Lodi police make first Narcan save in heroin overdose
SHOUT OUT: Lodi police tonight had their first Narcan save, rescuing an unconscious, overdosing 19-year-old heroin user with two doses of the life-saving drug. He was taken to Hackensack University...
View ArticleCenter for Hope and Safety celebrates new facility for women, children at...
SHOUT OUTS: Its new headquarters will be cause for celebration at the Center for Hope and Safety’s annual gala at the Venetian in Garfield on April 13. Distinguished honorees of the agency, which...
View ArticleAngel gone to Heaven: Lily LaRue Anderson, 6
Family photos TRIBUTE: Not expected to make it to last Christmas, a bubbly Wayne girl who won countless hearts of those who learned of her inoperable brain tumor passed this morning, a day after...
View ArticleSaddle Brook ‘gentle giant’ dispatcher, special police officer had huge heart
TRIBUTE: He was a gentle giant, with a heart that was even bigger, those who knew Gregory Korczak said. Despite losing a portion of his leg to diabetes a few years ago, he had a strong will and was...
View ArticleOfficers Goodell of Waldwick, Petruzzello of Cliffside Park honored at Blue Mass
PHOTOS: Courtesy GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TRIBUTE: Fallen Police Officers Christopher Goodell of Waldwick and Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park were among five officer honored at a Blue Mass in Trenton...
View ArticleGerry Calabrese ‘had three loves’— wife, family, Cliffside Park, son of NJ’s...
TRIBUTE: An era of public service unlike any New Jersey had seen before, or will likely see again, ended early this evening when the state’s longest-serving mayor, Gerald “Gerry” Anthony Calabrese of...
View ArticleFBI hunts ‘John Doe’ in child exploitation investigation, seeks public’s help
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? The FBI this morning released images of a man who the bureau said may have critical information about the identity of a victimized girl in an ongoing sexual exploitation...
View ArticlePrestigious NJSACOP executive program certifies Paramus, Ramsey, Ridgewood...
SHOUT OUTS: Police Chiefs Bryan Gurney of Ramsey, Kenneth Ehrenberg of Paramus and John Ward of Ridgewood were among 33 police executives awarded certification by the New Jersey State Association of...
View ArticleVoting open in Bergen prosecutor’s ‘Choose Not to Use’ anti-drug contest for...
VOTE NOW: Voting continues through Sunday for Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s “Choose Not to Use” poster contest for area schoolchildren. Twenty-four finalists at each middle- and high...
View ArticleHome & Kidz honored by Paramus PD, OEM for response to Oradell Animal...
SHOUT OUTS: For coming to the rescue after an MRI machine exploded at the Oradell Animal Hospital last month, the Home & Kidz has received a community service award from Paramus police and...
View ArticleThree promoted, four sworn by Bergen sheriff
SHOUT OUTS: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino promoted three officers and swore in four new ones today. New Lt. Eugene Alexander and Sgt. Betsy Chery and David Rubano were promoted and Corrections...
View ArticleTOMORROW: Collura memorial to feature unveiling of benches donated by wife of...
TRIBUTE: Three benches donated by the widow of a longtime Fair Lawn police captain in memory of her husband will be unveiled at tomorrow’s annual remembrance ceremony for slain Officer Mary Ann...
View ArticleNarcan save the first for Hillsdale police
SHOUT OUT: Hillsdale police secured their first Narcan save last night when they revived a 19-year-old woman overdosing on heroin. Sgt. John Carty and Officers Ryan Norton and Mike Camporeale responded...
View ArticleSUNDAY: 29th annual Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5k for Special Olympics New Jersey
PHOTOS: Courtesy SONJ SHOUT OUT: More than 3,000 entrants — including this year’s Bergen County Police Academy class — are set to run through the Lincoln Tunnel and back to Weehawken in this Sunday’s...
View ArticleElmwood Park police promote 4
SHOUT OUTS: Elmwood Park police had a quartet of promotions this week. Joining Police Chief Michael Foligno in the above photo at their swearings-in were: Lt. Ralph Sigona Lt. John Harris Sgt. Joseph...
View ArticleGlen Rock author’s account of the real story behind Pearl Harbor attack bound...
SHOUT OUT: “Operation Snow,” Glen Rock author John Koster’s behind-the-scenes account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is being released in a new paperback edition as the lead book Regnery Publishing’s...
View ArticleNew Bergen Assignment Judge Bonnie J. Mizdol set for May 1 start
SHOUT OUT: Superior Court Judge Bonnie J. Mizdol — who the past seven years has been the presiding judge of the Family Division of state Superior Court in Hackensack — will lead the Bergen Vicinage...
View ArticleMay 3 deadline for NJ consumers to file for restitution from Sirius
CONSUMER ALERT: New Jersey consumers who believe they are entitled to restitution under a recent multi-state settlement with Sirius XM Radio Inc., have 10 more days to file their complaints with the...
View ArticleTickets still available for Mahwah Fire Company 1 tricky tray TONIGHT
SHOUT OUT: Tickets are available at the door for tonight’s tricky tray fundraiser at Mahwah Fire Company 1. Tickets are only $10. Admission includes coffee, cake and one sheet of Level 1 prize tickets....
View ArticleFBI seeks public’s help catching serial bank robber
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? The FBI Newark Field Office is seeking the public’s help finding a man accused in a pair of bank robberies and suspected in five others. Marlon Peek, who turned 39 on Monday, is...
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