Wednesday, March 6, 2013
During emergency situations, such as Superstorm Sandy presented, special needs requires special preparedness.
Fort Lee's Advisory Committee for the Disabled met with local officials Wednesday to discuss emergency preparedness for those members of the community with special needs. Moderated by Chairwoman Bobbi Wailes and Council Liason Harvey Sohmer, the meeting served as an outreach campaign to solicit input and ideas on how to encourage community participation and involvement in preparedness for emergencies at the local level, and how first responders can effectively assist those with disabilities. Prepresentatives from emergency services included: With 56 million Americans classified with disabilities, a number representing 20 percent of the population, the meeting focused on how to provide guidance, tools, methods and strategies to integrate …
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Catch up on all of last week's local news here.
Fort Lee Police said that a drug arrest turned up three stolen watches and other valuables. Officials hope that adding a second shuttle long Anderson Avenue will help to alleviate traffic at the George Washington Bridge. A broken pipe at the Colony causes flooding and severe water damage in apartments. Mayor Sokolich pays welcome to a hometown boy who is co-owner of Renzo Gracie Martial Arts Training Center. The Boys are Back in Town: the owner of the iconic Clams Casino and his business partner are opening a new American-style restaurant on Hudson Terrace. Additional groups and Bergen County residents have joined a 2012 lawsuit filed against Englewood Cliffs that seeks to block LG's plans to build an eight-story building over the …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Last week's top news stories from Fort Lee.
Officials plan to meet again this week before Mayor Mark Sokolich calls a town hall meeting on school security. In the meantime, the mayor said the borough is moving forward with a plan to place two full-time SROs in Fort Lee schools. Eight new police officers sworn-in at Thursday's Mayor and Council meeting; nine promotions. Mark Sulcov, William Chiappane and Christopher Ipek took over the duties of Fort Lee Fire Chief, Deputy Chief and Battalion Chief, respectively, on Jan. 1 and will be officially sworn in on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. The local PBA-sponsored “Drive for the Jersey Shore” took place in November and garnered donations from as far away as Wales. Last year also brought most suicide attempts, report says. A heartfelt farewell to a …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
With many gas stations out of fuel, those that remain open have lines stretching over a mile long and police standing by making sure panic does not set in.
Many of the area gas stations that were open this morning were limiting distribution to generators only. Vehicles trying to locate a station that would service them need only look for a long line of parked cars. The Hess Station adjacent to the DoubleTree Hotel in Fort Lee is the only gas station open on Route 4 East between Teaneck and the George Washington Bridge and, as of 3 pm, had a line of parked cars stretching well past the Grand Avenue exit in Englewood. Port Authority and Fort Lee Police, along with Fort Lee Fire Prevention, were on hand to maintain order at the pumps. However, when one car tried to ease its way into the middle of the wait further down the road in Englewood, other drivers waiting their turn began to shout insults…
Howard L. Pearl
12:28 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
With the experience that FEMA and other emergency agencies should have garnered from the aftermath of Katrina and other major storms, it would seem like this “gas emergency” might have been foreseen. Perhaps, FEMA could have arranged for a fleet of oil tankers from out of state to efficiently supply all available gas stations (with power to pump). Maybe our governor and his staff could have … more ›