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Special Olympics 30th annual Torch Run comes through Bergen
SHOUT OUT: Despite the rain, the 30th Annual Special Olympics Torch Run made its way into New Jersey early this morning, with several stops on the route through Bergen County. Stops in Ridgewood...
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Chronically ill children get to be police ‘Chief for a Day’ in Bergen this...
SHOUT OUT: One of Bergen County’s most popular events is set for this Friday when Sheriff Michael Saudino’s office joins 25 local and county law enforcement agencies and a host of excited children who...
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Bergen Sheriff Saudino, Deputy Sheriff Hutchinson to be honored at State...
SHOUT OUT: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino and Deputy Sheriff Walter Hutchinson will be among those honored by the National Police Defense Foundation at this year’s New Jersey State Troopers...
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Belief for a day: Police chiefs large, small teach us all
A PUBLISHER WRITES: “This is the best day of my life!” exclaimed 15-year-old Jonah Gold of Tenafly, enjoying the attention heaped on him as “Chief for a Day.” Jonah has what is known as Aicardi...
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New date for police band’s popular ‘Icebreaker’ event: Aug. 16
SHOUT OUT: The popular Icebreaker gathering at Ross Dock along the Hudson River at the foot of the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs has been rescheduled for Aug. 16 after it was postponed earlier this...
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Ridgewood police ‘Cookies with Chief’ at village library off to popular start
SHOUT OUT: Proving that some of the most effective forms of community outreach begin early, Ridgewood Police Chief John M. Ward met with a group of children and their parents at the village library for...
View ArticleScholarships available for NJ students interested in criminal justice
Law school, college and graduate students are eligible for any of four scholarships being offered by the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, Inc. The Oscar W. Rittenhouse, Andrew K. Ruotolo,...
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You can help NJ Police Honor Legion bring ill children ‘Christmas in July’
SHOUT OUT: Time is running out to make a donation of a new toy or money to the New Jersey Police Honor Legion’s “Christmas in July” program at the Joseph Sanzari Children’s Hospital at the Hackensack...
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Annual Northvale Fire Association car show coming up
The Northvale Fire Association’s annual car show is set for Aug. 3 at borough hall, with a variety of foreign, domestic and classic vehicles, among others. It’s $30 to showcase your car or motorcycle,...
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Benefit dinner for Oakland mom with breast cancer planned by ‘Bad Girls Good...
HOW YOU CAN HELP: A special benefit dinner is being held for the family of an Oakland mother with an aggressive form of breast cancer that has spread to her brain. Jocelyn Nissenbaum, a speech...
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Cliffside Park director contends for video of year in Canada peoples choice...
SHOUT OUT: A Cliffside Park director whose music videos have been seen internationally has been nominated for a peoples choice award in Canada. “I’m really honored and glad that the message of love...
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Ridgewood girl, 5, saves choking mom’s life thanks to Harry Kindergarten...
SHOUT OUT: A 911 call that turned a 5-year-old Ridgewood girl whose mother was choking on a potato chip into a heroine wouldn’t have been possible without an educational video her father showed her....
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Saddle Brook HS Class of ’95 concert to fund scholarships in memory of lost...
No one in the Saddle Brook High School Class of 1995 wasn’t touched in some way by Erik Lemmer and Dino Colombo, two of four local young adults who died in three separate tragedies. Next month, a labor...
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Special fundraiser planned for 10-year anniversary of Clifton motorcycle...
MARK THE DATE: As it draws nearer to 10 years since Clifton Police Officer John Samra was struck and killed by a van driven by a fleeing parolee, those who knew him best are planning a special...
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Mahwah PBA seeks golfers, donations for outing
SHOUT OUT: The Mahwah Policeman’s Benevolent Association Local 143 is seeking golfers and donations of goods or services that can be used as raffle prizes and/or giveaways for a golf outing at Apple...
View ArticleCeremony slated for Fair Lawn Police Explorers
SHOUT OUT: A special Aug. 12 ceremony is set to honor Fair Lawn Law Enforcement Explorer Post 902, whose members just returned from a week-long academy at Monmouth University, where they won several...
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Hackensack PBA “Cowboy Up for Autism Speaks”: bull riding, monster trucks, more
SHOUT OUT: Hackensack PBA Local 9 is hosting an all-day country festival — with music, rides, monster trucks and a live professional bull-riding competition — to help raise money to research and treat...
View ArticleOff-duty Bergen Port Authority officer grabs purse snatcher — in Boston
SHOUT OUT: A Port Authority police officer vacationing with his girlfriend in Boston chased and grabbed a purse snatcher who struck at a nearby restaurant. “We were about to get on the T over there,...
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Wallington Engine Company ‘beach party’ fundraiser coming up
SHOUT OUT: Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Wallington Engine Company 202 will be hosting a “beach party,” with the Flying Mueller Brothers performing, on Saturday, Sept. 7. The Wallington department...
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Bergen teens art exhibit celebrates women’s right to vote
SHOUT OUT: Women’s right to vote is celebrated in an art exhibit featuring works by students from the Bergen County Technical High School in Teterboro, David E. Owens Middle School in New Milford and...
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