Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Fort Lee Police Department is asking residents to remove all vehicles from streets that prohibit parking during snow to provide access to plows and emergency service vehicles.
Police Chief Keith Bendul said preparations are being made throughout the borough in anticipation of the impending winter storm predicted to hit Bergen County early Friday and continue through Saturday afternoon, causing blizzard conditions. According to the National Weather Service, 6-12 inches of snow is predicted to fall, along with accompanying sleet and freezing rain. Visibility could be limited to several hundred feet due to heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. Driving conditions may be "dangerous." The Fort Lee Police Department is asking residents who live on streets with NO PARKING WHEN ROAD IS SNOW COVERED signs for their cooperation in moving their vehicles so that plows and emergency vehicles can get through. Click here to see …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The attorney for one of the five teenagers left locked in a police transport van nearly two years ago filed a civil lawsuit in Newark.
A Fort Lee college freshman, who was among five minors left locked in a police transport van outside the Fort Lee Department in March 2011, has filed a civil suit against the borough, the police department and several police officers, according to a report. Adam Kim was 17 on March 26, 2011, when he and four other teenagers were left in the van for more than 14 hours in freezing temperatures and without food, water or bathroom facilities. Kim is seeking a jury trial, compensatory and punitive damages and contends in the lawsuit filed in federal court that police detained him illegally and violated his civil rights, NorthJersey.com reported. Now former Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli, who retired Monday after reaching the state-mandated…
Friday, February 3, 2012
Fort Lee lost records found and include information on Fort Lee born artist for The New Yorker magazine, George Price.
A few weeks ago, From the Archives piece, "The Dead Sea Scrolls of Fort Lee," was about how a missing 81-year-old Mayor and Council minutes book was found in a former mayor’s home prior to the house being razed. Well, one thing leads to another, and this past week, I was called over to the attic of the Fort Lee Senior Center by Fort Lee’s man about the borough, Tony Lione, who has worked for the borough for many years keeping all of its buildings clean and its parks in great shape, along with his crew. Lione heads the Fort Lee DPW, and he told me to get over to the Senior Center as they were cleaning out the attic and found a treasure trove of borough books, ledgers, tax rolls and maps dating back to at least the 1920s. As I warily …
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The Thorn
7:31 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I wish the PD would enforce this ordinance from the first snow dusting. What does the PD need to drive up and down the streets with their lights/siren blaring to have cars moved? Cars should be ticketed and towed immediately. Shame on the driver not reading the signs. more ›