Fair Lawn police, middle school hold ‘Soup-er Bowl’ food drive to feed hungry
SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police and students and staff of Memorial Middle School are continuing to tackle hunger through a “Soup-er Bowl” food drive. Food and monetary donations are being accepted at the...
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Hackensack High School authors raise funds for teacher with leukemia
SHOUT OUT: Local residents braved more snow on Saturday to support a young Hackensack High School teacher fighting leukemia. Four fellow Hackensack teachers who are also published authors read from...
View ArticleSuper Bowl warmup: Fighter jets over Meadowlands area rescheduled
SHOUT OUT: A pre-Super Bowl exercise in the skies over East Rutherford and the surrounding area was postponed from overnight this morning to before dawn tomorrow. North American Aerospace Defense...
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Ridgewood police reach out to schoolkids, they reach back
SHOUT OUTS: Ridgewood police officers continued their outreach to village youngsters today with a visit to the Benjamin Franklin School, followed by a special announcement by Chief John Ward about the...
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Police chief’s daughter among success stories at Bergen sheriff’s officers...
SHOUT OUTS: Among the success stories at the swearing-in of eight new Bergen County Sheriff’s officers today was a woman who triumphed after at first falling short of a dream. “I am extremely grateful...
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$2,500 reward offered for missing Tenafly dog
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Hudson, a 3½-year-old Golden Retriever, isn’t a jumper. So his owners have no idea how he vanished from their Tenafly backyard last night. SHOUT OUT!! Hudson, a 3½-year-old Golden...
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Police motorcycle club sets fundraiser for Fort Lee girl, 17, with rare cancer
SHOUT OUT: A group of local police officers who ride in the Untouchables Motorcycle Club has joined the effort to help raise money for a Fort Lee teen with a rare form of cancer through a rollicking...
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Enroll now: Bergen County sheriff’s 2014 Citizens Police Academy
SHOUT OUT: Enrollment for the 14th class of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy is open, Sheriff Michael Saudino announced this morning. The number of participants has grown...
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Missing Golden Retriever from Tenafly found, safe and sound
SHOUT OUT: Hudson, a 3½-year-old Golden Retriever from Tenafly who went missing over the weekend, was found tonight behind a dentist’s office in town — and appears none the worse for wear, aside from...
View ArticleFairview emergency workers team up to deliver snowstorm baby
EXCLUSIVE: Two Fairview police officers and a pair of EMTs teamed up to deliver a healthy baby boy on a kitchen floor during this afternoon’s lull in the snowstorm. The newborn’s father had planned to...
View ArticleBergen County Jail featured on MSNBC’s ‘Lockup’
SHOUT OUT: Beginning March 1, MSNBC’s prison documentary series “Lockup” will feature six episodes about the Bergen County Jail, using interviews and footage of inmates and corrections officers and...
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A special night to help a special Bergen County Sheriff’s officer
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Individuals and businesses can participate in an April fundraiser for 25-year Bergen County Sheriff’s veteran Dennis Hurley, whose bout with multiple sclerosis has left him legally...
View ArticleRhondo ‘Scutchie’ Robinson, youngest of Sugar Hill heirs, dies at 43
TRIBUTE: Spared a prison sentence last summer after being convicted with his brothers of tax evasion on royalties from recordings by the Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and The...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Tommy Minervini!
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT: Tommy Minervini turns 9 today, and plenty of people want him to know how special he is — including us. Tommy loves football and dogs. He’s a sweet boy, but tough — “the toughest kid...
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Massive procession set for funeral of Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas
TRIBUTE: Thousands of firefighters, emergency workers and citizens are expected for a memorial procession that will pass through Wallington this Friday for the funeral of popular veteran Fire Captain...
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Christie orders flags flown at half-staff for Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas
TRIBUTE: Gov. Christie this afternoon issued a proclamation directing that flags at the State House building be flown at half-staff tomorrow through next Wednesday in honor of fallen fire Capt. Gregory...
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Services tonight for 25-year Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Chester ‘Chet’...
TRIBUTE: Services are scheduled tonight in Hackensack for 25-year Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Chester Robinson, a U.S. Marine veteran and former county Narcotics Task Force member who died last...
View ArticleHelp needed: Blood drive for son of late Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas
HOW YOU CAN HELP: The son of a Wallington fire captain who died fighting a restaurant fire is waging his own battle: John Barnas needs blood donations in his fight against leukemia. Thousands of...
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Port Authority Police Department graduates largest police recruiting class ever
SHOUT OUT: The Port Authority Police Department welcomed 275 prospective police officers — its largest recruiting class ever — to its 113th Police Academy class. After being welcomed by Port Authority...
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Oradell Fire Dept. sets blood drive for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas
SHOUT OUT: The Oradell Volunteer Fire Department is holding a blood drive in two weeks for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas in his battle against leukemia. The department, which has close ties to its...
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