Sex Charges Stand Against School Trip Chaperones Two former Paramus Catholic employees can be charged for allegedly having sex with students on a school trip to Germany, according to a Superior Court judge's ruling Tuesday. Man Threw Drugs Out Car Window with Baby on Board, Police Claim A West Milford man is facing charges he was throwing bags of heroin and cocaine out of a car window while his 14-month-old daughter was in the back seat. Disaster Conference Zeros In On Preparation The Disaster Preparedness Conference at Bergen Community College in Paramus, an event organized by the …

Four-Alarm Fire Rips Through Townhouse No residents or firefighters were injured when a four-alarm fire tore into a six-unit townhouse complex in Fort Lee on Thursday.  Hasbrouck Heights Man Charged In Fatal Route 208 Crash Police say a 22-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man was charged with vehicular homicide Thursday after his passenger died in an early morning drunk driving crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn. Hundreds In Bergen Protest Killing Of Trayvon Martin More than 600 people donned hoodie sweatshirts and marched in Englewood Sunday to show solidarity with the family of Trayvon Martin, an …

Man Who Murdered Woman Up For Parole A man who raped and murdered a New Milfordwoman in 1976 is up for parole for the fifth time since, and her family is asking the public's help to once again make sure he doesn't become a free man. Man Charged With Trying To Kill Police Officers Phillip Hermida, 53, of Wyckoff was charged with trying to kill two police officers by repeatedly attempting to run them down with his car in the parking lot of a Hawthorne Dunkin' Donuts. New Milford Man Charged With Animal Cruelty John Hall, 49, of New Milford, who allegedly hunted geese with a crossbow at …

In top county news this week: A 26-year old Fort Lee man was charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of his girlfriend  which occurred outside the  Fort Lee community center Monday when he allegedly struck her with his vehicle and then drove over her multiple times. A group of parents in Glen Rock say the school district should enforce a ban against peanut products in schools, while others argue that such a policy would be difficult and burdensome to enforce. The Fair Lawn Board of Education voted to dis-enroll a student after learning the student no longed lived in the …

In top county news this week: Several dozen students walked out of Bergen County Technical school Thursday at noon to protest what they saw as a lack of recognitionfor a lance corporal with the Marines who was killed in Afghanistan last week, as flags on campus had not been flown at half staff in his honor. Bergen County residents packed the Bergen County Freeholders meeting Wednesday to protest a proposal to cut 25 percent of the county’s spending toward its mental health programs.  Ridgewood Police charged a village post office mail carrier with DWI charges Thursday. The 26 year USPS …

In top county news this week: Ramapo College will hold a remembrance ceremony Monday for a student, Jacob Halle, who passed away Wednesday after sustaining critical injuries from a car accident two days earlier on Route 202 near the college in Mahwah. Prosecutors said Anthony Graziano, the 19-year old Lodi man accused of arson at synagogues in Rutherford and Paramus confessed to the crimes, however his attorney says his client’s admission should not be taken seriously, citing his mental health. Friends and family of a murdered Teaneck resident Robert Cantor rallied outside the Bergen County …

A Lodi teen accused of firebombing synagogues in Rutherford and Paramus pleaded not guilty in Superior Court in Hackensack this week. Earlier in the week police held a press conference where they reported that a soda bottle led them to the alleged arsonist. On Friday, prosecutors announced new charges against the teen.  Fort Lee voters said yes to the Board of Education's $30.2 million bond referendum this week after two previous failed attempts. The sale of bonds would finance various maintenance and renovations in the school buildings. Lyndhurst High School football coach Scott Rubinetti …

In top county news this week: An Edgewater police car stolen after an attempted jewelry store burglary was found in Teaneck on Palisade Avenue later that morning. Reports say one of the men charged in the Edgewater case is part of a New York burglary ring.   Two custodians at a Lodi elementary school were arrested this week on drug charges. A man believed to have used stolen credit cards to purchase gift cards at area CVS pharmacies was arrested Wednesday by Glen Rock Police. Tenafly police have arrested a New Milford man suspected in the recent string of luring incidents reported in Tenafly…

An argument between two brothers resulted in a slashing early Saturday at the Highlands Apartment complex in Westwood. The Paramus School District community was in mourning Friday following the death of high school junior Eric Micheo on Thursday. Two unrelated incidents in Fort Lee school buildings had administrators and buildings and grounds working late Wednesday. Governor Chris Christie came to Fair Lawn this week to swear in Republican Mayor Jeanne Baratta  during the annual reorganization meeting this week. Sandy Moscartolo became the first Democratic River Edge Mayor in over a decade …

Top county news this week includes: Area residents gathered Wednesday outside the Teaneck Armory to welcome home American forces from Iraq and call for an end to the war in Afghanistan.  Tom Locicero was sworn in to the Paramus borough council this week to serve the last year of Councilman Alan Brundage's term. Congressman Steve Rothman said he would move from Fair Lawn to Englewood in order to run against fellow Democrat Bill Pascrell Jr. in the June primary for the newly configured 9th District. An attempted Christmas Eve burglary led to five arrests and the seizure of illegal drugs and $34…

Three 15-year old boys were charged with arson after a fire broke out in the first floor boys’ bathroom at Teaneck High School Tuesday. A Bergen County Grand Jury returned a 25 count indictment Wednesday against former Paramus Catholic staffers Artur Sopel, 31, of River Edge and Michael Sumilikoski, 27, of Elmwood Park. The two had been arrested this past April on sex charges. Ridgewood school district IT department is investigating a security breach which took place last weekend and they believe six students may be responsible. The Fort Lee Board of Education launched awebsite to communicate…

This week in top county news: A former Hasbrouck Heights police officer was charged with first degree murder in the killing of John Amendola of Wood-Ridge. Scott Smith pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first court appearance Thursday. Family and friends will gather this weekend to remember Amendola. A Washington Township woman was charged with drunk driving early Thursday when Glen Rock police found her and a passenger unconscious in her automobile covered in vomit and excrement. Nineteen-year-old Malik Williams was fatally shot by police last weekend following a chase through a …

Welcome back to Around the County, a weekly feature that highlights some of the top stories from Bergen County. Some of the top news this week includes an off-duty Fair Lawn police office spotted two men taking items from a local which led to their arrest, the K-mart in Westwood was evacuated due to a bomb threat, protestors of the proposed virtual charter school in Teaneck protested Gov. Christie's press conference and Paramus Police Officer Rachel Morgan, who was shot earlier this year, was promoted to detective. Check out some of the top stories from this week: Masked men held up a …

Welcome back to Around the County a weekly feature on Patch that highlights some of the top stories throughout Bergen County. This week Hackensack University Medical Center got one step closer in its plan to bring a hospital back to the Westwood area at the former Pascack Valley Hospital site, meanwhile the Ridgewood council stopped Valley Hospital's plan to double in size, New Milford residents affected by the flooding of Hurricane Irene heard from United Water representatives and several Bergen County towns experienced power outages Tuesday. Check out some of the top stories from this week…

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, shoppers from all over flocked to North Jersey malls for Black Friday shopping, a man from Hasbrouck Heights locked himself in a Sunflower Avenue, Paramus office for three hours after allegedly pulling a replica gun on his manager, Girl Scouts in Franklin Lakes received the highest honor, hundreds come out to witness live music in New Milford and Teaneck town officials continue to fight the claims made by a councilwoman. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this …

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week,  and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this week: Kelly Creegan, 6, died early Monday night after she was struck by a vehicle near her home in Ridgewood. Police identified the driver Thursday as Mirjam Kaiser, 24, of the village. More than 60 protesters came out in the rain Thursday to bring the message of Occupy Wall Street to suburbia, at Votee Park in Teaneck. Police said Wednesday that a 73-year-oldFort Lee man who died last week from a head injury …

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, a New Milford man was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a girl, the Teaneck public school district has to budget $15 million for a proposed charter school, a science teacher was arrested for allegedly using his students to help steal items from Mahwah, Hasbrouck Heights students got a visit from an actor and alumn of the high school, 20 people were arrested on drug related charges and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this …

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, a Lyndhurst woman allegedly made arrangements with a man she thought was a hitman in Mahwah to kill her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend, the Teaneck community remembered a fallen police officer and renamed the driveway to police headquarters in his honor, a Ridgewood business owner is organizing a clothing drive to help those affected by the earthquake in Turkey, officials are promising New Milford residents they're working on flooding problems, Washington Township emergency personnel …

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, a New Milford man was arrested in connection with the murder of a Teaneck woman, a Paterson man allegedly sexually assaulted a Fair Lawn teen in Paramus, two Brooklyn women were charged with stealing from a Mahwah CVS, a Garfield teen was struck and killed by an NJ Transit train and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this week: Investigators believe a Teaneck woman was killed by her estranged husband over a pending divorce, Bergen County Prosecutor John …

Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, a Teaneck man is accused of robbing the same bank three days in a row, a Garfield teen faces charges in connection with a Ridgewood crash that sent eight to the hospital, a suspicious man was seen in the halls of a Fair Lawn school, Oradell has a new police chief and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this week: A Teaneck man is accused of robbing the same Lower Manhattan bank three days in a row. Charles Burnett, 29, first robbed the Gold Street …