Saturday, May 18, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Teaneck police are searching for four men who beat a motorist before one of the attackers stole his minivan in a road rage attack early Sunday, authorities said. Police found a homeless man from Hackensack hiding underneath a bed in a Mahwah home Wednesday morning, authorities said. A 27-year-old man is facing charges of drug distribution after authorities raided a Ridgewood home Thursday night. Armed with a search warrant, a dozen Bergen County Narcotics Task Force detectives and Ridgewood police officers descended on Pershing Avenue Thursday just after 6:30 p.m., multiple neighbors told Patch. A drop ceiling constructed of wood and heavy plaster in a Ridgewood storefront collapsed late Tuesday afternoon, prompting a flurry of first …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Security camera footage and partial license plate led to man's arrest after 7-Eleven incident, city police say. Ridgewood detectives are looking to track down two men and one woman accused of stealing nearly 30 bottles of liquor bottles from a village Stop & Shop. Parking ticket leads to arrest on drug charges for an upstate New York woman passing through Englewood Cliffs. Five officers injured in violent confrontations over two weeks, police say. The band performed this week in support of their 2013 post-hardcore release "Renacer." Teaneck Marine Corps veteran says he is "honored" to speak after officials pulled his Memorial Day invitation. Infographics and an interactive map of shoplifting trends in Fair Lawn since 2008 shows that nearly…
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
More than 100 people face charges in a drug investigation prompted by a "stunning increase" in heroin overdose deaths across Bergen County, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Thursday. The approximately 120 arrests ranged from drug traffickers moving the heroin between Trenton and Paterson to dozens of buyers from leafy North Jersey communities, Molinelli said. Last year, Bergen logged 28 overdose deaths, a more than 100 percent jump over the prior year. Eleven men and women were arrested on charges of stealing identities to open credit cards in an alleged scheme that is believed to have defrauded more than 70 victims. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday the culmination of a task force's efforts to probe numerous …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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State Chief Academic Officer talks to teachers and administrators about transitioning to the new Common Core State Standards. High-stakes poker games allegedly involved celebrities, professional athletes and financial leaders. The annual state school performance reports showed that Fort Lee ranks highly in indicators of college readiness among other schools with similar demographics. Chief Thomas Ripoli and Captain Roy Bortolus were sent off with a ceremony in front of the department. The Arab American Community Development Network hopes to propose Arabic language classes to the Board of Education, as well as work as a liaison between school officials and the Arab community.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Doctor feared wife would learn of affair and was feuding with ex-business partner, according to state prosecutors. Paige Aiello, 22, a student at The College of New Jersey, was last seen on Tuesday; her car was found a day later in a New Brunswick parking deck, authorities said. Fair Lawn will hold a memorial service on April 17 and a memorial concert on April 20 to honor the memory of slain police officer Mary Ann Collura, who was killed on April 17, 2003 in the line of duty. Mahwah Police say they initially pulled a Toms River man over for speeding and unsafe driving, but were led by the smell of marijuana to a cache of illicit cargo. Teaneck and Englewood men face host of charges in Sussex County case.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Catch up on Fort Lee's top stories here.
Saying that the letter "shocked my conscience," Sokolich reiterates governing body's support of memorial, but asks for consensus. Fort Lee's administrative group publicly gives support to Dr. Sharon Amato, asking Board to appoint her Superintendent of Schools. Despite a flashing yellow light, orange cones and a lined pedestrian crosswalk, few drivers stop for pedestrian decoy cop on Hudson Terrace. Fort Lee Police issued 106 summonses to drivers who failed to stop for a decoy cop dressed in plainclothes who crossed a marked crosswalk during their two day 'cops in crosswalks' detail this week. A 29-year-old New York man faces multiple charges after he drove through a red light and led police to discover a gun and multiple types of ammo, …
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Two cast members of the Real Housewives of New Jersey are accused of assaulting a man at the grand opening of a Ridgewood business on Saturday. The cast members accused of beating Johnny Karagiorgis then filed counterclaims. A judge ruled Thursday that there was sufficient probable cause to advance the case. Hours after his resignation as Rutgers athletic director, Bergen County resident Tim Pernetti called Friday a "sad day for a lot of people” and told reporters that he only wants what’s best for the New Brunswick school. A new operator has been found for the shuttered Cedar Lane Cinemas in Teaneck, and the theater is set to reopen — after renovations — in the coming months. Paramus Police charged a New York man with the theft of a $…
Sunday, March 31, 2013
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Residents of all ages learn life-saving safety tips as the Fort Lee Police Department continues its series of Pedestrian Safety seminars at the Community Center. Two men were arrested Thursday after a traffic stop led police to discover just under a pound of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in a car on the Palisade Interstate Parkway Preliminary budget includes $1 million allocation towards potential property acquisition to appear on November ballot, if approved. East meets West as leading Japanese scholars in the field of special education observe the structure and implementation of Fort Lee's special education programs. The birds, with nests on utility poles, were blamed with causing a power outage in December that impacted 3,400 …
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Authorities are on the hunt for a burglar who was caught on video busting through the front door and stealing undisclosed amount of cash from the Fardale Deli & Mini Mart in Mahwah. A man walking through a Mahwah neighborhood Wednesday afternoon was arrested on drug possession charges less than 24 hours after an alleged cocaine dealer was arrested about a block away, police said. A Glen Rock man with a history of theft convictions was arrested Saturday for allegedly scamming a woman out of $11,000 in Essex County. When it comes to handling a school emergency situation, preparedness is key, according to local law enforcement and school officials who tackled the pressing issue of school safety in front of an audience of about 200 parents …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Saturday, January 26
A former teacher at a Paramus Yeshiva who worked with youth in Teaneck has pleaded guilty to child pornography and exploitation charges, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. The ex-Yeshivat Noam teacher, 27-year-old Evan Zauder, used the Internet to entice a 14 to 15-year old in New Jersey to engage in sexual activity two times between April and November of 2011, prosecutors said. Between December 2010 and May 2011, he also amassed a collection of hundreds of videos and pictures showing child pornography stored on four devices seized during an FBI search of his Manhattan apartment in May. An ex-employee of former Los Angeles Dodgers player and current coach, Garett Teel, was arrested Tuesday on charges thatthe 22-year-old Hawthorne man …
Antonio
3:07 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
What in the hell gives with Wyckoff?? These breakins are rampant. What a great areas in the 60's & 70's, Oakland, Franklin lakes & Wyckoff. more ›