in front of the building and behind, as well as half-a-block away in the 110 and 120 Charlotte Place office buildings.   Sunday corporate worship service time is 10 a.m.   "This Sunday there …

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William Mays

11:23 am on Saturday, December 17, 2011

Good, there is supposed to be a religion between church and state and they shouldn't have been using the high school. What if a mosque asked to use it? I doubt they would be allowed to.   more ›

Officials: Water Pressure 'Back to Normal' in Fort Lee

The 30-inch main burst in Englewood Cliffs affected residents and businesses along Fort Lee's northern border Wednesday; United Water completed repair work Thursday

United Water says emergency crews worked throughout the night, completing repairs Thursday morning on a 30-inch water main break in Englewood Cliffs that left parts of Fort Lee and neighboring towns with little to no water pressure Wednesday, forced some businesses on Fort Lee’s north end to close early and affected residents in high-rise buildings. Fort Lee fire official Steve Curry said Thursday, “Everything in Fort Lee is back to normal as of this morning.” “We’ve had no complaints, and all our buildings are open as normal,” Curry said. Fort Lee Fire Chief Jeff Silver, a resident of the north end of town, said, “I know I had in Fort Lee low pressure this morning, but it’s a little bit better. I’m talking about residential pressure.” …

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