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VOTE NOW: Wood-Ridge school climbs to second in contest for new playground
HOW YOU CAN HELP: With days left in the voting, the Catherine E. Doyle School in Wood-Ridge has climbed to No. 2 of more than 800 schools in a bid to win its first-ever playground, thanks to a...
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Live music, food, drink more at Palisades Park rescue truck wetdown
SHOUT OUT: Palisades Park firefighters invite all area colleagues, emergency responders and civilians and their children to a wetdown this Saturday for their newest addition — a rescue truck. The event...
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You can help family of popular Bergen paramedic critically injured in...
HOW YOU CAN HELP: A GoFundMe account has been established to help with medical expenses for a popular Bergen County paramedic who was severely injured in a skydiving accident over the weekend. Brian...
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Country/Western night this Friday for popular Pascack Valley-area volunteer...
SHOUT OUT: A Country/Western night is set this Friday at Demarest Farms in Hillsdale to benefit one of the Pascack Valley’s most popular and dedicated volunteers, Jeff Alboum, who recently sustained a...
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Port Authority police promote key leaders
SHOUT OUTS: Two veteran Port Authority Police Department commanders were promoted to key leadership positions this week. The authority also named Assistant Chief Steven Rotolo (above, left) of Bergen...
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32nd annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run through Bergen draws...
SHOUT OUT: The weather cooperated once again as the 32th Annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run made its way through Bergen County this morning after setting off from Oakland at 5:30 a.m....
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South Hackensack police revive heroin victim, 32, in motel
SHOUT OUT: A 32-year-old heroin user from Emerson still had a needle in her arm when a pair of South Hackensack police officers found her in a Route 46 motel bathroom and revived her with Narcan...
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New Palisades Park Fire Department rescue truck christened at wetdown
PHOTOS: Sun and spray sparked the debut of the Palisades Park Fire Department’s new rescue truck at an afternoon wetdown yesterday. Fellow firefighters from throughout Bergen and beyond — including...
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Corrections veteran scolds CNN commentator for insulting profession
SHOUT OUT: Cheers went up in the New Jersey correctional community and beyond last night when system veteran Anthony Gangi took CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin to task for suggesting that inmates such...
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Upper Saddle River police accreditation assessment team invites public comment
SHOUT OUT: Upper Saddle River residents and merchants are invited to give their opinion of the borough police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and...
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Free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy starting soon
SHOUT OUT: The Fair Lawn Police Department’s popular annual Junior Police Academy runs this year from July 20-24. The free training includes visits to the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Complex...
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Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation donates $6,600 to Pony Power Therapies
SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation today presented a $6,600 donation to a non-profit Mahwah organization that gives special needs and at-risk children and adults a unique opportunity...
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Lodi firefighting veteran, Bergen sheriff’s officer to be honored at Vietnam...
TRIBUTE: A longtime Lodi firefighter and Bergen County sheriff’s officer who was awarded the Purple Heart and an Air Medal will be among those commemorated this Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans...
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Cresskill blood drive this afternoon
THIS AFTERNOON: The Cresskill PBA Local 180 and Cresskill Fire Department IAFF Local 4896 are hosting a blood/placelets drive from 2-7 p.m. at the Cresskill Firehouse at 51 Madison Avenue. Donors get a...
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Bergen NAACP holding Prayer Vigil for Healing for Charleston
The Bergen County NAACP is holding a prayer vigil on the county courthouse steps Monday night for nine people slain by a gunman during Bible study at a landmark black church in Charleston, SC. The...
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GoFundMe page set for family of NJ state trooper killed in Turnpike crash in...
TRIBUTE: A GoFundMe page has been esablished for New Jersey State Trooper Glenny Almonte, who was killed in an overnight car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield this past week. Almonte, a...
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Rochelle Park police promote 7
SHOUT OUTS: Rochelle Park police last week promoted seven officers. They are: Lt. Glenn Brunet Lt. Daniel Urban Lt. Dean Pinto Detective Sgt. James DePreta Sgt. Kenneth Stapleton Sgt. Edward Kukalski...
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Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn honored as chamber’s Officer of the...
SHOUT OUT: The Fairview Chamber of Commerce yesterday honored Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn as its Officer of the Year for 2014. Kahn joined the Fairview force 20 years ago. He was named detective in...
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Northvale PD graduates Junior Police Academy Class #8
SHOUT OUT: The Northvale Police Department held graduation in Hogan Park today for its eighth Junior Police Academy Class. Launched in 2008, the program directed by Sgt. Robert Pizzi exposed students...
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5th Narcan save for Lodi police
SHOUT OUT: A Lodi police officer made the department’s fifth Narcan save earlier today when he rescued a 20-year-old woman who’d overdosed on heroin. Police Officer Nicholas Nobre found the woman on...
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