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 …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
A look back at the week's top Teaneck stories
The Teaneck Township Council reversed course and voted Tuesday to extend an invitation to an Iraq War veteran who was disinvited last month from speaking at the town’s Memorial Day ceremony after criticizing the governing body Teaneck police arrested six people Wednesday after they kidnapped and robbed a township teenager who tried to sell a cell phone stolen from one of the attackers over the weekend, Police Chief Robert Wilson said. The Teaneck Township Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the town's $69.1 million budget amid repeated calls from residents to make spending cuts. A Queens nightclub owner was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a drug conspiracy that left two men shot to death on a street in Teaneck three years ago, …
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 …
A look back at the week's top Teaneck news
A Teaneck man is accused of financially exploiting an elderly woman and close friend of his mother's who had been under her care, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced Wednesday. A former top official at the state Army National Guard has been selected to replace an Iraq war veteran from Teaneck as the town's Memorial Day speaker, NorthJersey.com reported. John McGilchrist, chairman of the town's Patriotic Observance Advisory Board, initially invited Jason Castle, a resident and former Marine, to speak at the event. Township Manager William Broughton said he later had the invite rescinded, citing Castle's "negative interactions" with the town council, Patch reported. The Township Council has approved an ordinance to use a …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
A look back at the week's top Teaneck news
The decision to disinvite a former U.S. Marine and Teaneck community activist from speaking at the town's Memorial Day event has sparked outrage from supporters, who say the move was politically motivated. The Township Council has tabled an ordinance that would give residents the ability to get a permit to hire specialists to cut and remove unhealthy or hazardous public trees after concerns were raised that the move could ax too many trees in Teaneck. A convicted felon from Teaneck was arrested this week after he threatened to kill an Englewood resident over an unpaid debt from gambling on the NCAA basketball tournament, according to city police. A longtime Fairleigh Dickinson University administrator has been named the school's seventh …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
A look back at the week's top stories in Teaneck
Federal agents arrested men from Teaneck and Fort Lee Tuesday in a takedown of Russian organized crime that included high-stakes poker games involving celebrities, professional athletes and Wall Street moguls, according to court papers and authorities. A township family is hoping to have Teaneck's ban on raising backyard chickens repealed. Ita Barak and her son, Yoni, recently made their case to allow residents to raise the birds at a township council meeting. Sustainability and a steady supply of healthy food were some of the reasons cited to allow the birds in Teaneck backyards. Click to view the interactive map of SAT scores and Median Household Income to see where Teaneck came in among 47 districts. A woman from Fort Lee and her 4-…
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Teaneck
The state Local Finance Board has approved Teaneck's application to issue refunding bonds to cover $2.2 million in tax appeals, Township Manager William Broughton said Wednesday. Three alleged thieves linked to Bergen County's "James Bond Gang" were indicted this week in Sussex County on charges stemming from a burglary in Sparta, the New Jersey Herald reported Thursday. Leevan Lawrence, 31, of Englewood, Courry Rice, 30, of Hackensack, and the crew's purported ringleader, 32-year-old Jerry Montgomery of Teaneck, were charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, and fourth-degree criminal mischief, according to the report. A plan to build a Holocaust memorial and education…
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
A look back at the week's top local headlines
A new operator has been found for the shuttered Cedar Lane Cinemas in Teaneck, and the theater is set to reopen in the coming months. Dennis Gralla, a real estate consultant for the landlord, said the new tenant signed a lease Wednesday and the landlord would countersign shortly. "It's a done deal," Gralla told Patch. A small kitchen fire broke out in an apartment at a senior citizen housing complex in Teaneck Wednesday morning, officials said. Bergen County Police have charged a 19-year-old jitney bus driver with pulling a baseball bat and threatening a competitor on Route 4 west in Teaneck Tuesday. The Township Council is pushing to have the school district and county cover their portion of the town's $2.2 million in tax appeals, …
Peter Cammarano
9:23 am on Monday, April 15, 2013
A memorial building should not be built in a public park dedicated for everyone's use. more ›